Wagenknecht called the outcome of the upcoming German elections a decision for her political future

Sarah Wagenknecht, candidate for Chancellor of Germany from the "Union of Sarah Wagenknecht - for Reason and Justice" (SSV), member of the Bundestag Sarah Wagenknecht said that the results of the parliamentary elections in the country will decide her political future. She said in an interview with the DPA news agency on February 5.

"The elections are of course also a decision about my political future. Whoever is not in the Bundestag is no longer a significant factor in German politics," she said." she said. Her words were quoted by the Handelsblatt newspaper.

According to her, her party is trying to be excluded from parliament, but she is confident that the SSV will succeed in winning seats in the Bundestag elections scheduled for February 23.

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Wagenknecht was nominated for the post of German chancellor on December 17 last year. According to Christian Ley, general secretary of the Sarah Wagenknecht Union, it is clear that the party has no realistic prospects of winning the post. He said that nevertheless, the party leadership made such a decision in order to prevent its rivals from having an unfair advantage.

In addition to Wagenknecht, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) Friedrich Merz, the head of the party "Alternative for Germany" (AdG) Alice Weidel, Chancellor Olaf Scholz became a candidate from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck was nominated from the Green Party.

The Bild newspaper wrote on December 28 last year that Scholz was less likely to become the country's head of government again. According to the media, 14-16% of voters are ready to vote for Scholz, while, for example, for CDU leader Friedrich Merz - 31-33%. At the same time, the same media reported on December 22 that Weidel became the most popular among the candidates for the post of Chancellor of Germany according to a poll conducted by the Institute for Public Opinion Research (INSA), 24% of respondents are ready to vote for her.

On December 16, the Bundestag revoked the confidence of the Scholz government. In a vote on the request that the chancellor sent on December 11, less than a third of deputies voted in favor of it. Last December 28, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the Bundestag and scheduled elections for February 23, 2025.