The BSW is in favor of ending net-zero policies, raising the minimum wage, and stopping the supply of arms to Ukraine. One of the most well-known politicians in Germany, Mrs. Wagenknecht’s introduction signifies a dramatic shift in the political environment. People were losing faith in conventional parties, according to the 54-year-old. Her parents are German and Iranian, and she was born in communist East Germany. In 1989, only a few months before the Berlin Wall fell, she became a member of the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED). She joined the SED’s successor party following German reunification, which later combined to become the left-leaning Die Linke. She became more vocal in her criticism after being elected to the German parliament, the Bundestag, first, and subsequently the European Parliament.