Published: May 6th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The co-leader of the Left Party in the European Parliament, Martin Schirdewan, rules out participating in a coalition in favor of Ursula von der Leyen after the European elections. The CDU politician and the parliamentary groups in the so-called Ursula coalition stand for a different policy to that of the Left, Schirdewan said on Friday at an event organized by Table.Briefings and the European Movement Germany. „That is why we will be unable to be part of this coalition under any circumstances.„