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Left without a Head - Leadership Crisis at the Left Party

June 1, 2012

With socialist parties notching up victories all across Europe, Germany's Left Party is struggling to get back on its feet.

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National elections are set for September 2013, but the Left Party appears to be splintered and suffering from a lack of concept, leadership - and a future. Its best campaigner, Oskar Lafontaine, has withdrawn his candidacy for party chairman.