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Do you want me to write out every member of DIE LINKE' opinion on these topics or what do you expect?
And no their stance on nato isnt that nuanced, they advocate for germany to leave NATO, now its less public talking point but still strong notion in the party.
When it comes to russia: they have always been for "negotiations" with russia and against sending weapons to ukraine so they can defend themself from the genocidists. Be it from foolish naivety or active pro russia stance but this position can not be accepted!
Yea, I pretty much expect you to clearly separate between “die Linke” as party with an official program and spokesperson and party members.
Otherwise we will discuss opinions and hearsay instead of official stances, which were criticized.
Edit: and just to be clear, I don’t share their viewpoints.
For me, what a party stands for is represented by their leader and their members.
For example my party: VOLT We arent neo liberal. Not at all, us members hated who the party put out there for germanys federal election. But just like her there is a small loud neo liberal some even AI-Bros group in the party and i hope for all there is, they dont grow. Europe needs an united EU federalist movement with eye on the common people not the rich.
But just like with DIE LINKE or GRÜNE there are the social akwards, the nut cases, and the traitors to the ideals... I only didnt join the left because their ukrane and EU stance...
I hope both VOLT and DIE LINKE sorts those people out and a red green purple alliance in the german parliaments can be forged (or red violet grey aka humanists :) )