Understanding Europe

BSW's leader and found Sahra Wagenknecht thinks Germany "deserves more security," and advocates "stopping irregular migration' | Photo: Marco Bader / HMB Media / picture alliance
Jan van Aken, federal chairman of the party Die Linke, and Heidi Reichinnek, lead candidate of Die Linke for the 2025 federal election, stand on stage during the party's federal convention for the 2025 parliamentary election | Photo: picture-alliance
File photo used as illustration: The UK government have issued new guidance which indicates those who entered the UK irregularly should not be granted citizenship | Photo: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto / picture alliance
Christian Lindner, leader of the FDP, speaking during the election campaign | Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa/picture alliance
Green Party leader Robert Habeck is the party's chancellor candidate in the February 2025 elections | Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture-alliance