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| 2025 | The Federal Agency for Civic Education reiterated its classification of BSW as 'left-wing in terms of economic policy' while noting the party's conservative positions on social policy. |
| 2025 | Citizen Revolution Movement further increases its National Assembly vote share to 41.32%, solidifying its political position. |
| 2025 | Luisa González loses the presidential election to Daniel Noboa again, winning 44% of the vote, and refuses to concede, alleging unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud. |
| 2025 | Party presidential candidate receives 44.40% of votes in the election. |
| 2025 | Sahra Wagenknecht criticizes the BSW's participation in the Thuringia government following a poor performance in the German Federal election, specifically accusing state organization leader Katja Wolf of being partly responsible for the party's electoral failure. |
| 2025 | The party secured 4.98% in the national German election and 1.8% in the European Union election, establishing its presence in the political landscape. |
| May 16 2025 | After Skirgiełło's unsuccessful presidential run, Samoobrona endorsed an independent candidate supported by Law and Justice, Karol Nawrocki, while Skirgiełło herself endorsed Grzegorz Braun. |
| 2025 | The party experienced a decline in seat and vote share due to increased support for the Liberal Party under Mark Carney, but continued to share the balance of power in a Liberal minority government. |
| 2025 | The Bloc Québécois wins 10 seats, maintains second place in Quebec, and continues as a third party nationally with 27.7% of Quebec votes. |
| 2025 | In the 2025 Canadian federal election, the Bloc Québécois led by Blanchet won 22 seats, a significant decrease from the prior election. |
| April 2025 | A month-long internal power struggle within the Thuringian BSW concludes with Katja Wolf retaining her position as state organization leader. Wolf successfully defeated Anke Wirsing, who was backed by party founder Sahra Wagenknecht, in a contested candidacy. |
| April 4 2025 | Aldona Anna Skirgiełło failed to gather the required 100,000 signatures to appear on the presidential ballot, falling short with around 93,000 signatures. |
| March 13 2025 | Federal Constitutional Court ruled against BSW's recount appeal, stating election review is a matter for the Bundestag. |
| March 11 2025 | BSW appealed to the Federal Constitutional Court for a nationwide election recount, citing vote irregularities and potential missed threshold crossing. |
| 2025 | BSW participated in the Hamburg state election, receiving 1.8% of votes, becoming the eighth-ranked party and maintaining an extra-parliamentary status. |
| 2025 | Party aims to have no more than 2,000 members by the German federal election. |
| February 24 2025 | At the federal press conference, Wagenknecht blamed media and polling institute Forsa for the party's election failure, claiming a 'negative media campaign' and 'targeted manipulation'. |
| February 23 2025 | The federal election was held, with BSW receiving 4.9% of the vote, falling just short of the 5% threshold needed for Bundestag seats. |
| 2025 | The BSW anticipates potential political consequences in the federal election, criticizing the constitutional court protection amendment as 'undemocratic'. |
| February 2025 | Friedrich Pürner resigned from the party. |
| February 15 2025 | Sahra Wagenknecht filed a constitutional complaint after the public broadcaster ARD excluded BSW from the TV debate 'Election Campaign Arena', challenging the party's media representation. |
| February 5 2025 | BSW polled as high as 7.9% in voter support just weeks before the federal election. |
| January 25 2025 | Samoobrona held a party congress and announced Aldona Anna Skirgiełło as their candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election, marking the first time since 2010 the party fielded its own candidate. |
| 2024 | The Federal Agency for Civic Education described the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) as 'left-conservative', emphasizing left-wing economic and social policies focused on redistribution, higher corporate taxes, and conservative cultural policies limiting immigration and questioning climate protection measures. |
| 2024 | Party participated with minimal electoral impact, receiving 260 votes (0.00% of the total) and no seats, with a party member running on the Repair Poland Movement's lists. |
| 2024 | Party shows a slight recovery, obtaining 0.9% of votes and ranking 8th in elections. |
| 2024 | In its program, Samoobrona praised Palestine and Kurdistan, calling them 'great nations' constantly fighting for land and international recognition. |
| 2024 |
Chavismo
A Committee to Protect Journalists report described Venezuela as a 'news desert', noting the regime had closed 200 radio stations over the past two years.
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| 2024 | La France Insoumise won 71 seats in the legislative elections, contributing the largest proportion of seats to the New Popular Front's total of 192 seats. |
| 2024 | La France Insoumise improved its performance in the European Parliament elections, increasing its vote share to 9.87% and gaining additional seats, ranking 4th in the election. |
| 2024 | Under Manuel Bompard's leadership, La France Insoumise achieves 28.21% of votes in legislative elections, winning 5 seats while remaining in opposition and participating in the NFP coalition. |
| 2024 | During the summer months, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) polled at over 10% of the vote, showing significant early political momentum. |
| 2024 | Michelle O'Neill became the first Irish nationalist First Minister of Northern Ireland, representing a historic moment for the party. |
| 2024 | Sinn Féin allowed the UK's ban on puberty blockers to be extended to Northern Ireland, effectively closing access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender individuals. |
| 2024 | In the Republic of Ireland local elections, Sinn Féin secured 11.8% of the vote. |
| 2024 | In the United Kingdom general election, Sinn Féin became the single largest party representing Northern Ireland in Westminster. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance participated in the European Parliament election with Fabio de Masi as the list leader, securing 2,453,652 votes (6.17% of the total), which resulted in a new representation in the Non-Inscrits (NI) group. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance achieved notable election results in multiple German states, including 13.5% in Berlin, 11.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, and 15.8% in Thuringia during state elections. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht offered a potential coalition government to the CDU for the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, contingent on no majority being possible without the AfD. |
| 2024 | Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) was announced, causing concern among the Brandenburg branch of Alternative for Germany (AfD) about potential vote loss in the upcoming September 2024 Brandenburg state election. |
| December 2024 | Wagenknecht declared that she condemns the war in Ukraine and considers politicians who start wars, including Vladimir Putin, to be criminals. |
| December 2024 | The Bundestag voted to incorporate the Federal Constitutional Court's structure (16 judges and two senates) into the basic law, with all parties except the AfD and BSW supporting the measure. |
| December 11 2024 | Dietmar Woidke formed the Woidke IV Cabinet in Brandenburg, creating the first nationwide red-purple coalition with the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). |
| November 16 2024 | BSW establishes its state branch in Bavaria Landtag as an extra-parliamentary opposition. |
| November 16 2024 | The Bavaria state branch of the BSW is established with 80 initial members. |
| November 5 2024 | Juan Dalmau is a candidate in the general elections. The Puerto Rican Independence Party forms an alliance with Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana called Alianza de País for this election. |
| October 20 2024 | The Baden-Württemberg state branch of the BSW is founded with 54 initial members. |
| October 12 2024 | The Hesse state branch of the BSW is established. |
| September 2024 | Slovak Smer began negotiations with BSW and Czech Stačilo! on establishing cooperation between left-wing conservative parties in the EU. |
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