Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative

political party
(Redirected from WASG)

Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (German: Arbeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit – Die Wahlalternative or WASG) was a German political party founded in 2005 by people who did not like the Social DemocraticGreen government.

Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative
Arbeit & soziale Gerechtigkeit – Die Wahlalternative
LeaderKlaus Ernst, Thomas Händel, Christine Buchholz, Axel Troost
Founded22 January 2005
Dissolved16 June 2007 (2007-06-16)
HeadquartersKönigswarter Straße 16
D-90762 Fürth
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
European affiliationnone
International affiliationnone
European Parliament groupnone
ColoursOrange
Website
www.w-asg.de

On 16 June 2007, it merged with The Left Party.PDS to form the a party The Left (Die Linke) party. At the time of its merger with The Left Party.PDS about 11,600 people were members.