Left Party co-chair Ines Schwerdtner faced questions about Vanessa Emde and radicals within her party during an appearance on Markus Lanz’s talk show. The exchange included criticism of a SPIEGEL headline, which Schwerdtner described as “infamous.”
Asked about radicals in the party, Schwerdtner said she would not offer “clever advice.” Lanz replied that she could hardly have put it more mildly.
Schwerdtner also took a wait-and-see position in the case involving Emde, according to the account of the broadcast. The available information does not specify further details about the case or explain why Schwerdtner chose not to take a firmer position.
Sources: Der Spiegel.