TikTok is helping Germany’s far-left party surge in popularity. Die Linke (“The Left”) is now the most popular party among German voters under 25-years-old. It nearly tripled its membership over the last year and won over 27% of 18-24-year-olds in the 2025 federal election—+8pts higher than the far-right AfD and +14pts more than the centrist CDU. Much of the credit goes to co-leader Heidi Reichinnek, dubbed Germany’s “social media queen,” whose viral Bundestag speech criticizing the chancellor reached 8M TikTok views. But the appeal runs deeper than content strategy: young Germans say Die Linke is the only party focused on issues they care about—affordable housing, living costs, and public transit—while others fixate on immigration and security. (Washington Post)
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