Left's state leader André Hahn claimed that Gauck did not deliver an "appropriate or balanced speech", arguing he had "an absolutely one-sided view of the GDR." Election results Federal Parliament (Bundestag) As WASG and PDS European Parliament State Parliaments (Länder) State results timeline Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Results timeline See also List of political parties in Germany Notes References Literature Dominic Heilig, Mapping the European Left: Socialist Parties in the EU, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, April 2016 David F. Patton. Out of the East: From PDS to Left Party in Unified Germany (State University of New York Press; 2011) Hubertus Knabe, Honeckers Erben. Die Wahrheit über Die Linke. Propyläen, Berlin 2009, External links Official website Programmatic Points Ingar Solty, The New German Left Party , Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Dan Hough, Michael Koss and Jonathan Olsen: The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics. London: Palgrave, 2007 Ingar Solty: Transformation of the German Political System and European Historical Responsibility of the German Left Party, Das Argument 271, 3/2007, pp. 329-47 Victor Grossman: A Huge Step Towards Left Unity in Germany, Monthly Review Zine Ingo Schmidt: The Left Opposition in Germany. Why is the Left So Weak When So Many Look For Political Alternatives?, in Monthly Review, May 2007 A New European Socialist Movement? The Rise of the Left Party in Germany by Ingar Solty and Frank Deppe, in Toronto, Canada, 18 March 2008 Was the German Election a Turning Point?, Toronto, Canada, 13 November 2009 2007 establishments in Germany Anti-fascist organisations in Germany Anti-militarism in Europe Democratic socialist parties in Europe Left-wing parties in Europe Left-wing politics in Germany Left-wing populism Multi-tendency organizations Non-interventionist parties Organisations based in Berlin Parties represented in the European Parliament Party of the European Left member parties Political parties established in 2007 Socialist parties in Germany Opposition to NATO