How did Tiktok help Germany to go to surprise elections

Supporters call Heidi. He is 36 years old. Talks a mile for a minute. The Polish-German Rosa Rosa in the left arm has a tattoo of a million watches in Luxembourg and Tiktok and Instagram. He was not known in German politics relative to January, but as Sunday, it is a political force.

Heidi Reichinnek is a woman who led the surprise story German parliamentary elections on Sunday: Die Linke, which is translated as “left”, a revitalization of almost one night.

A month ago, Die Linke can miss 5 percent voting cuts for the parties to win the Seats in Germany in the Bundestag. On Sunday, the Bundestag won about 9 percent of the votes and 64 places. “It was only five people to win many places in the new parliament, Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, a harsh alternative to Germany and the green party.

Young voters, high prices, a significant return on conservative politicians and a socially media-forward message with a mixed festival and obedience.

At a time when they passed German politicians to the right Issues such as immigrationAnd alternative to Germany or AFD, when the vote is twice, Ms. Reichinnek, co-chairs and Linke Liberal in the Bundestag, died of young voters.

They caught themselves as an aggressive verification on a more conservative government, which will be lead Friedrich MerzA businessman who makes the Christian Democrats to take a tough line to border security and migrants.

Mr. Merz’s arrival and start of the beginning of the party, the decisions in the middle of a campaign helped Mrs. Reichinnek. In January, after a deadly knife attack by an immigrant in Bavaria, Mr. Merz was excessive from the AFD to break the decades of migration and parties with partners.

Many analysts are watching Linke’s angry of Ms. Reichinnek – for the German parliament, anyway – speech To deny Mr. Merz and his events.

“You just said that no one reaches AFD from your party!” He shouted, he said, since today it looked more than about seven million to Tıtok. “It is true! They already accepted each other for a long time!”

AFD, AFD called on a fascist party, and Christian Democrats demanded that Mr. Merz fired. He suggested strengthening the rights of immigrants, strengthening the rights of pensions and to help people who combat the postpandemic price.

He also called Die Linke in the last bigger firewall of my country.

Die Linke combined these calls with an aggressive social media rolling and a party-like atmosphere in his rallies. In the last month of the campaign, more than 30,000 members added more than 30,000 new members, the party’s press guard Götz Lange said.

In the last week of the campaign, Ms. REICHINNEK traveled to Treptow-Gokenick to Berlin, “Techno and Tiktok” to talk to a defective Ole Liebl. After that, in a Tekno, including a party set, including a techno in Germany, mix with a popular leader in Gregor Gysi.

An old brewery, blown in the seams: instead of 400 guests permitted, about 1,200 people were shown. Most of them were the people with the slogans of “Antifa” along with techno lovers in black hoodies, many colored hair and “Antifa”. They were mainly in the early 1920s.

For everyone, there was no enough space inside, so about 800 guests and lower stairs, followed the event in Livestream. Dress the rust red switch and jeans, Mr. Reichinnek appeared after a 30-minute delay for the crowd.

“Thank you for being here.” “Crazy, I don’t want to know what it is. If you need help, we will know the ceiling really loudly.”

The crowd chased.

Die Linke’s analysts were surprised on election day and sounded the sounds from the Greens and Social Democrats, Olaf Scholz’s party, Olaf Scholz and new voters. In the central Mitte neighborhood in Berlin, earlier the previous greens-dominated areas.

Founded in 2007 and descended from the former German party of East Germany, it was better recently known to be better than any success.

The most famous leader, Sahra WagenknechtGet out of the party to start the head – some traditional left economic positions have confused a traditional abandoned economic positions for migration and a proximity for Russia.

That could be a blessing Sven LeunigA political scientist at Jena University at Social Research in Germany. Ms. Wagenknechtin’s positions split the party. “They are torn,” said Mr. Leuniig said voters did not like it.

Departure also allowed Linke to attract new candidates and leaders. Other major parties continued to push familiar faces and cause the price to pay.

Hana, Hanau’s central district 23-year-old nurse student Daria Batalov, said that Ms. Reichinnek has won by Tiktok videos, he said. “They are really talking to me,” added and added, “and after a few videos were open to me, my voice, my voice Linke.”

Analysts said Mrs. Reichinnek and his party benefited from a fear of fear of merzin migration measures and the right increase. “He lived success” he said Fat came backPolitical scientist at Trier University.

Supporters called it something else: a movement was reborn. In Berlin, Linke’s election in Berlin, the premises of the early speeches of the crowd were applauded when ignited throughout the screen. A party leader Jean Van Aken was greeted against the confetti.

“Left life.”

Man tela Contributed from Berlin and Sam Gurwitt From Hanau.