The Electoral Leftist Alliance (german: Wahlbündnis Linke) or Left (german: Linke) was a movement of

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and

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organisations in

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which was founded by the

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, the Socialist Left Party, the League of the Socialist Revolution and other left-wing movements and activists in the run-up to the 2008 legislative election. The

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was also invited to participate, but it stated that the timeframe was too short and that it would stand on its own instead, while supporting the unification of the left in principle.

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