BSW has seen a surge in new members, with over 23,500 joining since the start of the year.

https://lemmy.ml/post/25909462

Headline is wrong, BSW is not The Left. The article is about The Left

The German article cites looks to be talking about Sahra Wagenknecht and BSW, but I guess they’re talking in the context of Die Linke

For the left, it looked gloomy for a long time: constant dispute with the former party icon Sahra Wagenknecht, poll figures in the basement, elections in the east. But now the party is experiencing a small comeback shortly before the federal election – at least measured in concrete membership numbers. The left currently has more than 81,000 party members. This is shown by figures that are available to SPIEGEL.

spiegel.de/…/die-linke-erreicht-15-jahres-hoch-be…

Viele neue Eintritte: Linke erreicht 15-Jahres-Hoch bei Mitgliederzahl

Die Linke galt als politisch tot. Doch plötzlich verzeichnet die Partei nach SPIEGEL-Informationen einen deutlichen Mitgliederzuwachs. Das könnte auch an CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz liegen.

DER SPIEGEL
Die Linke is far left? I thought it was just normal left.
libs see anybody who disagree with them as an extremists