Luigi Pantisano

“Several minutes full of racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia and contempt for democracy—and then one of our top corporate representatives takes the stage and actively helps the campaign.”— VW Group works council chair Daniela Cavallo said this while criticizing Audi chief Gernot Döllner’s appearance at a Donald Trump campaign event.

Vonovia did not, from the very beginning, agree to a journalist accompanying the confidential talks, said company spokesperson Nina Henckel.

— Vonovia spokesperson Nina Henckel, in an ntv.de report

It's the CDU that dithers, instead of saying: We should work on topics together, where we can cooperate.

— Bodo Ramelow (Left), to Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) about a possible alliance with the CDU to prevent an AfD government

The CDU and SPD are largely responsible for the AfD being so strong.

— Eva von Angern, The Left's lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, in an MDR interview about migration and the rise of the AfD.

That's a huge rip-off

— Luigi Pantisano, co-chair of Die Linke, in an interview with the Frankfurter Rundschau via Ippen.Media about the Deutschlandticket price increase

a party that stands in the tradition of the worst injustices our country has ever known in its history.

— Chancellor Friedrich Merz, quoted in the article regarding the CDU being likened to fascists

There can be no wavering on Israel's right to self-determination. We stand for the safety of Jews in Germany, worldwide, and also in Israel. That is not negotiable.

— Luigi Pantisano, Left Party politician, Berlin – on the antisemitism accusations against the Left and the stance on Israel's self-determination and Jewish security