Der Wandel

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Wandel
Leader Fayad Mulla
Founded7 September 2012
HeadquartersStuckgasse 9/1b, Vienna
Ideology Progressivism [1]
Egalitarianism
Post-capitalism
Environmentalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Left-wing [2]
European affiliation Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
Party of the European Left (partner)
Website
https://www.derwandel.at/

Wandel (English: Change) is an Austrian left-wing and progressive political party led by Fayad Mulla. [3] It is part of the pan-European coalition DiEM25. [4]

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Background

The party was launched in 2012 [5] as a progressive, anti-capitalist and egalitarian movement. Its positions are detailed in the "Demokratische Moderne (English: Democratic Modernity)" manifesto, which emphasizes on abolishing global capitalism and establishing a democratic economy, fair to all people. [6] Despite being anti-capitalist, the party's leader has stated that the party does not support socialism either, but rather seeks to take some elements from both socialism and capitalism in order to create a new alternative system, tentatively called "neo-socialism", [7] which shares characteristics with the socioeconomic concept of economic democracy.

Positions and proposals

The party's proposals include: [8]

Elections and Electoral History

2013 Austrian legislative election

Participating only in Vienna and Upper Austria, the party obtained 0.07% of the vote.

2014 European Parliament election

As part of the Europa anders coalition with the KPÖ, Pirate Party, and independents, they received a combined 2.14% of the vote, which was not enough to receive a seat.

2019 European Parliament election

In November 2018, the party announced an alliance with Yanis Varoufakis' DiEM25 for the European Parliament Election. [9] The party's political director Daniela Platsch was second on the joint list led by Varoufakis. The party did not win any seats.

2019 Austrian legislative election

The party ran in the snap legislative elections held in September 2019, obtaining approximately 0.5% of the vote.

2024 Austrian legislative election

In 2024 Der Wandel failed to reach an agreement with other left-wing parties to create a joint list: they had differences with the communist KPÖ over attitudes to the War in Ukraine, and the SPÖ did not agree to talks. They decided to run under the list name 'None of them' (Keine von denen, or KEINE), arguing that the FPÖ should not be the sole repository for dissatisfied voters. [10] They received 0.6% of the vote, barely increasing their vote share compared to 2019. [11]

Election results

National Council

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/–Government
2013 Fayad Mulla3,0510.07 (#11)
0 / 183
NewExtra-parliamentary
2017 Did not contest
0 / 183
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2019 22,1680.46 (#9)
0 / 183
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2024 [lower-alpha 1] 27,8300.57 (#9)
0 / 183
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
  1. ↑ Formally run as Keine von Denen (None of the above).

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  1. ↑ "Kandidaten für die Nationalratswahl stehen fest". Der Standard (in German). 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Kandidaten für NR-Wahl in Vorarlberg fix". ORF (in German). 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Wer wir sind". der Wandel (in German). 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  4. ↑ "Wandel am Sprung ins EU-Parlament". Wandel (in German). 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  5. ↑ ""Wir wollen auf den Zettel" - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  6. ↑ "Democratic Modernity". der Wandel (in German). 2015-10-05. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  7. ↑ Mulla, Fayad (10 September 2019). "Wandel-Spitzenkandidat Mulla: "Die Menschen sehnen sich nach einer linken Partei"". Der Standard .
  8. ↑ "Zukunftsprogramm". der Wandel (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "European Spring" . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Linkspartei Wandel will unter dem Namen "Keine von denen" auf dem Stimmzettel stehen". Der Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "Österreich - Nationalratswahl 2024". www.bundeswahlen.gv.at. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
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