Gregor Gysi prefers to party with personal friends rather than Sarah Wagenknecht

Gregor Gysi will celebrate his 75th birthday next Monday. Probably the most popular politician on the left has now revealed his personal fitness program to the ‘Stern’: ‘Swimming, cycling and table tennis from time to time. And I go on a hike. My chauffeur taught me that.” “He learned one thing early,” Gysi continued. “From a certain age you have to take care of yourself.” For his milestone birthday there will be a party bigger than his parliamentary group – and a private party. When asked if his opponent within the party, Sahra Wagenknecht, was also invited, Gysi said his guest list included “pretty personal friends”.

Wagenknecht and he have “the historical responsibility to save this party”. Gysi left open the question of whether he would run again in the next federal election in fall 2025. He would then be 77 years old. However, he would be tempted by the post of senior president of the Bundestag, to which he is entitled the longest-serving member of parliament. Gysi: “It would be a certain satisfaction. I have not forgotten how I was received when I entered 1990: from hostile to hostile”.