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Heidi Reichinnek: the young, tattooed hard-Left German leader seeing a late election surge

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Die Linke is experiencing a polling surge ahead of Sunday 's election.

The party has found a niche by talking about the cost of living crisis.

It has been able to mobilise young voters in a debate over whether it is correct to “normalise” the AfD.

The AfD is a hard-Right party that some believe is seeking a return to the darkest chapter in history.

Die Linke has been able to focus more on young voters in her absence.

Ms Reichinnek meticulously “genders’ her language a linguistic novelty popular in university towns.

She unabashedly stands for the open-border migration policies that many blame for a spate of terror attacks.

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