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Sahra Wagenknecht, Germany's combative 'left-wing conservative'

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Sahra Wagenknecht launches campaign for her one-year-old BSW party in the hope it will enter parliament after a snap general election slated for February 23 .

Known as a polarising TV talk show guest and best-selling author, she has long given voice to popular discontent at what she calls heartless capitalism, arrogant political elites and dangerous Western militarism.

She has demanded strict limits on migrants and those seeking asylum, also a key theme for the far-right Alternative for Germany .

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semi-formal

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English

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58

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