Sahra Wagenknecht's new party received 80,463.64 euros at the beginning of February. It is not clear where the money originally came from.
BSW treasurer Ralph Suikat explained that the accusation that the association's donations were concealing the original donors had "no basis at all" The approximately 80,000 euros are money from “more than 23,000 donors from all levels of our society,” said Suikats. The party receives numerous donations “from very, very many people who obviously really don’t have much income,’ said party leader.