Ines Schwerdtner

Ines Schwerdtner is a German journalist and politician. She has been co-leader of The Left since October 2024. She was previously editor-in-chief of the German-language edition of the socialist magazine Jacobin from 2019 to 2023. She joined The Left in August 2023 and ran for the 2024 European Parliament election, but was not elected. In the 2025 federal election her party increased its vote share and seat count, and she became a member of the Bundestag.