Lafontaine now plays directly on the preferences of public transfer recipients and firmly occupies the left margin of German politics, dreaming the dream of the everlasting welfare state that can draw on unlimited resources.
在拉方丹的“左翼”政党与东部德国的前共产主义者合并后，它获得了牢固的选民基础，并改变着德国的政治平衡。由于害怕失去选票和担心本党成员的离弃，社民党便不能继续施罗德的改革议程。