BERLIN—In a redrawn political landscape dominated by an alliance between Germany’s two main parties, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s most prominent opponent is now a 66-year-old former communist with a silver tongue and dreams of finally ending his party’s fringe status.
Gregor Gysi, a Berlin lawyer, is parliamentary leader of the radical Left Party—the largest opposition party remaining in the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag. That accords him the right to respond first to Ms. Merkel after she addresses lawmakers—a…
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