Pau belongs to the reform-oriented wing of her party, actively supporting parliamentary representative democracy.

Controversial boundary changes abolished this constituency and for the 2002 election, she contested Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf, regarded as a safe seat for the PDS.

[4] After the 2005 federal election, the Left group offered Lothar Bisky as their candidate for Vice President of the Bundestag, but he failed to win a majority after four rounds of voting.

It is my past which drives me today in my commitment to a democratic society, and I reject any suggestion that this is not the case or even possible."

In her capacity as Vice President, she seeks to be impartial but not apolitical, and champions civil rights and democracy.