Klingbeil announces new elections for the entire SPD leadership

After the resignation of SPD co-leader and Labor Minister Bärbel Bas, a federal party conference “around the turn of the year” will decide on the future SPD leadership.

“The entire leadership of the SPD will then stand for election,” said the remaining SPD co-chair Lars Klingbeil on Monday in Berlin. Klingbeil therefore wants to hold on to the dual leadership of the SPD chairmanship.

In the press statement he also warned against a brutalization of the political culture in Germany. “I expect us to look out for each other,” he said in the statement.

However, after Bas' withdrawal, Klingbeil still sees the SPD as fully capable of acting. The Presidium discussed the situation in detail. He made two suggestions for the party chairmanship to the executive committee.