SPD General Secretary Klüssendorf rejects debate about party leadership after Saxony-Anhalt election

Berlin. SPD General Secretary Tim Klüssendorf does not want a debate about the SPD leadership after the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. The question of whether Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas should give up the party leadership “is really not a question that I am asking myself right now,” emphasized Klüssendorf in the Willy Brandt House. The AfD election result represents a turning point. He sees the SPD result as an “important sign of stability”.

The federal government and the Bundestag would now have to intensively address issues such as pensions, care and distribution of funds. "I think it's not just enough to say that people have to try harder, but I think it's also very much about developing a positive vision for this country. And that's what our common task is now," said Klüssendorf.