Bärbel Bas, the co-chair of the SPD and Federal Minister of Labor, resigns from her positions due to grief over the loss of her stepdaughter and states that she needs time to process her grief. #BärbelBas #Rücktritt #Trauer (translated)
Jan Fleischhauer wrote that anyone who accuses the CDU of treating the SPD chairperson without compassion and in a cold, inhuman manner must leave the coalition. He argued that one cannot govern with people who act this way and called for immediate new elections. He asked his audience if they wanted that. #Neuwahlen #CDU #SPD (translated)
SPD has shared leadership since 2019, and the party's other leader, Lars Klingbeil, says that the attacks are "indecent." #Tyskland #SPD #BärbelBas (translated)
The leader of the German Social Democrats, Bärbel Bas, has resigned with immediate effect due to personal grief and criticism of her ministerial work, which constitutes a new setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz. #Tyskland #SPD #BärbelBas (translated)
Gert Wöllmann wrote that Manuela Schwesig, Karl Lauterbach, and Lars Klingbeil spoke of "inhumane" statements without citing specific examples. According to him, the SPD as well as media outlets like Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, ARD, ZDF, and taz also did not provide any examples. #SPD #Medienkritik #Politik (translated)
The attacks by the CDU – despite their personally difficult situation – were inhumane and ruthless. Schwesig had written at X: "The attacks by the CDU – despite their personally difficult situation – were inhumane and ruthless." #SPD #BorisPistorius #Politik (translated)
Boris Pistorius dodges the question about his ambitions for the SPD leadership after the resignation of co-chair Bärbel Bas, despite his combative appearance at Bebelplatz, where he started the national anthem. #SPD #BorisPistorius #Politik (translated)
The SPD accuses the CDU of inhumane treatment of the grieving politician, Chancellor Friedrich Merz rejects this. #Nahost #IranKrieg #Politik (translated)
Middle East expert Guido Steinberg discusses the escalation of the Iran war and its possible repercussions for the region, while in Germany the coalition is under pressure following the resignation of SPD leader Bärbel Bas and the criticism of Interior Minister Gerhard Karner in connection with police service reform. #Nahost #IranKrieg #Politik (translated)
Dominik Kolder accused the STAN movement in Ostrava of betraying its voters and asked Vít Rakušan if he didn't mind that STAN openly supports the ANO candidate for the Senate in Poruba. According to Kolder, members of the movement refused to negotiate with his group in the central district, and STAN could be tempted into a coalition with ANO and SPD in Poruba, which he described as one of the largest districts in Ostrava. #Ostrava #politika #volby (translated)
Saskia Ludwig expressed her sympathy to Bärbel Bas and described her fate as tragic. At the same time, she wrote that it was inexplicable to make 84 million people wait for necessary reforms because of the personal fate of one person; there are representatives, state secretaries, and substitute arrangements. She called the SPD parliamentary group's 1.5-year refusal to justify it cheeky. Ludwig considered the accusation against the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for not taking Bas' personal situation into account as part of a strategy of the SPD and asked who was using the personal stroke of fate. https://t.co/LguQ39rKWO #Politik #Deutschland #Reformen (translated)
The author wrote that he did not want to defend Reichelt, but he interpreted Stegner's reaction as an indication that Reichelt had caught the SPD off guard. According to his account, leading SPD members had used the whole day of mourning for Bas to exploit what he saw as false attacks on the Union. In this context, particularly left-wing party members had been vocal, whom he characterized with a derogatory term as pro-Russian. He accused Stegner of being the last person to lecture others about decency. #Politik #SPD #Anstand (translated)
With a serious face in front of the press, the co-chairman of the SPD, Lars Klingbeil, who is also the Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor, said he was "very sad" and scolded the conservatives without naming them. #Allemagne #Coalition #Politique (translated)
🅱️aha wrote that the process should be shown to the "last five SPD voters." Less than six hours after the chancellor's party, according to him, had once again resolved to provide relief, the vice chancellor expressed doubts. In doing so, 🅱️aha claimed that the vice chancellor lacked economic education and referred to him as a "vice chancellor actor." https://t.co/A5R9kF0chw #SPD #Politik #Wirtschaft (translated)
"The question honestly doesn't arise for me at all. I enjoy being the Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor of this country very much and will continue to be so," says Klingbeil at a press conference in the Ministry of Finance. #SPD #Klingbeil #Neuwahl (translated)
Lars Klingbeil wants to remain Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor despite the upcoming reelection of the SPD leadership, but has not yet decided whether he will run for the party chairmanship again. #SPD #Klingbeil #Neuwahl (translated)
Bärbel Bas's resignation reveals a serious trust problem within the coalition between the Union and the SPD that urgently needs to be resolved in order to make progress on the necessary reforms. #Koalition #Vertrauensproblem #Reformen (translated)
Party leader Lars Klingbeil wants to have the leadership re-elected at an early party congress. #SPD #LarsKlingbeil #Parteitag (translated)
After the resignation of co-party leader Bärbel Bas, the SPD is faced with a question of power, while party leader Lars Klingbeil plans to have the leadership re-elected at an early party convention. #SPD #LarsKlingbeil #Parteitag (translated)
Matthias Deiß from ARD Berlin reports on the resignation of Labor Minister Bärbel Bas. #BärbelBas #Rücktritt #SPD (translated)
