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Saxony-Anhalt election: Klüssendorf says debate over SPD leadership is not on the agenda

From Die Zeit · () German

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  • SPD Secretary-General Tim Klüssendorf rejected calls to immediately debate whether Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas should give up the party leadership.
  • He described the SPD result in Saxony-Anhalt as an important sign of stability, while calling the AfD’s result a turning point.
  • Klüssendorf urged the government and parliament to address pensions, care and the distribution of funds, and advocated dialogue-based politics.

Tim Klüssendorf does not want the SPD to begin a debate over its leadership after the state election in Saxony-Anhalt. Asked whether Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas should step down, the party’s secretary-general said it was “really not a question I am asking myself right now.”

Really not a question I am asking myself right now.

· Tim KlüssendorfHe rejected an immediate debate over whether Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas should give up the SPD leadership.

Speaking at the Willy Brandt House while commenting on the projections, Klüssendorf described the AfD’s result as a turning point. He characterized the SPD’s performance as “an important sign of stability.”

He said the federal government and Bundestag must now take a closer look at pensions, care and the distribution of funds. Klüssendorf argued that it was not enough to tell people to work harder.

An important sign of stability.

· Tim KlüssendorfHe described the SPD’s result in the Saxony-Anhalt election.

“I believe it is also very much about developing a positive vision for this country,” he said. “And that is what our shared task is now.”

I believe it is also very much about developing a positive vision for this country. And that is what our shared task is now.

· Tim KlüssendorfHe called for a constructive political vision alongside demands for personal effort.
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