OpinionCrisis in the SPD: Are Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas facing the axe?:
Tough times for the SPD leadership: What will become of Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas?
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SPD: Support is crumbling - | Is the SPD facing a revolt?: If the state elections in the east go badly, the days of Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil at the top of ...
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Unrest in the SPD: Will Klingbeil fall after the state elections?: Klingbeil spoke to children at a Berlin sports camp about his plans.
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- The Frankfurt SPD district calls for replacing Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil and convening an extraordinary federal party conference in autumn 2026.
- The party chair should be chosen through an open application process and a binding nationwide membership vote.
- In the extreme case, the district urges foregoing government participation if core principles cannot be implemented or are permanently violated.
- It also calls for debt-brake reform, tax increases, rejecting conservative and right-wing narratives, and examining proceedings to ban the AfD.
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- The SPD has remained at around 12% nationally for months and is under pressure over the coalition’s social policies, including ending penalty-free pensions after 45 years of contributions.
- The Migration and Diversity working group is calling for an extraordinary party congress in autumn to elect a new party executive, while members in Hesse are seeking a vote on the party leadership.
- Despite the criticism, Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil are urging restraint and citing their mandate to govern, while Karl Lauterbach has expressed confidence in them and called for a stronger social-democratic profile in government.
- Weak SPD results in the upcoming elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania could make the leaders’ resignation or a special congress more likely, whereas better results could keep Bas and Klingbeil in office for now.
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