“Social conscience” lost? SPD grassroots question Bas and Klingbeil - | Day X is approaching
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SPD leadership under pressure ahead of Saxony-Anhalt voteCurrent polls put the SPD at five to seven percent there; leaving the state parliament could jeopardize the party chairs’ positions.
- Current polls put the SPD in Saxony-Anhalt at five to seven percent, and leaving the state parliament could cost Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas their party leadership posts.
- An open letter from the SPD subdistrict in Bielefeld voices disappointment with coalition decisions, while NRW Secretary-General Frederick Cordes says grassroots members feel insufficiently supported.
- Party critics object that Bärbel Bas serves as labor and social affairs minister and Lars Klingbeil as finance minister and vice chancellor, calling for the dual roles to be separated.
- Nationwide election polls place the SPD at twelve percent, behind the AfD, the Union and the Greens, while the Left is nearly as strong.
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