This Wednesday, new SPD ministers received an unaccustomed advance of confidence from ir own ranks: when Bundestag group leader Andrea Nahles presented social Democratic side of Cabinet to Bundestag, she called Federal Labour minister Hubertus fondly by nickname. "Hubi" salvation will from now on fight for a job in Germany, said Nahles, while Family minister Franziska Giffey improves education of Kitas and Environment Minister is taking care of abandoned regions. Consumer Protection Minister Katarina Barley will promote data protection, OlafScholz and Heiko Maas would reform EU as finance and foreign minister.
Top comrades as hopefuls and tacklers – this picture is to be better maintained from perspective of SPD than in previous grand coalition. Only: What role does Nahles itself play in construct of doomed to success?
Her new task is almost as dreary as derdunkle pants suit, which Nahles wore during her first speech in response to Chancellor's government statement. Nahles wants to remain chairman of Bundestag group and soon to be party leader, but deliberately not minister: Outside government reason, she is supposed to build a kind of nonpartisan counterweight to unpopular grand coalition.
Personnel it works with renewal"Squaring Circle" Sagtman if someone has an almost unsolvable task. Chancellor Angela Merkel Nahmdiesen expression on Wednesday as an occasion to tease Andreas Scheuer, new transport Minister of CSU, because vesting car industry must pacify and immediately provide for pollutant-free air. But probably Nahles is one that has to lead significantly more roundings to corners Diein coming months. Their job description is that of a secret SPD opposition leader in government. However, as Bundestag group leader, Nahles must neverless collect majorities in politics with Conservatives if she needs to eat. The 47-year-old will refore be moving in an eternal contradiction in coming years.
In struggle for approval of Grand coalition, party leader has clearly prevailed at end, 66 percent of SPD members have said yes to government alliance with Union. But Nahles is smart enough to know that this was not case with many members, but for fear of new elections and a furr crash of SPD in polls.
Now comrades and Genossenihre demand for "renewal" promised by Nahles also in government responsibility as a monstrance. The expectations for a repositioning of SPDdiffus are: everything has to be different – organisational, personnel, Habituell – and this immediately. The Social Democrats want to see ir party victorious again, so poll values must soon rise.
Against candidate wants to apologize for Hartz IVStaff, after all, HabenNahles and vice-chancellor Scholz according to General view "delivered". The new SPD ministers are a mix of strategic heads (Finance Minister Scholz) UndÜberraschung for Heart ( East German Franziska Giffey). No personalities caused shaking of head, and it was quite case in Union. Although Heiko Maas as foreign minister brings about as much experience as CDU Education minister Anja Karliczek for her office, Maas was not called into question in contrast to Karliczek. And that Sigmar Gabriel no longer received a minister was accepted by absolutely Gabriel-loving SPD base.
The renovation works for first. And also Nahles himself belongs to this plan: at a party congress at end of April, she wants to take over party presidency of Martin Schulz. She would be first woman at top in 150 years of German social democracy. But Nahles is not uncontroversial: she has a countercandidate from base, Simone Lange from Flensburg. Currently touring SPD local clubs for a long time and promises comrades an apology for Hartz IV reforms of ir party. "I am free," says Lange, aiming at Nahles, who, as Bundestag group leader, cannot attack decisions of her party from recent past so openly.
Probably long on DemParteitag will lose vote against Nahles. It can be dangerous to her noneless. The more discontent Flensburger stirs up and possibly even channel in votes for herself, more question could be in room: can Nahles what she promises? Rebuild SPD? As you know, 100 percent of presidents have failed to do this job.
Date Of Update: 22 March 2018, 12:02
