SPD: Schulz stresses the closeness to Scholz

At its first regional conference, the SPD discussed the electoral debacle. The party chairman does not see such great differences between himself and his vice.

SPD: Schulz stresses the closeness to Scholz

DerSPD chairman Martin Schulz Einigkeitmit his deputy Olaf Scholz in Hamburg. There is much agreement between what Scholz is proposing and what he himself wants to present on 6 November in Leitantragfür party congress in December, Schulz said. "Contrary to derlandläufigen opinion, re is more agreement between Olaf Scholz and me inhaltlicheigentlich than differences."

At first of eight regional conferences, party leader with etwa700 members from norrn Germany advised almost three hours about consequences of from electoral defeat on 24 September. The meeting showed that re was an organizational and substantive input in SPD, "Deruns all hopeful," said Schulz.

The party leaders were largely detained and let members talk. A variety of proposals have come to table. According to participants of meeting behind closed doors, re were questions such as "What does SPD stand for?" or "How can party regain trust?"

With regard to recent reflections of OLAF Scholz, Schulz said that y had found in a conversation in morning that re was even more to rules than y had thought mselves. The DerSPD boss described thrust of Scholz as "very good paper". Scholz said: "It is good that is being discussed now, and that political positions ball."

Scholz had demanded on Friday in a paper "SchonungsloseBetrachtung of situation". There should be no more excuses for both causes research. Unlike Schulz, who had recently called for more courage to critique capitalism, Hamburg's mayor is promoting a pragmatischenKurs that connects economic growth, progress and social justice.

"No Business Accident"

The outgoing Juso boss Johanna Uekermann demanded a course ihrerPartei. "The SPD must become a linker, develop a clear profile, answer diegroßen questions about future and make clear to whom it is a policy." Party vice Ralf Steger said that SPD needs different milieus and wings if it wants to act in society. He renewed his support for Schulz, who wants to bestätigtwerden on party Congress as SPD chief: "I am firmly convinced that one will see that DieZustimmung and affection are valid in SPD Martin Schulz."

Schulz told Spark Media Group about electoral defeat, in which DieSPD with him as Chancellor candidate had crashed to 20.5 percent: "We did not pretend that it was just a business accident. MeineAufgabe as chairman is to reform party, to recreate it programmatischund organisationally. " In event of a failure of Jamaica coalition negotiations, Schulz called for a reelection.

The next SPD conference in Leipzig is already on this Sunday. SPD Bundestag group chief Andrea Nahles said that in debate Sichernoch furr party members would say: "I think we can use jedendieser contributions."

Date Of Update: 29 October 2017, 12:03
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