In the SPD’s personnel debate, this signals former Labor Minister Hubertus Heil willingness to take on a leadership position in the party. “I will get involved wherever I am needed,” Heil told “Stern”. “The SPD is not an end in itself and is not private property and no one has a claim to any position.”
They have been in effect for weeks SPD leaders Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil in view of the poor survey results and the federal government’s controversial reform policy. Demands for redemption come from the base, Heil is considered a possible successor. He was one of the losers in the SPD power poker after the federal election last year.
The state elections in September showed that a strong SPD was necessary to form democratic majorities, the Lower Saxony told “Stern”. Heil criticized that citizens currently do not have a clear picture of the party’s course. “I will contribute my convictions and my experience to the necessary debate so that the SPD becomes stronger again.”
Heil also advocated that SPD candidates for public office should generally be determined through primary elections by members.
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