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The division of roles at the party leadership is currently not working. “The dual role of party leaders who are also ministers doesn’t work at all.” The ball is now in the chairman’s court Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bassaid Turmer. Bas is Labor Minister, Klingbeil is Finance Minister.

“You have to answer what you want to do differently or whether you want to make your positions available,” demanded Türmer. The members of the youth organization he leads, who are up to 35 years old, make up around 12 percent of the total SPD-Members.

The Juso chairman called on the party leadership not to allow themselves to be driven by the Union in the upcoming reform negotiations. “Reforms are not an end in themselves, they have to reach the right people,” he said. “We can’t just accept what the CDU is demanding.”

Türmer on committees: “Pointless occupational therapy”

The Juso chairman also expressed sharp criticism of the state of committee work in the party. “I sometimes perceive our committees as pointless occupational therapy,” he said. It is not possible to discuss in a targeted manner and to gain knowledge. “We often circle around ourselves and in the end there is no line, no strategy.”

Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil said on Monday that they also wanted to go there Election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate SPD chairmen remain. On the evening of the election, there were calls for the resignation of the party leadership from the back ranks of the SPD. The SPD wants to set its course for the upcoming social reforms on Friday at a large meeting of key federal, state and local politicians.

The CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate, with its top candidate Gordon Schnieder, won surprisingly clearly on Sunday against the SPD, which has been in power for 35 years. It is the Social Democrats’ second crushing defeat in two weeks, after they were almost thrown out of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg with 5.5 percent.