SPD allows dual leadership for party presidency | ' | '
In the crisis-shaken SPD should get new momentum. Therefore, the party chairmanship should be able to be double-staffed in the future, as the acting party leaders Manuela Schwesig, Malu Dreyer and Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel announced after a board meeting. Although a dual point is "not a panacea to bad poll numbers, but the SPD needs strength," said Dreyer.
In addition to teams, however, individual candidates should continue to be able to apply. First, an application deadline is set from 1 July to 1 September. Candidates are expected to introduce themselves in September and October. Then a member decision takes place, the result of which is to be announced on October 26th. If no candidate or team receives over 50 percent, there should be a second member decision.
"Decision should not fall in the back room"
The new party leadership should then be elected in December by the party congress. A top team must necessarily include a woman. Co-party leader Schwesig said the party hopes membership participation will create a "lively debate". The decision should "not fall in the back room", but be met by the 440,000 members.
A new election had become necessary after Andrea Nahles had resigned at the beginning of the month after the SPD debacle in the European elections as party and parliamentary leader. For weeks, the SPD had discussed how the members should be involved in the election.
ie / gri (dpa, afp, rtr)
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