Parties - Eastern elections: SPD wants to fight for majorities without AfD
The SPD will fight for majorities without the AfD in the upcoming elections in the three eastern German states, despite poor survey results. The SPD will "place even more presence and engagement in the election campaigns in the Eastern regional associations," announced parliamentary leader Katja Mast at the end of a two-day summer tour in Cottbus. This was agreed upon during a SPD presidium meeting on Sunday.
The SPD will "do everything to ensure democratic majorities," said Mast. Two and a half months before the Thuringia state election, the SPD is at seven percent. The strongest force is the AfD with 28 percent, followed by the CDU with 23 percent and the Alliance 90/The Left with 11 percent. Minister-President Bodo Ramelow's The Left party comes in only at 11 percent. A three-way coalition between the CDU, BSW, and SPD is theoretically possible.
SPD and BSW?
Regarding the question of whether the SPD would be open to such a coalition, Mast replied: "This question does not arise at the moment." Surveys are snapshots. "And that's why we'll do everything to make these numbers shift." Mast: "Of course, there's also a task there to still do a lot in the campaign."
Mast also made it clear that "the numbers in Thuringia irritate me, that an engaged Minister-President like Bodo Ramelow currently has worse survey values than BSW." Mast: "But that can also change by the election day. Elections are decided on the last stretch and not today."
Elections will take place in September in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia. According to the latest survey, the SPD comes in at six percent in Saxony and with the popular Minister-President Dietmar Woidke at the forefront of the campaign in Brandenburg at 19 percent. The numbers in Brandenburg are also a credit to the state government, said Mast.
- The SPD will strive for democratic majorities without the AfD in the upcoming elections in Thuringia, Brandenburg, and Saxony.
- SPD parliamentary leader Katja Mast announced the party will increase their presence and engagement in the election campaigns in the Eastern regional associations.
- At the SPD presidium meeting on Sunday, it was agreed that the party will work hard to shift the current survey numbers.
- In the Thuringia state election, the SPD is currently at seven percent, while the AfD leads with 28 percent, followed by the CDU with 23 percent and the Alliance 90/The Left with 11 percent.
- A coalition between the CDU, BSW, and SPD in Thuringia is theoretically possible, but Mast stated that the question does not arise at the moment.
- Mast expressed her frustration that Minister-President Bodo Ramelow's The Left party is currently at the same survey value as the BSW in Thuringia.
- According to the latest survey, the SPD comes in at six percent in Saxony, while the SPD's popular Minister-President Dietmar Woidke leads the campaign in Brandenburg at 19 percent.
- The survey numbers in Brandenburg are also a credit to the state government, according to Mast.
- Elections will take place in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia in September.
