Parliament - Midyatli offers Günther Schleswig-Holstein pact
The new opposition leader Serpil Midyatli has proposed a Schleswig-Holstein Pact to the state government. "We have to keep society together in these really difficult times," the SPD parliamentary group leader told the German Press Agency. She cited examples of how the state must make progress in expanding daycare centers and public transport as well as strengthening the education system.
Minister President Daniel Günther (CDU) had offered her cooperation, said Midyatli. "If he really wants to do that, we should sit down at a table together relatively quickly." The SPD is ready to move the northernmost federal state forward. However, it is also clear: "We will not allow budgets with social cuts."
Midyatli was elected leader of the SPD parliamentary group for the second time following the resignation of her predecessor Thomas Losse-Müller in December. She had already held this position until the 2022 state elections, but had to vacate it after the SPD's disastrous 16% performance to replace Losse-Müller, who was the lead candidate at the time. With twelve MPs, the SPD is only the third largest parliamentary group in the state parliament.
The new parliamentary group leader wants to continue the work of her predecessor. "We will remain a constructive opposition," said Midyatli. The transformation fund, which Losse-Müller played a key role in developing, will remain an issue. "Nobody has said that we don't need it. Nobody disputes that the investment requirements we presented are incorrectly calculated." Climate policy must be socially just, he said. "Many people are currently insecure, politics must give them security."
Due to crises such as the war in Ukraine and the consequences, people are realizing that life has become significantly more expensive, said Midyatli. "As social democrats, we want to give them answers." The necessary restructuring of society would not happen overnight. Necessary steps to achieve the climate targets by 2030, to modernize schools, to create the 15,600 daycare places that are missing in the country or to expand bus and rail services could be tackled year after year with emergency loans in the budget. Midyatli wants to agree on this with the governing parties in a Schleswig-Holstein Pact.
"We have to provide people with the infrastructure they need in their everyday lives so that their lives can function, their children can be looked after properly and they can do their jobs," said Midyatli. "If we don't manage to do this, we will lose people on the way to achieving the climate targets." That is why the SPD continues to insist on a strong state.
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- Minister President Daniel Günther (CDU) commended Serpil Midyatli's proposal for a Schleswig-Holstein Pact, acknowledging the importance of cooperation in addressing societal challenges.
- During her tenure as the SPD parliamentary group leader, Thomas Losse-Müller played a significant role in developing the transformation fund, which aims to address climate and social issues.
- In the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein, the SPD, led by Serpil Midyatli, ranks as the third largest parliamentary group, with a total of twelve members.
- The SPD, under Midyatli's leadership, is determined to maintain a constructive opposition stance while advocating for social justice and strengthening the education system, particularly in expanding daycare centers and improving transportation facilities.
- Günther, the CDU leader, and Midyatli, the SPD leader, both agreed that budgets with social cuts should not be an option, emphasizing the need for a collective agreement in the form of a Schleswig-Holstein Pact.
- Serpil Midyatli's focus as the SPD leader includes addressing the repercussions of crises, such as rising living costs due to the war in Ukraine, by implementing measures to modernize schools, create more daycare places, and expand public transportation services.
Source: www.stern.de
