Philipp Türmer is the new head of the Young Socialists
Philipp Türmer is the new head of the Jusos. The 27-year-old was elected with 54% of the vote at the Juso national congress in Braunschweig on Friday. He prevailed against 31-year-old Sarah Mohamed from North Rhine-Westphalia. The Offenbach-based Türmer is considered loud, critical and left-wing.
In his candidacy speech, Türmer did not shy away from criticizing Olaf Scholz (SPD). The failure in social and distribution policy is fatal and is driving the AfD from election success to election success. "Finally make the fight against poverty and for distributive justice a top priority," he urged the Chancellor. "Otherwise you won't even need to come here next year if you want our campaign support to hang up posters again."
Scholz, who had held out the prospect of deportations "on a grand scale" in Der Spiegel, and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD), who had also used harsh words on asylum and migration policy during the state election campaign in Hesse, had to take a hit. "The right-wingers will never vote for you, no matter how many of their positions you adopt."
Phillip Türmer, as the new head of Jusos, called on SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz to prioritize fighting poverty and advocating for distributive justice, highlighting the party's failure in these areas as a reason for the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Türmer's criticisms also extended to SPD leaders Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who had taken hardline stances on asylum and migration policy.
Source: www.dpa.com
