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Debate about the SPD chairmanship: With or without a knife?
It is still unclear whether SPD leader Klingbeil will run for the post again. The Juso chairman Turmer has a clear opinion: He calls for a new start at the party leadership. Bremen's mayor Bo
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New election of party leadership, Juso leader for SPD leadership without Klingbeil As of: October 24, 2026 • 12:52 p.m
It is still unclear whether SPD leader Klingbeil will run for the post again. The Juso chairman Turmer has a clear opinion: He calls for a new start at the party leadership. Bremen's mayor Bovenschulte is sticking with Klingbeil.
Juso boss Philipp Türmer rejects Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil's renewed candidacy for the chairmanship of the SPD. "If he wants to remain finance minister and vice chancellor, he should not run for chairman again," he told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. During the years in which Klingbeil was responsible for the SPD as general secretary and chairman, he "did not see a clear strategy as to how the party should get back on track." In the dual role, this is “hardly possible,” says Türmer. "In my view, everything speaks for creating a change here."
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The chairman of the SPD youth organization named former labor minister Hubertus Heil and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig as possible alternatives.
After the resignation of SPD leader and Labor Minister Bärbel Bas almost two weeks ago, Klingbeil announced that "the entire leadership of the SPD" would be up for election at a party conference.
The entire leadership of the SPD is to be re-elected. A party conference is planned for the turn of the year. more
Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte supported Klingbeil. He's doing a good job. “I don’t see any need for change at this point,” the SPD politician told the Germany editorial network. A separation of party leadership and ministerial office is not mandatory. In addition to Schwesig, Bovenschulte also named Saarland Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger as a possible co-leader. The SPD should maintain dual leadership.
The new election of the party executive committee is to take place at a regular federal party conference on January 16th and 17th in Bremen.
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