Left-Wing Candidates Victorious in SPD Leadership Election
Left-Wing Candidates Victorious in SPD Leadership Election
Author(s): Lidia Gibadło
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Germany; SPD; Left-Wing; results;
Summary/Abstract: Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans won the leadership election of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In the second round, the respective SPD deputy to the Bundestag and former finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia won the support of 53,06% of the group’s members, beating the favourites, Olaf Scholz, the current finance minister of Germany and deputy chancellor, and the Klara Geywitz, a former member of the Brandenburg parliament. The election result is a signal that party members want the grouping to have a more left-wing profile.
Series: PISM Spotlight
- Page Count: 2
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
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