former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder kicked off with statements in favour of Sigmar Gabriel, and against Andrea Nahles, a debate in the SPD. Vice Ralf Stegner is clear – and not only he.

Munich – No rest in the SPD. Ironically, Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has sparked a debate to the detriment of Andrea Nahles. But now gets strong support from high-ranking SPD politicians. “Solidarity has two dimensions,” declared the SPD Vice Ralf Stegner to the online editors of the Münchner Merkur. “On the one hand, there is the solidarity of the active compared with the former politicians. And for the second, but also the solidarity of the former with the now active, responsible,” said Stegner in the direction of the Schroeder.

survey results would not be due to staff debates the better, “and everyone knows the impact of public advice, especially if it is more of a shock than advice”, to put Stegner. “We should all concentrate on the Board exam, clear positions and do what the people expect in the country of us. Andrea Nahles has a very difficult task, and that takes time and the necessary support.“

SPD-Boss Nahles not yet a year in office, Schröder calls for Gabriel’s return

Nahles, a year is not even in the office: you took over in April 2018, the SPD chairmanship of Martin Schulz. In their term of office for the social Democrats to a devastating state election in Bavaria, where the SPD crashed to 9.7 percent. In polls, the party is at the Federal level is currently only around 15 per cent.

The former SPD Chancellor Schröder had made previously in the mirror for a return of Gabriel to the party leadership. Gabriel was “perhaps the most gifted politician we have in the SPD,” said Schröder. The 59-Year-old was kicked “only in the party for a few people to set on the feet”.

+ SPD Vice Ralf Stegner.©dpa / Christian Charisius

SPD-debate: Gabriel stirs up everything

The next SPD Chancellor candidate must possess economic expertise, said Schroeder. Nahles he said these skills: “I think that would not claim to be pretty.” Criticism practiced Schröder also linguistic slips of Nahles as the formulation of “Bätschi” by the end of 2017 in connection with talks on a possible government formation with the Union: “these are Amateur mistakes.” Previously already the SPD had dared politicians out of coverage and expressed, both Gabriel as well as Martin Schulz in responsible positions see. Other two were to plan a coup against Nahles.

Gabriel even AZ said on the question of why he was back in the interview: “I can’t tell, I have not moved it. Why should I do that? I’ve written a book, that’s enough.“

Stegner and Maas pro SPD-Boss Nahles – further criticism of Schröder

Stegner is not the only SPD politician who throws for Nahles in the line of fire. Also the foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, stood behind the chair and warned the citizens expected, no personnel discussions, but “the fact that we are governing in a reasonable – to-right,” said the SPD politician of the Newspapers of the Funke media group (Saturday editions). SPD parliamentary group Deputy Karl Lauterbach criticized on Twitter: “Gerd Schröder is unfair to Andrea Nahles.”

+ Heiko Maas.©dpa / Gregor Fischer

Also the Deputy SPD Chairman, Malu Dreyer, has the attacks of the Schröder against Nahles rejected sharp. In the ARD, accusing Schröder on Sunday evening, “insinuations”. “I still have never appeared as a human being, the theory is that it uses something or things to the front, by the fault of the other assign,” said the Rhineland-Palatinate Minister-President in the “report from Berlin”.

SPD-party Executive: “I agree with his statement on the economic competence of Andrea Nahles not at all”

of The funds officers of the SPD state party Executive Committee, Harald Christ, called schröder’s Comments are irritating. “I do not share his testimony to the economic competence of Andrea Nahles at all, and I find them not helpful,” said Christ to the Newspapers of the editorial network, Germany (Saturday editions). At Schroeder’s address, he added: “throw-ins from the side line help in the current Situation of our party to anyone.”

The acclaimed Gabriel was handed in by the end of 2009 to March of 2017 SPD Chairman, when he the office of the Chancellor candidate, Martin Schulz. After Gabriel had to give in the course of the coalition negotiations with the Union on a renewed Grand coalition his Post as foreign Minister, he retired from the first series of the SPD representatives.

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