Petra Pau stepped out of the Bundestag in 2025: a farewell to the stage!
Petra Pau stepped out of the Bundestag in 2025: a farewell to the stage!
Petra Pau, a prominent politician of the left in Berlin, announced at the latest state party conference that she will not run again for the German Bundestag in 2025. This is an important step, since Pau has been in the Bundestag for 26 years and has been Vice President since 2006. While she did not give a specific reason for her retreat, she emphasized that she wanted to remain politically active. "Of course I remain politically active - at the base, in my numerous political honorary offices," said Pau towards the delegates.
PAU entered parliament for the first time in 1998 and became known when she prevailed in the Berlin-Mitte constituency against Wolfgang Thierse from the SPD and Marianne Birthler. Over the years, however, she has also established herself in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf constituency and was able to win a direct mandate five times in a row. In the Bundestag election in 2021, however, she lost her constituency to Mario Czaja from the CDU, but managed to return to parliament via the state list.
paus words about party work
In her speech at the party congress, Pau called for a programmatic renewal of her party. According to her, a mere change of personnel is not sufficient to lead the left into a better future. These comments take place before the upcoming Federal Party Congress in Halle, on which a new party leadership is to be elected. Jan van Aken and Ines Schwerdtner are traded as possible successors by Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan."Social justice is the trademark of the party DIE LINKE," Pau confirmed in her speech. However, she warned that the party also had to deal with the topics of climate change and digitization. "We also have to be the green and pirates, mind you red green and red pirates. The future is not to be done underneath," she said, making it clear, making it clear the need for progressive change.
PAU described the upcoming federal party conference as pioneering for the future of the left. "Either the left is rapping into a sought -after alternative in the 21st century or we plunge into insignificance in free fall," she warned, underlining how important a strong and relevant voice of the left is in the political landscape. In her opinion, it is essential that the party is reorganizing to successfully deal with the challenges of the 21st century.
These news about Pau and their decision to withdraw from the 2025 Bundestag election are of great importance. They not only touch the immediate political future of the left, but also raise questions about change within the party and in German politics as a whole. The discussion about the strategic orientation of the left is made even more intensely by paus withdrawal and its emphatic demands for renewal.
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