Potsdam: Papenbrock fails surprisingly in the SPD campaign battle!

Potsdam: Papenbrock fails surprisingly in the SPD campaign battle!

Potsdam, Deutschland - The SPD in Brandenburg has experienced a significant change in the political landscape. At the last state representative meeting in Potsdam, two important developments prevailed: Olaf Scholz was again nominated as the top candidate for the Bundestag election and Member of the Bundestag Maja Wallstein won in a competitive election against her party colleague Wiebke Papenbrock for the coveted second place on the SPD state list.

Olaf Scholz, the Chancellor, received an impressive 90.8 percent of the votes and is therefore ready to run again in the Potsdam constituency-an area that he had already won against Greens politician Annalena Baerbock in 2021. Overall, the choice went smoothly, but the competition for the list places showed that there are also tensions within the party. Wallstein prevailed in the martial candidacy with 105 votes, while Papenbrock was only able to combine 18 delegates, such as the Tagesspiegel reported.

strong voices within the SPD

The SPD head of state Dietmar Woidke encouraged the delegates not to give up despite disadvantageous surveys. This is particularly important for the party, which is located in the current surveys behind the AfD and CDU. He emphasized that the impending elections have not yet been decided and called on to fight together and commit the election campaign. In fact, according to an INSA survey, the SPD is only 17 percent, while the CDU ranks 31 percent, as the The nomination of Wallstein and Scholz shows a determined face of the Brandenburg SPD, while preparing for the upcoming challenges in the elections. In a clarification attempt, Secretary General David Kolesnyk called not to argue about list places, but to win the constituencies directly - a clear message that is supposed to underline the cohesion of the party.