Fight for the top: Who is leading the Berlin SPD to choose?

Fight for the top: Who is leading the Berlin SPD to choose?

In a surprising turn in the Berlin SPD carousel, the members of the Bundestag Annika Klose and Ruppert Stüwe have announced their joint application as top candidates for the upcoming federal election. On Monday, both politicians announced on Monday that they wanted to compete in a so -called double leadership for the first two places in the state list. But the question of who will occupy the coveted first list position remains open. It is speculated internally that Stüwe could strive for first place and Klose, while some voices within the party are urging that a woman should lead the list, as RBB24 reported.

Klose: A political climb with roots in Dortmund

Annika Klose, who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2021, has already had an impressive career. Growing up in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, she received a high school diploma in 2011 and completed her studies of social sciences at the Humboldt University Berlin with a master. She started her political career as the state chairman of the Berlin Jusos and has been active in numerous committees since then, including the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. Klose is committed to progressive policies and has a clear positioning within the SPD parliamentary group as to how her profile shows on Wikipedia.

The Berlin SPD is faced with a trend-setting decision that will be made at the upcoming state representative meeting on Wednesday evening in the Willy-Brandt-Haus. Critics fear that the former governing mayor Michael Müller, who also runs again, could dominate the list even though he has announced that he would do without the top candidate in favor of a woman. The deadline combined with the internal power games and the uncertain outcome of the meeting promises an exciting political drama within the Berlin SPD.