SPD Baden-Württemberg chooses new leadership-Esken is left out!

SPD Baden-Württemberg chooses new leadership-Esken is left out!

Pforzheim, Deutschland - The SPD state board of Baden-Württemberg pronounced official nominations for the federal board on Monday evening. Surprisingly, the current federal chairwoman Saskia Esken no longer runs for the party executive. Nominated candidates are Andreas Stoch, the state chair, as well as Katja Mast and Isabel Cademartori, both members of the Bundestag. Even if Esken does not run for the board of directors, it is possible that it will still move into the federal executive board, since this right of proposal has further candidates until the party conference, such as swr.de reported.

ESKE could decide on a new candidacy if the new federal government is confirmed. In the meantime there is growing resentment in Baden-Württemberg about the state chair. In an interview, SPD state general secretary Sascha Binder expressed that he does not see Esken among the best candidates for the future cabinet posts and that the majority of these items should go to women. The former SPD state chairman Leni Breymaier met this statement with contradiction. Esken is a member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Calw/Freudenstadt and was elected federal chairman in 2019, which was controversial in their own state association.

political challenges and setbacks

parallel to the internal developments in the SPD, a resolution of the party executive on international Women's Day shows that the question of equality between women and men is still a central topic. This resolution emphasizes that Corona pandemic has reinforced the inequalities between the sexes. Women in particular often do not receive adequate remuneration, especially 80 percent of nursing staff are affected, which women are.

demands for equality

The SPD therefore calls for a fair remuneration and recommends, among other things, the introduction of a nationwide collective agreement. There are also suggestions for the fair distribution of employment and family tasks, including the need for investments in daycare centers and all-day care. The increase in children's hospital and a family care period with a partial loner rate of up to 15 months are also under discussion.

Another goal of the SPD is to bring more women to management positions, both in politics and in business. The aim is to introduce parity laws for the Bundestag, the federal states and municipalities and to extend the management position law to listed companies. These topics are of central importance to promote a fair and equal society, as well as the SPD.de In underlines his resolution.