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The topic of the day: SPIEGEL debate in the race for the SPD presidency
Who should lead the SPD out of the crisis?
Six candidate duels have fought for the votes of the SPD members, two couples face the runoff election: Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken - as well as Klara Geywitz and Olaf Scholz. The candidates, the election, the consequences - everything important to the SPD power struggle read here.
The race goes into the final round and she starts with a SPIEGEL discussion. For the first time, the four candidates compete against each other - and face the questions of my colleagues Veit Medick and Christoph Hickmann, the role of the SPD and the future of GroKo, a merger with the Left Party or this question:
Who should become the next chancellor candidate of the SPD?
Peter Rigaud / THE MIRROR
The candidate duo Scholz, Geywitz, Walter Borjans, Esken, SPIEGEL reporter Veit Medick (l.) And Christoph Hickmann (r.)
Candidate Norbert Walter-Borjans has a surprising answer. Because he puts to the debate whether the SPD is still strong enough to face a chancellor candidate. If the party under his leadership but a chancellor candidate, he hinted: Olaf Scholz would then rather not be.
Here you can watch the video discussion.
Who convinced you? Vote.
The moderators Medick / Hickmann say after the duel, the time of the "sleeping car phase" is over and: The comrades are over Gerhard Schröder. They draw these five lessons.
Anyway, Martin Schulz, hapless former SPD leader and ex-Chancellor candidate, supports the duo Olaf Scholz / Klara Geywitz - which is amazing, because the relationship between Scholz and Schulz was considered to be shattered. My colleague Medick met them for reconciliation and asked where the change of heart came from. I recommend the interview to you.
Quote of the day: "The reality is better than the call"
That's never been the case: The Grand Coalition is undergoing a halftime check. For one and a half years, the new edition of GroKo runs. Political scientist Wolfgang Schroeder says in an interview that the coalition has done more than its reputation suggests. The fact that the coalition is so unpopular is due to the fact that there is a constant crisis between the parties. The CDU and the SPD both have "pronounced leadership problems". Why does he suspect that the alliance could end anytime - the interview.
News: What you need to know today
- Mike Mohring has been elected as group leader of the CDU in Thuringia. The 47-year-old received only 66 percent of the vote at the constituent meeting of the newly-formed faction.
- The economies do not expect a severe recession. The Council of Economic Experts currently sees no need for a stimulus package in its annual report. Accordingly, a crisis is not threatening.
- Jeremy Corbyn leads his Labor party into the election campaign with a very leftist program. Before the election in the UK on December 12, he promises the British in the election campaign nationalization and billions of dollars. In surveys she has so far no success.
- Lufthansa has canceled 1300 flights. 180,000 passengers are affected. The reason for this is a strike by the flight attendants on Thursday and Friday.
- Italy has introduced the subject "Climate Change". The country will be the first in the world to integrate this subject into the school, said Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti. What's on the curriculum in the future.
Pictures of the day: flowers in the ice
Tharien Smith & Bruce Boyd
It is how it is: We have to get used to the cold again slowly. This may be a bit easier if you look at what works of art can produce the cold. The artist Tharien Smith and the photographer Bruce Boyd freeze flowers in ice - and then drop the blocks into the water. The result: these beautiful pictures.
Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays
"The AfD is the anti-Germany party": In a guest article writes CDU Secretary General Paul Ziemiak, the AfD is on the brink of constitutional order and operate anti-state, backward-looking politics. Working with her would be, according to Ziemiak, a betrayal of Christian democratic values.
Take off the debt brake! Ten years ago, it was a good idea to ban the state from borrowing as much as possible. Today the rule is harmful. The column of Michael Sauga.
At the moment, is anyone in China still overpowering? asks Harald Schmidt. He thinks all our friends from the Far East seem to be here in Germany. Most of them in his hotel. Here is the video.
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Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
Everybody knows Stalingrad, but who knows Rschew? In the winter of 1942, the Soviet Union stopped the Hitler army from Moscow. The number of dead was long concealed. Why?
I'm a referee, not a victim: for ten years I run for little money on football fields, I can be called a blind man and asshole. I still do not have any fear. A soccer referee tells.
Jens Körner / Bildermacher-Sport
Referee Markus Sutera often hears this sentence: "You're a referee, because you're always the victim"
My evening: the recommendation for your evening
What you might hear: The darker the way home on these autumn days, the more good mood the music has to get out of your headphones. For example, the new album "I fucking love my life" by Faber, which my colleague Andreas Borcholte has great fun.
Listen in. And get well through the closing time.
warmly
Maria Stöhr from the Daily Team
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