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Martin Schulz becomes head of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
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Martin Schulz succeeds Kurt Beck.
On Monday, the former SPD chairman and former chancellor candidate Schulz was elected chairman of the party-affiliated Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
"We want to develop utopias and visions for the future and make a visible contribution to a just and democratic world," said Schulz on the Monday after his election by the annual general meeting.
The foundation wants "to be perceived as a leading think tank that offers a space for debate and discussion," explained Schulz.
According to its own statements, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation is the oldest German political foundation.
It therefore stands for the support and defense of democracy, for the promotion and the right to fair educational opportunities and for international cooperation and solidarity.
Schulz is no longer running for the Bundestag
Schulz no longer wants to run for the Bundestag.
That's what the 64-year-old politician told the "Aachener Nachrichten".
"With the decision for this office comes the decision not to run again for the Bundestag in autumn 2021," said Schulz.
Until the end of the current legislative period he will "continue to fulfill the duties of his mandate with dedication".
Schulz has belonged to the Bundestag since 2017, when he was a candidate for chancellor.
The party-affiliated foundations make a contribution to political education, for example through publications and grants, and are largely financed by public funds.
The nationwide foundations also include the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Hanns Seidel Foundation (CSU), the Heinrich Böll Foundation (Greens), the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FDP) and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Left).
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