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Südschleswigscher Voters' Association: Remaining Independent

2021-10-18T05:15:55.216Z


Cooperation on factual issues yes, permanent cooperation in the Bundestag but no: The SSW wants to act independently in Berlin and stand up for minorities. And maybe elect the chancellor?


Cooperation on factual issues yes, permanent cooperation in the Bundestag but no: The SSW wants to act independently in Berlin and stand up for minorities.

And maybe elect the chancellor?

Berlin / Flensburg - The Bundestag member of the Südschleswigschen Voters' Association (SSW), Stefan Seidler, wants to preserve his independence in parliament.

"But I will certainly work with one or the other parliamentary group on individual issues," said Seidler (42) of the German Press Agency.

Last week he had talks with SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich and other parliamentary groups in the Bundestag.

The SSW had been received very positively and there were also offers of cooperation.

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Seidler is keeping open a possible co-election of the SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz.

Should a coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP also contain references to minority politics, "then it could well be that my vote would then also support the new Chancellor Scholz".

That is currently still completely open.

As an example, he cited the anchoring of the rights of national minorities in the Basic Law.

The party made up of the Danish and Frisian minorities entered the Bundestag for the first time in around 70 years in the Bundestag election on September 26th.

Seidler wants to stand up in the Bundestag especially for the minorities and the interests of Schleswig-Holstein and also promote Scandinavian solution models.

For the first time in 60 years, the SSW took part in a federal election.

As a party of a national minority, the SSW is exempt from the five percent hurdle.

He just has to win enough votes that you are entitled to a seat according to the calculation process.

3.2 percent in the north was enough for a mandate.

Non-attached MPs like Seidler cannot start legislative initiatives in the Bundestag or request plenary debates.

They may belong to committees as advisory members with the right to speak and propose.

dpa

Source: merkur

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