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Is Gerhard Schröder leaving the SPD today?

2022-08-08T08:31:46.518Z


Is Gerhard Schröder leaving the SPD today? Created: 08/08/2022, 10:24 am By: Johannes Nuss In the SPD, a decision on the person of the former chancellor is expected. But there is also an alternative to Gerhard Schröder's expulsion from the party. Hanover – out or in? What will become of Gerhard Schröder within the SPD? Quite a few comrades want to throw the former chancellor out of the party.


Is Gerhard Schröder leaving the SPD today?

Created: 08/08/2022, 10:24 am

By: Johannes Nuss

In the SPD, a decision on the person of the former chancellor is expected.

But there is also an alternative to Gerhard Schröder's expulsion from the party.

Hanover – out or in?

What will become of Gerhard Schröder within the SPD?

Quite a few comrades want to throw the former chancellor out of the party.

The proximity of the former Prime Minister of Lower Saxony to Russian President Vladimir Putin is a thorn in their side in politics.

Gerhard Schröder recently called for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to be put into operation immediately.

Added to this are Schröder's public appearances in recent weeks and months in connection with the Ukraine conflict, some of which have been followed with great astonishment in Germany, as reported by kreiszeitung.de.

Gerhard Schröder expelled from the party: legal hurdles are very high

But before a person can be expelled from a party, legal hurdles have to be overcome.

These are very high.

A decision is expected to be made during the course of today, Monday, August 8, 2022.

The arbitration commission of the SPD sub-district Hanover in the state association Lower Saxony is responsible.

Schröder's statements had already cost him various offices in the past.

Among other things, the former chancellor returned honorary citizenship to the city of Hanover.

On Monday, August 8, 2022, the arbitration commission of the SPD sub-district Region Hannover will decide on the future of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the ranks of the Social Democrats.

(Archive image) © Kay NIetfeld/dpa

However, the managing director of the SPD district of Hanover, Christoph Matterne, has not yet been able to say when exactly the decision should be made.

Schröder can appeal against the decision of the arbitration commission of the SPD sub-district in Hanover within two weeks.

The arbitration commission of the SPD sub-district Hannover region is responsible in this case, because Schröder is a member of the SPD local branch Oststadt-Zoo.

But the arbitration commission is not the end of it: there are also two other instances within the party that can be appealed to.

On the one hand, there is the SPD district of Hanover.

If no agreement can be reached here either, the Federal Arbitration Commission of the Social Democrats can ultimately intervene.

Gerhard Schröder has been criticized for his closeness to Russia's President Vladimir Putin

Schröder has long been criticized for his close ties to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and the Russian oil and gas industry.

In the opinion of many SPD comrades, even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, he did not sufficiently distance himself from Russia.

Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) had repeatedly criticized Schröder recently.

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17 regional party associations have therefore applied for regulatory proceedings against him;

there were also other applications that did not meet the formal requirements.

The arbitration commission in Hanover negotiated in mid-July in a party-public manner, but with the media excluded.

Schröder himself did not appear and had not sent a lawyer.

However, the legal hurdles for a party penalty or even an exclusion are very high.

Should the Arbitration Commission come to the conclusion that Schröder has caused serious damage to the party, a reprimand or a temporary suspension of the member's rights would also be possible as party penalties.

SPD leader Saskia Esken calls for Gerhard Schröder to be expelled from the party

SPD co-chair Saskia Esken sharply criticized Schröder for his recent statements about Russia's President Vladimir Putin's alleged willingness to negotiate in the Ukraine war.

"Gerhard Schröder does not act as an ex-chancellor, but as a businessman, and that's how we should interpret his statements," Esken told the newspapers of the Funke media group.

"With everything he does and says, he acts in his own interest and in that of his business partners."

At the end of July, the former Chancellor visited Putin again in Moscow and then gave an interview to the magazine “Stern” and the broadcasters RTL and ntv.

In the interview, Gerhard Schröder claimed that the Ukraine conflict could be resolved through negotiations: "The good news is that the Kremlin wants a negotiated solution."

Esken said about the party order procedure: “There are numerous applications and the party order procedure is ongoing.

How that turns out doesn't depend on my opinion, it's a legal question.” The SPD leader herself had already suggested that Schröder leave the party a few months ago.

(With material from the dpa)

Source: merkur

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