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By: Sarah El Sheimy
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Olaf Scholz has spoken out against cooperation between the SPD and the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance - despite sympathies in the Taurus debate.
Berlin - With a view to the upcoming state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg in five months, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has strictly rejected cooperation with the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW). He emphasized the positive balance of his own party, especially the economic growth in Brandenburg under the leadership of the SPD.
In an interview with the
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ),
Scholz said: “The BSW has no suggestions for a better future in the states and no plan as to where Germany should head.” He emphasized that there was “nothing at all” that suggested cooperation with the party of the former Left parliamentary group leader. Despite Wagenknecht's recent expression of sympathy for Scholz, when she praised his rejection of Taurus deliveries to Ukraine as a "responsible decision", the Chancellor considers a state government with the participation of BSW and SPD to be unlikely. “No, that’s beyond my imagination,” said Scholz.
Chancellor Scholz (r) with Tesla boss Elon Musk at the opening of the Tesla factory in Berlin Brandenburg just over a year ago. © Patrick Pleul/dpa/POOL/dpa
SPD has bad cards - BSW is ahead in surveys
The SPD currently has little chance of success in the three federal states that will hold state elections in September - Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg. Only in Brandenburg, where the party currently leads the black-red-green coalition, is it ahead of the BSW (13 percent) in the polls with 17 percent. However, according to current figures, the current government coalition no longer has the popular support necessary for a majority. In Saxony and Thuringia, as well as in Brandenburg, the AfD leads with 28 percent.
Nevertheless, in an interview with MAZ,
Scholz emphasized
the “excellent record” of the Brandenburg government under Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD), who has been in office for almost 11 years. “Brandenburg is currently experiencing extraordinary economic growth,” said Scholz. This is not only due to Tesla's car factory, but also to a large number of industrial settlements.
Sahra Wagenknecht, non-attached and federal chairwoman of the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance. © Carsten Koall/dpa/archive image
Wagenknecht via the BSW regional association: will be founded in May at the latest
The Chancellor emphasized to the
MAZ
: “Basically, we have to ensure for all of Germany that we still have jobs with good wages in ten, 20 and 30 years.” He pointed out that a lot is currently being built “in the east” of Germany, including automobile plants, battery factories and semiconductor production. “Germany will become the largest semiconductor location in Europe.”
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According to its own information, the BSW will not yet run as an independent party in the local elections in Brandenburg in June. Wagenknecht explained that this was due to the ongoing establishment of the state association in Brandenburg, as the
Tagesspiegel
reports. According to
dpa
, the BSW politician plans to found the company by the beginning of May
(ses) at the latest.
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