Opinion
Whether it’s border controls, citizen’s income or peace negotiations: the Chancellor and his SPD are currently pursuing policies according to the motto: one thing today, another thing tomorrow. That will lead them to ruin.
There are Social Democrats who don’t even want to look at polls anymore. The picture is getting darker every day anyway, they say. The Chancellor’s ratings have now plummeted to levels that politicians nobody knows about usually go to. In almost all surveys, the SPD is not even half as strong as the Union.
These days, the Social Democrats are giving the impression of a party that is almost resignedly heading towards its demise. Can’t Boris Pistorius help?
The hope that a change at the top could bring about a miracle cure for the SPD is touching – but unfortunately it does not get to the heart of the crisis. The Chancellor’s party does not have a personnel problem, it has a profile problem.
The SPD is tipping over in key areas
She is changing her mind one after the other, initiating plans or measures that she has long considered inadmissible. Just a few examples: Border controls? Last year they were still considered a crazy idea in the Interior Minister’s office, but now they are to be introduced at all national borders. Payment cards for refugees? Didn’t work at first. But suddenly they did. Reduced benefits for rejected asylum seekers? For a long time they were considered legally impossible, right up to the top of the Chancellery. Now they will soon only get a bed, bread and soap.
The list goes on and on. Cuts to the citizens’ allowance? Were declared to be nonsense out of fear of a veto by the Constitutional Court, before a solution was found. Deportations? Extremely difficult. Oh, sorry, we’re going to deport people “on a large scale” and quickly charter a plane to Afghanistan. The Chancellor never saw the time for negotiations with Vladimir Putin. Now, when his party is heading for defeat in Brandenburg, he suddenly does.
It would not be surprising if Scholz soon declared the industrial electricity price, which he has so far categorically rejected, to be his own invention.
That’s right, politics is not static, you can change your course, sometimes you even have to. When the world is turning as fast as it is today, it would be negligent to stand still. Once, during his speech about a turning point, Olaf Scholz himself came up with the idea that he had to correct himself. That was a good thing. Since then, he and his party have been constantly forced to do so. By Friedrich Merz, Sahra Wagenknecht, a series of election defeats.
This is how the Chancellor’s party strengthens the extremists
This wouldn’t be so bad if the continued existence of democracy wasn’t at stake in these times. Anyone who rejects proposals for months on end with the argument that they are neither practically feasible nor legally permissible, only to suddenly bring them up themselves, not only comes across as a bamboo in the wind. It also gives extremists the perfect argument to vote for their madness. If you really want to, anything is possible! Now you can see what it helps if we really put pressure on the AfD!
Politics based on the motto “today like this, tomorrow like that” does not help to change the mood. It destroys the credibility of established parties. Who will believe the Chancellor and his SPD if they say again that something is not possible?
After the Brandenburg election, many comrades are whispering that things could get heated in the party. The chancellor, the leadership, everyone could be up for grabs. The SPD can happily swap around. It would probably do them little good. It would be better if the Social Democrats clarified what exactly they stand for.
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
