Confrontation? He can. The new Juso boss Philipp Türmer is rehearsing the uprising – against Olaf Scholz, for more pure SPD. A walk through the government district.
His sleeping places change frequently. Sometimes he stays in a hotel, sometimes in a shared apartment with friends. Philipp Türmer, 27, commutes from Offenbach to Berlin several times a week. He has to be in the capital more often now. Meetings, switching, interviews. Work everywhere. And at the same time he is trying to find an apartment. Good luck, comrade.
“Berlin used to be more romantic,” says Türmer.
It was also quieter in Berlin, at least for the Chancellor and the SPD. Then Philipp Türmer appeared and made a noise. The new leader of the Young Socialists (Jusos) is unmistakably lashing out against them. With a sharpness and urgency that the comrades have not experienced since the years of the grand coalition.
At that time, a certain Kevin Kühnert raged against the GroKo and became the prototype of the powerful Juso chairman. Today it is Türmer who sees the SPD on the wrong path – because it blindly follows Olaf Scholz. The difference: The SPD now provides the chancellor. So the tormentor Turmer starts at the top.
Is he now shaking the unity of the comrades who gathered behind him in a disciplined manner after Scholz’s election victory? And the Chancellor too?