State party conference
SPD leader Esken: exploratory paper is not yellow
SPD leader Saskia Esken promotes the traffic light coalition at the state party conference in Freiburg. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth / dpa
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Saskia Esken contradicts the criticism that the exploratory paper bears the signature of the FDP. For her own party, she has clear ideas: “The SPD will be a lobby for those who otherwise have no lobby.”
The SPD chairman Saskia Esken has called on her party to remain closed even after the success in the federal elections and to avoid “old mistakes”.
At the CDU you can watch “how you lose yourself”, Esken warned at the party congress of the Baden-Württemberg SPD in Freiburg. She called on the approximately 500 delegates not to be irritated by the criticism of the exploratory paper by the SPD, Greens and FDP. “Anyone who says this is a yellow exploratory paper should take a look at what has been clearly agreed upon.”
However, in a traffic light coalition, all partners would have to be visible, including the FDP as the “party of free enterprise”. The traffic light will not be the “coalition of the lowest common denominator”. You will be the alliance for social, ecological and economic progress. Esken announced: “The SPD will be a lobby for those who otherwise have no lobby.” Her party wants to stand up especially for children. “We’ll also show a certain degree of compliance.”