After her resignation announcement, there is praise for Nahles’ decision and criticism of the bad style in the SPD. So brutal policy should not be for example. And: “Some in the SPD should be ashamed of themselves.”

politician of the SPD have reacted with Regret and understanding, but also partly with annoyance, on the announced resignation of the party and the group leader Andrea Nahles. The country and the SPD would owe much to, said Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Nahles have taken over “in difficult times,” responsibility and the process of renewal in the party started, Scholz, who is also Deputy SPD is the boss. The party was only for the European elections in a difficult position. It is important, therefore, “we need to stay together and the next steps together”. He wants to be the successor of Nahles, left Scholz.

criticism of the style in the SPD

The Minister of state for Europe at the Federal foreign office, the SPD politician Michael Roth, complained of a bad style to Nahles. “The public dealing with You was shameful. Some in the SPD should be ashamed of themselves,” he wrote on Twitter.

“Carefully, together transparent”

The Deputy SPD Chairman Ralf Stegner warned of quick shots. All decisions would have to be “brought carefully together, and a transparent” on the way. Similar to Thuringia SPD leader Wolfgang Tiefensee said.

The former party Chairman Sigmar Gabriel is the “Hanover said General newspaper”: “The SPD is in need of a detoxification. As long as the SPD is concerned only with itself, as long as it only goes to Enforce or Prevent intra-party positions of power, will turn away the people further from us.”

For the SPD deputies Florian Post the resignation of Nahles is “correctly and consistently”. He is considered to be Nahles critics, calling the step the “last chance to heal the rift, and the split again”. Post had previously explained that there is already at least one candidate for chair of the SPD group in the Bundestag. Now he spoke of several candidates.