The large, wide body stature gave him space-filling authority, the deep, strong voice echoed always almost a little too Intrusive in the Ear canals. He has led the party’s male-dominant, a comprehensive network in professional and policy to be held during him home by the wife, and the children grosszog. The speech by the outgoing President of the SP Switzerland, Christian Levrat . He likes to tell how he started his career a long time ago in the Young liberals – and, in fact, to life model of a gold coast politician of yesteryear, only the rank of an officer and a few Board of Directors mandates in the absence of the 49-year-old Freiburg superficial.
in fact, Levrat is a party that is committed like no other the progress of society, emancipation and modernized understanding of the role. Sociologically, it is a SP-President Levrat basically an impossibility. He remained still for twelve years, longer than any predecessor since Helmut Hubacher’s resignation in 1990 (for the ranking of the party of the President), two things can show. He has done a lot right. Or how unbegehrt and difficult the Job is.
Probably both of them. For the chief of a party, which normally acts from the minority position, has Levrat notable successes. The energy transition, the Reform of the profit tax, the weakening of the initiative against Mass immigration: All of these breakthroughs were largely led by Levrat and his devout Entourage brought in.
However, for the President of a SP, the dying European industrial society in an increasingly fierce environment. Just a few weeks ago the journalist Michael wolfsohn published in the NZZ a “obituary” on the (German) social-democracy: The movement completed its historic Mission is to the credit of the Proletariat had risen in a peaceful way, a well-developed welfare state, is today Sense Common. Where to stay as so to purpose, task, and political niches for a former labour party?
Levrats answer to this question was always that of a chess computer: You anticipate upcoming constellations, and a place for it. In concrete terms, this meant that The SP must be aware of trends in society, such as equality and climate protection at an early stage to take ownership, without the traditional social policy domains in return. I have not been for a long time, badly, in comparison with sister parties abroad, they have held up well. The disastrous election result of 20. October could mark a turning point. Maybe it was just a economic downturn. Perhaps, but it is at the beginning of a longer-term descent. Maybe also a strategist Levrat of the social upheaval that has long been recognized in the whole continent has to oppose, ultimately, little. As a brand seller he reached never the same qualities as the puppet master in the Background.
His resignation (to the report) have nothing to do with the result of 20. To do October, asserts Levrat. Sure to be a departure after twelve years is not per se striking. Sensitive the timing is, in any case. Levrats successor – it will probably be a woman – are difficult programmatic and strategic Decisions (for follow-up debate). Just the “System Levrat” to continue, will not go.
Laughing with Levrat
cartoonist Felix Schaad has taken the assignor SP-in-chief always on the grain. These are his most beautiful drawings.
Created: 12.11.2019, 13:00 Uhr
