German Socialists turns up heat on Chancellor Scholz

After the dismal results in the State elections of Saxony and Thuringia, Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentarians are starting to question German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s leadership, Azernews reports.

At the start of the Socialist parliamentary group retreat marking the end of the Bundestag summer break, MPs discussed Scholz — who leads the unpopular “traffic-light coalition”, a progressive government of Socialists, Greens, and Liberals — with questions being raised about the chancellor’s future viability.

While SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich said at the start of the event on September 5 that he “absolutely supports” Scholz, others were less enthusiastic about the situation.

One SPD MP was anonymously quoted saying people had lost trust in the Socialist Party and that needed to be regained. He said if the current members were unable to achieve this, “then we have to think about who we can do it with”.

Another MP reportedly called the exercise useless, asking: “What’s the point?” because, she claimed, Scholz remained deaf to their protestations.

The SPD has been in power and providing State premiers in Brandenburg since 1990.

n addition, national polls have also indicated a major setback in 2025, when general elections will be held. Some polls indicate the Socialists could lose half of their members in the German Parliament.