(23 Sep 2024)
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Berlin, Germany – 23 September 2024
1. Brandenburg state governor Dietmar Woidke and Social Democrats co-leader Lars Klingbeil at podiums
2. Audience
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Lars Klingbeil, Social Democrats’ co-leader:
"It has become clear, and this is a federal political deduction, you can win elections, you can turn the mood, you have to work hard for it."
4. Klingbeil photo on screen
5. Klingbeil and Woidke on podium
6. SOUNDBITE (German) Lars Klingbeil, The Social Democrats’ co-leader:
"If the SPD takes up the fight with the AfD, with a clear stance, then we have a chance of ending up in first place. That also became clear yesterday in Brandenburg."
7. Statue of former SPD leader Willy Brandt on display at SPD headquarters
8. Audience listening
9. SOUNDBITE (German) Lars Klingbeil, The Social Democrats’ co-leader:
"I’m telling you very clearly: I want to win the Bundestag elections as party leader. That is now twelve months away. That’s what we’re fighting for. And yesterday’s election gives us courage that we can do it. But of course I also know that the challenges and issues we have to deal with at federal level are far from over after last night."
10. Wide of podium
11. Journalists
12. SOUNDBITE (German) Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg state governor:
"And we were the only political force in Brandenburg to make it clear from the outset that we wanted to win against the AfD. And I think that was also one of the points that ultimately led to us being able to celebrate this victory yesterday, that we were the (political) force that clearly took a stand against it."
13. Cameras
14. Podium
15. SOUNDBITE (German) Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg state governor:
"I will propose to the (SPD) state executive committee to explore the possibility of meeting with both the BSW and the CDU. These are the first meetings that will take place. And then we’ll see how things progress. My goal is quite clear: a stable government that continues to ensure that the state of Brandenburg develops well."
16. Woidke and Klingbeil leaving
STORYLINE:
The Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed their relief after having won an election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg on Sunday, gaining a narrow edge over a growing far-right party, according to the vote count.
The vote took place three weeks after the far right made gains in two other states in eastern Germany.
According to final results published Sunday evening by the state electoral administration, the Social Democrats won 30.9% of the votes in the election to the parliament of Brandenburg, the state that surrounds Berlin. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was a close second with 29.2%.
A new leftist movement, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), came in third with 13.5% while the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) took 12.1%.
The first-place showing for the Social Democrats brought a reprieve to the beleaguered Scholz, whose three-party governing coalition has fared poorly in elections so far this year.
The Social Democrats have governed Brandenburg continuously since German reunification in 1990, and a loss there would have been a major setback for Scholz, who has his constituency in the state capital, Potsdam.
Scholz has said he would like to be the party’s candidate for chancellor in next fall’s federal election, and Sunday’s vote was also being watched for what it might signal about his political future.
He was able to celebrate his political survival on Sunday night.
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