Published: January 26th, 2024,
Last updated: January 26th, 2024
On Sunday, the SPD will decide on personnel and the program for the European elections. The ranking positions have largely been negotiated between the federal party and regional associations in advance, and General Secretary Kevin Kühnert expects at most a few contested candidacies. The draft of the election program also holds few surprises: The SPD advocates, for example, for an active industrial policy, aiming to streamline subsidy law for it (Kühnert) and enforce the minimum tax rate for multinational companies across all EU states, a policy long pursued by Olaf Scholz.