After resigning as federal minister of labor and SPD co-chairwoman, Bärbel Basová received the document of dismissal from President Frank-Walter Steinmeier without the presence of journalists and cameras. According to German media, this may be an unprecedented procedure in the history of the Federal Republic. Tagesspiegel ↗
Basová justified her departure by citing the death of her stepdaughter and the public attacks she faced even during the period of family mourning. The criticism concerned mainly politicians from the coalition partner CDU/CSU Union. Social Democratic representatives claim that their statements crossed the boundaries of political dispute. Deutschlandfunk ↗
SPD chairman Lars Klingbeil stated that he cannot name specific examples of personal attacks. Representatives of the Union, for their part, denied personally attacking Basová. The debate is therefore focused on whether her decision was influenced by individual public statements or by the overall atmosphere within the coalition. Sueddeutsche Zeitung ↗
Manuela Schwesig, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, described the treatment of Basová as "unmenschlich." State premier Gordon Schnieder rejected these accusations. Berlin SPD chairman Steffen Krach expressed concern over the attacks from the Union's ranks and called for a change in political communication. Tagesspiegel ↗
Basová's departure thus continues to raise disputes over the limits of political criticism, personal attacks, and the functioning of government cooperation. Alongside selecting a new leadership, the SPD will also have to deal with the consequences of the conflict with its coalition partners. WDR Nachrichten ↗
Basová resigned from government in private, dispute over attacks continues
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SPD kritisiert Umgang der Union mit Bas: Schwesig nennt Angriffe „unmenschlich“ – Schnieder weist Vorwürfe zurück
Tagesspiegel
| 11:33 12.10.
Nemecká ministerka práce Basová odstupuje z funkcie
svet.sme.sk
| 08:34 12.10.
Bundesregierung: Der Fall Bas und die Suche nach bösen Attacken
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
| 15:20 13.10.
Rücktritt von Bärbel Bas: Krach „bestürzt und traurig“ über Angriffe auf Bas aus Union
Tagesspiegel
| 10:30 12.10.
Smrt dcery, kritika. Spolupředsedkyně SPD Basová končí, i jako ministryně práce
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