New SPD candidate for Potsdam: Severin Fischer in the race for the office!

New SPD candidate for Potsdam: Severin Fischer in the race for the office!

Potsdam, Deutschland - Potsdam is currently experiencing a political upheaval that moves the minds. After Mike Schubert, who has been elected by Potsdam since 2018, was voted out by a citizens' decision, the search for a new head of the city becomes concrete. A bitter blow for the SPD: In the decision, 68.3 percent of voters voted for Schubert's early end of office, whereby the necessary participation of 25 percent of the eligible voters was significantly exceeded. The 36,228 yes votes were a clear vote against Schubert, whose administration of office was overshadowed by allegations of corruption and leadership failure, as the Welt reported.

his successor has already been determined: Severin Fischer, the 41-year-old State Secretary in the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Business in Berlin, is nominated as a SPD candidate for the upcoming Mayor elections. This official nomination is scheduled to take place on July 5, such as rbb24 Fischer has lived in Berlin since 2008 and sees Neukölln as his center of life.

The background for deselection

What did Schuberts vote? Among the allegations are not only the controversial VIP tickets for sporting events that led to a procedure for accepting benefits, but also the generally negative public perception of his office. Despite his claims not to have committed corruption, he made himself vulnerable through his behavior. All parties except the SPD have accused him of leadership failure on this matter, which continues to undermine the trust of the citizens. Complaints in the citizens' service and housing benefit testify to a general resentment in the city 1 .

The vote procedure in Brandenburg gives citizens the opportunity to vote a mayor prematurely. General dissatisfaction is sufficient; There must be no specific occasion. Such a procedure has already been successfully strained against other mayors in Potsdam in the past, which shows how actively the citizens can take part in the political design of their community 2

The upcoming elections

The next election as the mayor will take place on September 21, 2025, and in the case of no absolute majority, a runoff election will be carried out on October 12th. Burkhard Exner (SPD), who temporarily heads the official business, will lead the city to the election, while the deadlines could end to submit the election proposals on July 17th and possibly also require new candidates. The AfD district association has already nominated Chaled-Uwe Said as its candidate. After the description of Schubert, it is clear: a new beginning is necessary and the political landscape will change in the coming months, while new faces are fighting for the trust of Potsdam citizens.