Overview
- Delegates at the Berlin state party conference confirmed Krach by acclamation with 100 percent support and extended applause.
- Krach set the goal of winning back the Rotes Rathaus on September 20, 2026, positioning himself to unseat CDU mayor Kai Wegner and criticizing Wegner’s leadership.
- He proposed a social quota in new construction, stronger administrative backing to police rent gouging, high fines for offenders, and criminal consequences for systematic fraud while urging federal legal tools.
- Krach cast the AfD as the greatest threat to democracy and pledged to confront the party, drawing sustained approval from delegates.
- He called for party unity after recent internal strife in Neukölln, as senior SPD figures including Raed Saleh, Franziska Giffey and Klaus Wowereit publicly backed his candidacy and approach to making Berlin a leading city for families.