Overview

• SPD presidium and executive board signed off on a guiding motion Monday that will be debated and ratified at the party congress in Berlin from June 27 to 29.
• The motion launches a renewal process aimed at delivering a new basic program by 2027 as the foundation for the SPD’s 2029 federal election campaign.
• Party leaders acknowledge that overly complex messaging and a fragmented, target-group strategy contributed to the record-low 16.4% vote share in February.
• The draft program pledges to reformulate core values of freedom, justice and solidarity and to reconnect with working-class and broader societal groups.
• The June congress is set to confirm Lars Klingbeil as co-chair alongside incoming co-chair Bärbel Bas, appoint Tim Klüssendorf as general secretary and elevate Matthias Miersch as parliamentary group leader.