Overview

• Butt confirmed she will step down after four years leading the SPD youth organization in Thuringia.
• She told Thüringer Allgemeine it is time for others to set priorities and for generational renewal.
• Butt criticized state SPD leader Georg Maier, saying a party cannot function as a one-man show and is only as strong as its smallest local branch.
• The leadership will be decided at the delegates’ conference in October, where she could have stood again but chose not to.
• Reporting indicates a deputy chair could be a potential successor, though no candidate has been confirmed.