German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has decided not to run for the post of federal chancellor in the upcoming snap election. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) had previously called on him to run. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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According to the publication, early elections in Germany are scheduled for February 23. And in mid-November, it became known that the party of current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the SPD, was considering running Pistorius for this position, who is more popular than the current head of the federal government.
At the same time, the ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany is already lagging behind in the polls, and is in third place after the opposition conservatives and the far right.
On November 21, Pistorius announced that he would not run in the upcoming elections.
I have just informed the leaders of our party and parliamentary groups that I will not be running for the post of federal chancellor
Pistorius emphasized that this was his “sovereign and entirely personal decision.
Recall
At a closed meeting, SPD MPs expressed their dissatisfaction with Olaf Scholz as a candidate for the election. They propose to replace him with the more popular Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.