Bas, Klingbeil und die SPD: Lost in Ost

Die SPD-Spitze um Bärbel Bas und Lars Klingbeil demonstriert in der Bundesregierung nach außen Normalität. Hinter verschlossenen Türen wächst jedoch die Unruhe vor den drei anstehenden Wahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im September. Rasmus Buchsteiner beleuchtet im Gespräch die internen Szenarien und die wackelnden Stühle der sozialdemokratischen Spitze. In der…

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