Martin Schulz: “Echar a una mujer de 87 años de la casa en la que ha vivido décadas es de una frialdad insuperable”
El expresidente del Parlamento Europeo afirma que “jamás” habría firmado la carta de 22 países con reproches a Sánchez tras la crisis de Ceuta: “Muestra lo fácil que es dividir a la UE desde fuera”
Martin Schulz, a member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), recounts his early days as an SPD member when he attended a meeting for the first time. Schulz, now 70 years old, recalls how the older members, mostly miners, turned their attention towards him, a 19-year-old with long hair, when he proposed discussing Augusto Pinochet's coup in Chile.
His idea was rejected by 80 hands and only one, his own. Four decades later, Schulz led the SPD in 2017, securing 100% of the valid votes for the party leadership and becoming a candidate for chancellor. Schulz now asserts that achieving 100% of the votes is meaningless and dishonest, as it fails to address the expectations of those who might wish for his downfall.
During his campaign, Schulz vowed not to join Angela Merkel's government, but this pledge proved unsuccessful as he was forced to form a coalition, resigning as party leader and offering his services as Foreign Minister, another unfulfilled ambition. Schulz served as President of the European Parliament between 2012 and 2017, and has since presided over the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a foundation linked to the SPD.
The foundation recently organized a debate in Madrid discussing the challenges to social democracy in Spain, Germany, and Europe. Schulz, a friend of Pedro Sánchez and well-versed in the ups and downs of politics, firmly believes that Sánchez has yet to exhaust his political experience.
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