Women in the SPD want to continue to have Saskia Esken as a party leader – or see them as a minister. “Of course it would be good, Saskia would remain our party leader. But of course she is also suitable and well prepared for a ministerial office,” said the chairwoman of the SPD women's working group, Maria Noichl, the “Tagesspiegel”. It cannot be acceptedthat party leader Lars Klingbeil falls after the disaster in the Bundestag election “and gets more offices”, while his co-chair must go. “Saskia should and must continue to be there in the first row of the SPD”, asked NOICHL.
Esken is always available as chairwoman, emphasized NOICHL. Esken did a lot and, last but not least, was responsible for Olaf Scholz's election in the 2021 Bundestag election. “She has great merits that we cannot crime her high enough,” emphasized NOICHL. Saxony-Anhalt's SPD leader Juliane Kleemann also campaigned for Esken in the “Tagesspiegel”. “Saskia Esken is a good party leader and she took responsibility in the SPD in difficult times and held the shop together,” she emphasized.