BERLIN — Bremen is Germany’s smallest federal state. In the last election, only five representatives from two constituencies made it to the Bundestag. The SPD managed to win both direct mandates. But this time it will be tight. The Greens, FDP and CDU each have one representative.
Social Democratic Party
Vice President Sarah Ryglewski has announced her resignation and relinquish her position.
This would allow Ryglewski to avoid losing the election if the results (as expected) deteriorate. The successor is unclear.
But Seeheim trading manager Uwe Schmidt continues:
Current survey results and the electoral reforms could result in the SPD winning two constituencies but only one in the Bundestag. Schmidt almost certainly has that.
CDU
Conservatives have it tough in Red Bremen. The CDU hasn’t won a constituency since 1949. But at least they had one mandate. In 1990, 1994 and 2013, they even had two.
Incumbent MP Thomas Röwekamp has yet to announce whether he will run again. If he does, he would be the most likely candidate to be reinstated. The current polls show the CDU ahead of the SPD in Bremen.
Bibke Winter, who fought for the Bremen II-Bremerhaven constituency in 2021, remains a member of the parliamentary group. Her successor is currently unclear.
Probably around the end of the year We need to elect local constituency candidates and lists.
green
Bremen is the most difficult city-state for the Greens. The party was the strongest force in the European elections in Berlin and Hamburg, but in Bremen it came third behind the SPD and CDU.
Kirsten Kappert-Gonther is the only Green from Bremen in the Bundestag and wants to run again in 2025, POLITICO has learned. The health politician topped the list in 2021 and will probably do the same again in 2025, but it’s unlikely he’ll get a direct mandate.
FDP
Your MP Volker Redder has declared that he will run again. The state executive committee is trying to decide how to proceed after the summer break.
AfD
The AfD currently has no representative in the Bundestag. The lineup is difficult, Politico has learned. “It is likely that someone from a regional association will run.” A decision will be made in the fall.
left
The party currently has no authority. The main list is expected to be drawn up in mid-November.
About BSW
The Sahra Wagenknecht alliance does not yet have any regional associations.
