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Wolfgang Thierse does not believe that the discussion about his departure from the SPD will have any consequences.
“The SPD will keep me,” he tells the “Zeit Magazin”.
"They won't get rid of me, especially since the majority of the party wants me to stay."
The former President of the Bundestag has been under pressure since he published an essay on identity politics in the “FAZ”.
“Debates about racism, post-colonialism and gender are becoming more heated and aggressive.
Identity politics must not turn into a trench war that destroys public spirit, ”Thierse wrote in the introduction.
But parts of the SPD leadership, according to party chairman Saskia Esken and deputy federal chairman Kevin Kühnert, had distanced themselves from the statements.
Thereupon Thierse himself brought up his withdrawal from the party.
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Now Thierse stepped up - today, victim experiences are absolute, but that makes discussions impossible: "Just because I am a victim, I am not automatically right."
He received a lot of support from the party base, said Thierse.
"In the meantime I have become a symbol for many normal people who no longer see the reality of their lives reflected in the SPD, who are unsure what else they can say and how they can say it." lost.
"Do we now also want to exclude and lose all those who cannot and do not want to have a say in the gender star?"