Nahles counts on 'yes' from SPD members

berlin - The appointed SPD chairman Andrea Nahles expects the supporters to agree with the coalition agreement that the Social Democrats have concluded with the Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel. It will certainly not go without discussion, but she is firmly convinced that a majority of the more than 460,000 members say 'yes' to the coalition. She spoke that confidence Wednesday night in the ZDF program 'What now, Mrs. Nahles?'

The 47-year-old successor to Martin Schulz, who wants to redeem party colleague Sigmar Gabriel as Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that under the agreement with CDU / CSU an SPD signature. 'And really thick too. '

She promised Schulz to go touring the country to explain to the party members why it is such a good result, even though the SPD has had to leave a feather with regard to the refugee policy. She also wants to explain why government responsibility has been chosen despite the election defeat.