Klingbeil: With humor against the crises of our time!

Klingbeil: With humor against the crises of our time!

On February 8, 2025, the 75th festival gala of the order "against the animal seriousness" is celebrated in Aachen. During this anniversary event, Lars Klingbeil, the chairman of the SPD, is expected. Klingbeil sees politics as a service to humans and relies on sensitivity and humor to convey his ideas. His central topics, which he would like to address in his speech, include social change, climate protection, digitization, the welfare state and education. The aim of the SPD chairman is to design large upheavals in such a way that nobody stays on the track, such as WDR reports.

The festive gala is opened as an laudator by Daniel Günther, the Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein. Numerous prominent guests and speakers from various political camps have also promised their coming. This includes Marie-Egnes Strack-Zimmermann from the FDP, Gregor Gysi from the Left, and Mona Neubaur, the NRW Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy, from the Greens. The list is complemented by Volker Weininger as session president, Matze Knop, Anissa Loucif and Wolfgang Trepper, who is on the Aachen stage for the first time.

a festival of artistic diversity

The gala is musically supported by well -known artists such as the Höhner and the "4 Amigos". In addition, there are other talents from Aachen, which makes the event a colorful spectacle of politics and entertainment. This combination of political topics and carnival flair has been a trademark of the "Öcher" tradition for 75 years, such as WDR emphasized.

Lars Klingbeil mentioned current challenges in another context that affect society as a whole. At the 2022 Tiergarten Conference, he spoke about the state of the world, in which old orders disintegrate and new structures have not yet been established. He defined crises as moments of profound transformation by referring to global challenges such as war, climate change, pandemic and inflation, which reinforce each other.

take political opportunities

Germany faces the task of finding a new role in the international coordinate system. The Russian attack war on Ukraine represents a turning point and requires new political approaches. Klingbeil emphasizes the need for solidarity and strategic partnerships, especially in the areas of health, technology and climate. Germany wants to become the first climate -neutral continent and at the same time must meet the expectations of its leadership role. The EU should drive its accession negotiations, including with Northern Macedonia and Albania, in order to gain weight as a geopolitical actor, such as the knowledge of the IPG clarify.

But the challenges are great, and Lars Klingbeil must follow his words if he wants to play a crucial role in the political landscape. Changes in the EU and the development of a common defense and security policy are urgently necessary to secure social peace and to ensure a sustainable lifestyle, as well as the discussions at the conference "The Great Transformation", which dealt with climate change and cultural changes, as on the PIK is explained.