Andreas Schieder Resigns as SPÖ Parliamentary Club Chairman

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: September 25, 2018; 18:29 ♦ (Vindobona)

In the course of the crisis and the restructuring of the Austrian Social Democrats (SPÖ), Mr. Andreas Schieder has thrown in the towel by resigning today as club chairman.

Andreas Schieder Resigns as SPÖ Parliamentary Club Chairman / Picture: © SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation

The SPÖ Parliamentary Club is currently discussing the leadership of the club and the party.

According to reports, the new SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner wants to lead the club on her own, an executive chairman would then no longer exist.

However, there had also been rumours before that Thomas Drozda would be preferred by Rendi-Wagner as head of the club.