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New bearer of hope: Severin Fischer as SPD mayoral candidate in Potsdam!
Severin Fischer is running for the mayoral election in Potsdam. Important topics: housing, transport and social cohesion.
New bearer of hope: Severin Fischer as SPD mayoral candidate in Potsdam!
An exciting time lies ahead for the city of Potsdam. A new mayor will be elected on September 21, 2025 and the Social Democrats (SPD) have found their candidate: Severin Fischer, who is considered a surprise candidate. Fischer, a Franconian native and currently State Secretary in the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Enterprises, was nominated at the Potsdam sub-district party conference with an impressive 89.3 percent of the vote, with no opposing candidates. RBB24 reports that his nomination is a courageous step for everyone involved, after all Fischer has no direct connection to Potsdam.
Fischer has lived in Berlin for 20 years, but plans to move to Potsdam if he wins the mayor's office. Important topics for him are housing policy and social cohesion. He emphasizes the need for municipal and cooperative building to meet the challenges in the housing sector. Loud MAZ Fischer also sees the transport transition and resilience to extreme weather events as important focal points of his future work.
The background of the election
The reason for a new election is the deselection of the former mayor Mike Schubert, who was accused of mismanagement and gridlock in a referendum. Schubert was also criticized for an affair over free tickets to sporting events. With Fischer, the SPD is relying on an unaffected candidate who is supposed to bring a breath of fresh air into city politics. Fischer has already gained valuable experience in city administration, including working in the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs from 2018 to 2021 and working in the Berlin Senate Chancellery. Potsdam.de highlights that despite the circumstances, the SPD remained the strongest force with 19.4 percent of the vote in the last local elections. The CDU and the Greens follow in place with 14.7 and 14.5 percent.
A total of 567 candidates ran for 56 seats in the city council in this election; voter turnout was a respectable 70.4 percent. While the SPD made slight gains, the Alliance 90/The Greens lost 4.3 percentage points. The AfD, on the other hand, recorded an increase to 13.7 percent.
Future outlook
As an independent candidate, Fischer will have to face Noosha Aubel, the CDU candidate Willo Göpel and Chaled-Uwe Said from the AfD and two individual candidates, Jörn Karlipp and Bernd Blase. His nomination and the issues raised suggest that the people of Potsdam have a clear choice before them. Many are hoping for a real departure and a new direction in city politics, which seems urgently necessary after the scandalous events of the last few years. How the election will develop remains to be seen, but the first steps have already been taken.