New hope: Severin Fischer as OB candidate of the SPD in Potsdam!

New hope: Severin Fischer as OB candidate of the SPD in Potsdam!

An exciting time is imminent for the city of Potsdam. On September 21, 2025, a new mayor will be elected and the Social Democrats (SPD) have found their candidates: Severin Fischer, who is considered a surprise candidate. Fischer, native Franke and currently State Secretary in the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Companies, was nominated at the party congress of the Potsdam sub -district with impressive 89.3 percent of the vote, without opposing candidates. rbb24 reports that his nomination is a brave step for everyone, after all, Fischer has so far no direct connection to Potsdam.

Fischer has lived in Berlin for 20 years, but plans to move to Potsdam, should he win the office of mayor. Important topics for him are housing policy and social cohesion. Here he emphasizes the need for municipal and cooperative building in order to meet the challenges in the apartment sector. According to MAZ Resilience compared to extreme weather events as significant focus 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 standstill in a citizens' decision. Schubert was also criticized because of an affair about free tickets for sporting events. With Fischer, the SPD relies on an unencumbered candidate who is supposed to bring a breath of fresh air to urban politics. Fischer has already gained valuable experience in the city administration, since he worked in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs from 2018 to 2021 and worked in the Senate Chancellery of Berlin. Potsdam.de emphasizes that despite the circumstances of 19.4 percent of the vote in the last local election, the SPD remained the strongest force. The CDU and the Greens follow in the places with 14.7 and 14.5 percent.

A total of 567 candidates were set in the city council for 567 candidates for 56 seats, the turnout was 70.4 percent. While the SPD was able to grow slightly, the party 90/the Greens lost 4.3 percentage points. The AfD, on the other hand, recorded an increase to 13.7 percent.

Future view

Fischer will have to face a non-party candidate Noosha Aubel, the CDU candidate Willo Göpel as well as Chaled-Uwe Said from the AfD and two individual applicants, Jörn Karlipp and Bernd Blase. His nomination and the topics mentioned suggest that the Potsdamers have a clear choice. Many hope for a real departure and a new direction in urban politics, which seems urgently necessary after the scandalous occurrences of recent years. How the choice will develop remains to be seen, but the first steps have already been taken.