SPD Vice Köpping wants to be a strong voice for East Germany

The new deputy party leader of the SPD, Petra Köpping, wants to be a strong voice for Saxony and East Germany. "This is not about competition with the West, but about honest cooperation," said the Saxon Minister of Social Affairs the day after her election at the SPD party conference in Berlin. She received 91.8 percent of the vote.

"When we demand something from the East, it is heard, but unfortunately not always taken seriously. When Bavaria demands something, it is always taken seriously. That's where we want to be," emphasized Köpping.