Munich's mayor Reiter refuses to campaign for Scholz in the 2025 federal election

t-online Munich's mayor Reiter refuses to campaign for Scholz in the 2025 federal election 21 hours • 1 minute reading time Federal election 2025 Munich's mayor Reiter refuses to campaign for Scholz Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter is causing a stir in the SPD. He does not want to campaign for Chancellor Scholz. His reasoning is remarkable. Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) will not support Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the election campaign for the 2025 federal election on February 23. This was reported by "Focus" and "Abendblatt". "That would be hypocritical," said Reiter on Tuesday in the Munich Press Club. In the debate about the SPD's candidate for chancellor, the mayor had spoken out in favor of Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and thus against the incumbent chancellor. Reiter commented with clear distance on the fact that Scholz is now running anyway. "I still want to be able to look at myself in the mirror," he explained about possibly attending election campaign events. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter does not want to support Olaf Scholz On Saturday, Olaf Scholz is coming to Munich to give a speech in the Löwenbräukeller. Reiter will not officially welcome him there. The Munich Mayor does not want to make any appearances for Scholz in the coming months either. Nevertheless, he made it clear that he will continue to support the Chancellor politically. He stressed that he can sleep better with Olaf Scholz than with Chancellor Friedrich Merz or Chancellor Alice Weidel.