New power play in the Friedrichsthal city council: Social group founded!

New power play in the Friedrichsthal city council: Social group founded!

There is a realignment in the Friedrichsthal city council: Lydia and Rainer Loos have left the SPD and the SPD parliamentary group to found the “Social Fraction Friedrichsthal” (SFF) together with Jürgen Trenz, the only remaining member of “Die Linke”. The step resulted from “negative internal party developments” after the merger of the Friedrichsthal and Bildstock local associations, as Rainer Loos explains. This merger led to dissatisfaction because the Loos did not feel included in many decisions and “did not really warm up” to the new composition of the SPD council group, said Lydia Loos.

The re-establishment of the SFF parliamentary group aims to create a political platform that distances itself from party political positions and focuses on local policy. “We want to strive for greater proximity to the citizens and a solution-oriented way of working in the city council,” emphasizes Rainer Loos, who will act as parliamentary group leader. Jürgen Trenz will be his deputy, while Jörn Walter will act as parliamentary group leader and will be supported by former city council members.

Focus and goals of the SFF

The SFF parliamentary group, which consists of Lydia Loos (non-party), Rainer Loos (non-party) and Jürgen Trenz (The Left), has defined several priorities. These include social issues, culture, infrastructure, digitalization and sustainable financial policy. The aim is to make administration more efficient and simplify processes without neglecting personal contact with citizens.

An important concern of the new parliamentary group should also be the reduction of bureaucracy in order to improve interaction between citizens and administration. In addition, the SFF plans to found a legally independent sponsoring association to secure its political work in the long term.

Changes in the political landscape

When Lydia and Rainer Loos leave the SPD, they lose two seats in the city council. The current distribution of seats in the city council is now as follows: CDU with 8 seats, AfD with 6 seats, SPD with 5 seats, Citizens for Friedrichsthal with 4 seats, Friedrichsthal Social Group with 3 seats and the Greens with 1 seat (without parliamentary group status). The SFF plans to offer regular publicly accessible formats and intensify its presence on social media to promote a transparent dialogue with the population.

These changes shed new light on the political landscape in Friedrichsthal and set the course for future developments. The SFF clearly positions itself as a constructive force that wants to actively support the interests of citizens. saarbruecker-zeitung.de reports that the Loos joined the SPD in 2019 in order to get involved politically without necessarily seeking a mandate. The SFF now sees itself as politically independent and aims to work with other factions to implement concrete improvements in Friedrichsthal.

As regiojournal.saarland emphasizes, the SFF will benefit from the skills of the group's internal members: Lydia Loos will be responsible for social affairs and education while Rainer Loos stands for IT expertise. Jürgen Trenz brings party political experience and Jörn Walter has valuable city council experience and financial expertise.