It was not a rioting appointment, maybe the Chancellor looked so carefree when he took a smile at the meeting point in the “La Ola” hall in the arena on Schalke. At this place there is usually plenty of eating and, depending on the location of things, drank more or less: more Pils, when Schalke has lost 04, even more Pils if Schalke won 04. Sometimes the other way around. But Olaf Scholz only drank mineral water after he had sat on the square at the conference table, which was assigned to him by name.
Scholz on Schalke, that fits together phonetically and, from the perspective of his campaign planner, also makes sense. As a alliance partner, Schalke with 190,000 members and millions of fans around the world is a recommendation. The SPD naturally is close to the so-called buddy and malocher club, there are also similarities: With the Social Democrats, the association shares the slope to the emotionally lived failure, while its attraction remains indestructible. The Sportschau reporter Karl-Heinz Vest spread a Sentenz over the traditional theater from Gelsenkirchen, in which there was a political promise: If Schalke stood as a party, he said, then it would be over five percent. What was true in pre-modern times of the Bundesliga, when even the parking stadium was rarely really full, now applies even more, since the Veltins-Arena is always sold out in the second division games.
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FC Schalke of the SPD is currently not available as a coalition partner, but Scholz met many when he visited the stadium on Tuesday afternoon. Because the chancellor did not come over Football or the currently smoldering goalkeeper question, but to find out about the “Auf Schalke eG” funding cooperative. This was recently founded by the association in order to fulfill charity-namely to open up new capital to the professional football department, which urgently needs the company suffering from its debts.
Scholz later referred to the step into the community economy as a “very great project”, but he thought less the goal defined by the need – to be relieved in order to be able to put more money into the team again – as the ideal component of the financing model . Schalke claims to counter the ruling practice in the professional business in the principle of the solidarity participation: For example, the association can prepare for the coming years “without having to go into dependence on return -driven investors”. Members have not expected a return as a equivalent to their money, their commitment is ultimately hobby. Nevertheless, Olaf Scholz thinks that the company is “a very good idea” and a real alternative. He speaks from experience: As a young lawyer, the Chancellor reported that he himself worked for a cooperative association in Hamburg.
Scholz experiences empty ranks on Schalke – the appointment is actually about economic things
With football, Scholz doesn’t have much to do, he didn’t try to simulate that either. He cares about the inevitable question of which of the two clubs in his adopted home in Hamburg, with the occasionally large -lane HSV or his counter -draft from St. Pauli: with both. When Schalke’s CEO Matthias Tillmann led him on the Holy Stadion grass, nobody had a ball with him, Scholz didn’t need to shoot a show. His people probably know why. “It’s great here,” said the Chancellor, and even if he looked at empty ranks, the spirit of the place seemed to be seriously impressed. “Everyone feels the mood that is otherwise there,” he said.
Scholz was unable to promise the Schalkers, but he praised the groundbreaking character of their initiative. “This can be a great enrichment for German football,” he said, because the model offered the fans the “main role” – and the fans finally formed the center of professional football.
However, the pioneer in this field does not come from Gelsenkirchen, but from Hamburg. FC St. Pauli has been on the market as a cooperative since November 2024 to acquire capital on the one hand and, on the other hand, protect the grassroots democratic self -image. In mid -January, the club had collected 18.4 million euros. The Schalke managers explained that they should – with all respect – expect more. They dreamed of 50 million euros in public statements and a breakthrough when he was debtomed. At the moment, the interest rate performance per year consumes almost as much money as the professional team costs.
But the big run on the shares – which cost 250 euros plus 75 euros a one -time fee per piece – has not yet used two weeks after the start of the campaign. So far, around five million euros have been raised, the hope for generous donors alias donor has not yet fulfilled. The former club head Clemens Tönnies, for example, gave up – certainly not out of a shortage of money, rather to retire five years ago to retire five years ago in the club tour for the head of supervisory board for the unpleasant farewell.
The club supervisors nevertheless remain confident that their plan will open. The visit of Olaf Scholz and his benevolent commentary have certainly not harmed the matter. Finally, the Schalke served the Chancellor in the team cabin Currywurst, and the insured person presented, which there was much better atmosphere there than on the latest matchday when the 1. FC Magdeburg hit the absolute majority with a 5: 2 victory.
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