The core concept of Schulz’s campaign, gerechtigkeit or “social justice”, is in itself a nod to his party’s historic achievements: . “Some people claim that social justice is no longer an issue,” the candidate says in a new TV spot. “But social justice will always be an issue, because only a just society has a future.”But the problem with making “social justice” the central message of your election campaign, argues Gero Neugebauer, a political scientist at Berlin’s Free university, “is that every party in Germany talks about social justice – they just disagree what that term means.”“For Alternative für Deutschland, social justice means preferential treatment for native Germans. For Die Linke, social justice means complete redistribution of wealth. “Schulz’s slogan is ‘Time for more social justice’ – why not have it straight with ‘We need more social justice’,” said Neugebauer.

Source: The Guardian August 26, 2017 23:03 UTC