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Former Porsche works council chairman Uwe Hück is leaving the SPD after 40 years. Hück announced this in a conversation with the “Badische Neuesten Nachrichten”, and later confirmed it to the German Press Agency.
Hück justified his resignation with disappointment with the party: “The SPD has betrayed its basic values,” the dpa quoted Hück as saying. However, he wanted to remain active in politics by reorganizing the “Open Party” movement that he founded. He wants to announce details in January.
Political compromise for “concern for Germany”
In February 2019, Hück surprisingly announced that he would resign from all Porsche offices with immediate effect to instead become politically active. He justified this step with “concerns about Germany.” Immediately after the announcement of his change, he criticized the SPD and claimed that it was in the process of “destroying his heritage.” His announcement that he would present his own list in the Pforzheim local elections, which he later withdrew, also caused irritation.
Before that, Hück had been with the sports car company for almost 35 years; it had been a works council since 1990 and in 2002 was elected head of the general works council. He also served on the supervisory boards of Porsche AG and of parent company Volkswagen until the end.
Here you can see how Hück campaigned for the SPD previously:
