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Merkel's CDU, SPD bleed support in regional vote

28/10/2018

Merkel suffers another election setback in key German state of Hesse

Both the parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition have suffered heavy losses in a regional election, exit polls suggest.

28/10/2018

Supporters of the SPD in Munich, Germany, October 14, 2018

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Bavarian election: Do not forget the biggest loser, SPD! | View

SPD’s vote actually halved, from 20.6% in 2013, to just 9.7%! This marks the party’s worst result in Bavaria since the 1930s, and is the first state parliament now where they have fallen below the symbolic 10% threshold in recent history - a painful exercise for a former Volkspartei.

15/10/2018

"Getting Up" movement news conference in Berlin

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New German movement aims to revive country's left

04/09/2018

Germany

German newspaper registers dog to vote in SPD coalition ballot

Newspaper Bild signed Lima the dog up for the SPD using the party's online tool and her owner's email and postal addresses.

20/02/2018

German coalition agreement: AI program shows bias

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German Election: AI program shows bias

Researchers used artificial intelligence to compare the manifestos of the German parties with the coalition agreement. And it showed that 70 percent of the content referred to the SPD manifesto and only 30 percent to that of the conservatives

13/02/2018

Germany

Party praises Schulz for refusing government role in coalition deal

Andrea Nahles, the favourite to lead the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), described Martin Schulz's decision as "remarkable and humane".

09/02/2018

Opposition against the coalition gained momentum in January

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SPD party members will decide Germany's fate

Germany's long-awaited coalition needs the backing of the party's young voters.

08/02/2018

Delegates argued through the night about taking the SPD into a coalition

Germany

SPD-CDU "grand coalition" for Germany on hold

All-night talks yet to bear fruit as many SPD rank and file call for any deal with Angela Merkel to be rejected.

07/02/2018

CDU's Julia Kloeckner leaves coalition talks at SPD HQ in Berlin

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German parties make final push to revive grand coalition

A deal on health care and labour reforms are needed to prevent Germany from facing a second election within four months.

06/02/2018

Germany

How fall of the Berlin Wall paved way for Germany’s populists

Today many Easterners can't help but feel they were merely absorbed by their more wealthy, Western neighbors, rather than joining as equal partners.

05/02/2018

brussels bureau

SPD base could veto German coalition

Germany is inching closer toward forming a new government. The Social Democrats led by Martin Schulz narrowly voted on Sunday to start talks with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats. If talks go well, Merkel could begin her fourth term as Chancellor by April.

22/01/2018

SPD back coalition talks with Merkel's conservatives

Germany

Germany's SPD back coalition talks in narrow vote

Talks to begin reprise of "grand coalition" ending months of political deadlock

22/01/2018

Germany

SPD congress clears leaders to talk coalitions with Angela Merkel

Grassroots party members will get final say on any eventual deal.

21/01/2018

Germany

Last chance for German coalition talks to begin

Chancellor Angela Merkel says her conservative bloc and the Social Democrats still had difficult obstacles to clear before they could agree to enter coalition talks

11/01/2018