Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the SPD conference in Berlin, Saturday Nov. 30, 2024 ...

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At a party conference in Berlin on January 11, the SPD plans to officially nominate Scholz as its top candidate and adopt its election manifesto, which is to include the Made in Germany bonus.

Germany will hold a snap national election on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.

SPD delegates at the party congress in Berlin overwhelmingly voted to maintain Scholz's leadership, with only a few delegates opposing. Germany at 'crossroads' During a speech at the conference ...

The head of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), Martin Schulz, has resigned to ease preparations for a coalition government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. Mr Schulz said he was ...

Although the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) received 206 out of 735 Bundestag (Parliament) seats against 196 for Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU ...

Germany's Spiegel newspaper has billed it as a fight for Mrs Merkel's political survival. In the campaign, the (SPD) favoured more spending on education and infrastructure, changes in health ...

"I will remain steadfast and level-headed, and all citizens in Germany can rely on that," Scholz said. "My principles always apply. I never apply double standards." The SPD hopes to mobilize ...

Germany is unfamiliar with the long negotiations that mark coalition building in many neighboring countries. The dominance of the SPD and the conservatives long ensured smooth government transition.