GermanSocialDemocraticParty(SPD)leaderMartinSchulzannouncedTuesdaytoresignwithimmediateeffectasPartychairman."Forme,thisisthelastspeechaschairmanoftheSPD,"Schul
SeniormembersofGermany'sSocialDemocrats(SPD)saidonSaturdaytheywereconfidentthepartywouldapprovethestartofformalcoalitiontalkswithChancellorAngelaMerkel'sconserv
MartinSchulzwillseektoendweeksofpoliticalparalysisinGermanybyattemptingtopersuadehisSocialDemocrats(SPD)toformagrandcoalitionwithAngelaMerkel’sconservatives,wee
GermanyheadstothepollslaterthisyeartoelectanewChancelloranddespiteaslowcampaignstart,AngelaMerkelmaycontinuetoleadthegovernment.Hermainchallenger,SocialDemocrat
Germany'sChristianDemocrats(CDU)haveunseatedtheSocialDemocratsinakeystateelection,exitpollssay.ChancellorAngelaMerkel'sCDUisprojectedtowin34.5%ofvotesinNorthRhi
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have moved ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) in an opinion poll by the Emnid institute for the first time since 2006, Bild am Sonntag newspaper said.
Martin Schulz, the German Social Democrats' candidate for federal elections in September, would get 49 percent if there were to be a direct vote for chancellor, while incumbent Angela Merkel would get 38 percent, a poll showed on Friday.
Support for Germany's Social Democrats is unchanged from a week ago at 31 percent, a poll showed on Wednesday, as their support stagnated after a surge following the nomination last month of Martin Schulz as party leader for September's federal election.
Former European Parliament president Martin Schulz has been nominated by Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) as the party's candidate for the chancellery in the coming national elections scheduled for September, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported on Sunday.
In his final address to a European Council meeting as president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz urged European leaders on Thursday to "have the courage to fight for Europe" as the European Union (EU) faces unprecedented existential challenges.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz announced Thursday that he would not seek a third term, but instead return to national politics in Germany.
It is the first official “satellite” museum of the original Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, and will display over one hundred artworks of the late American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.