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Germany coalition: SPD leader Martin Schulz resigns

GermanSocialDemocraticParty(SPD)leaderMartinSchulzannouncedTuesdaytoresignwithimmediateeffectasPartychairman."Forme,thisisthelastspeechaschairmanoftheSPD,"Schul

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German SPD leaders confident about entering coalition talks

SeniormembersofGermany'sSocialDemocrats(SPD)saidonSaturdaytheywereconfidentthepartywouldapprovethestartofformalcoalitiontalkswithChancellorAngelaMerkel'sconserv

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Martin Schulz seeks backing for grand coalition to end Germany crisis

MartinSchulzwillseektoendweeksofpoliticalparalysisinGermanybyattemptingtopersuadehisSocialDemocrats(SPD)toformagrandcoalitionwithAngelaMerkel’sconservatives,wee

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Could Martin Schulz put Merkel off the trail?

GermanyheadstothepollslaterthisyeartoelectanewChancelloranddespiteaslowcampaignstart,AngelaMerkelmaycontinuetoleadthegovernment.Hermainchallenger,SocialDemocrat

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Angela Merkel's CDU 'seizes key state from rivals'

Germany'sChristianDemocrats(CDU)haveunseatedtheSocialDemocratsinakeystateelection,exitpollssay.ChancellorAngelaMerkel'sCDUisprojectedtowin34.5%ofvotesinNorthRhi

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Germany's SPD moves ahead of Merkel's party in poll

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.

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German Social Democrat candidate would beat Merkel in direct vote for chancellor - poll

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.

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Germany's SPD unchanged in Forsa poll, lag Merkel's conservatives

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.

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Schulz nominated to challenge Merkel for German chancellorship

​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.

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EP president urges EU leaders to fight for Europe

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.

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European Parliament chief to return to German politics

European Parliament President Martin Schulz announced Thursday that he would not seek a third term, but instead return to national politics in Germany.

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World’s first Snoopy Museum opens in Tokyo

​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.