The Social Democrats' leader Sigmar Gabriel has signalled that Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin should leave the centre-left party following his latest inflammatory and anti-immigrant statements.
Social Democratic parliamentary leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier's kidney transplant to his wife was successful and both patients are now recovering, a media report said on Wednesday.
Parliamentary leader for the centre-left Social Democrats, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, announced Monday that he would be taking time off until October to donate a kidney to his ailing wife.
The two top Social Democrats, chairman Sigmar Gabriel and parliamentary leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier, have reached a compromise after months of battling over the question of raising the retirement age, media reported Wednesday.
After months in which the government’s poll figures have slid seemingly inexorably, the ruling Christian Democrats face a fresh abasement – they have fallen below their rivals the Social Democrats for the first time since Chancellor Angela Merkel was elected in 2005.
The political mood in Germany continues to lean leftward, with the latest disastrous poll for the centre-right government revealing on Friday that the opposition Social Democrats and Greens would have a majority for the first time since 2002.
Public opinion poll ratings for Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s centre-right government coalition remain dismal despite recent reports that the economy is recovering after the global financial crisis, according to Forsa survey released on Wednesday.
Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition government has reached catastrophic levels, dipping on Wednesday to the lowest level ever measured for a poll that has been conducted for more than 20 years.
North Rhine-Westphalia’s centre-left Social Democrats and Greens cleared the last hurdle toward forming a minority government in the western German state on Saturday after both parties voted to approve a joint coalition deal.
The push for a tough, national smoking ban in Germany has gained momentum with the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) calling on Tuesday for all bars and restaurants to become smoke-free.
The Social Democrats and Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are preparing to form a red-green minority government, after conservative premier Jürgen Rüttgers said he would not contest a challenge for his position.
Hannelore Kraft, the leader of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), announced on Thursday she would form a minority government with the Greens in Germany’s most populous state.
Every fifth German wants embattled Chancellor Angela Merkel to resign and call new elections, and a whopping 86 percent of them are unhappy with her government, new polls showed Wednesday.
Talks to form a “traffic light coalition” of Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) broke down early on Friday morning, leaving the future of the country’s most populous state uncertain a month after voters went to the polls.
Talks between the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) to form a so-called “grand coalition” in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia ended without an agreement late on Wednesday night, leaving the future of the state government unclear.
Former parliamentarian Jörg Tauss, the most prominent member of the German Pirate Party, has resigned from the party following his conviction for possessing child pornography last week.
The pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) have expressed a new willingness to form a so-called “traffic light coalition” with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the environmentalist Greens in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a media report said on Monday.
A survey of the Social Democrats' local organisations has shown that many party members are dissatisfied with their leadership, and most believe the benefit reform Hartz IV is the main reason for the centre-left party's electoral failures.
A Karlsruhe district court handed former Social Democratic parliamentarian Jörg Tauss a 15-month suspended sentence on Friday for the possession of child pornography.
The Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have abandoned talks with The Left party on forming a coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), making a grand coalition or new elections in Germany’s largest state likely.
Former Social Democratic parliamentarian Jörg Tauss will face a Karlsruhe district court on Tuesday on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography.
Oskar Lafontaine, co-leader of Germany’s far-left party Die Linke, quits the political stage this weekend because of illness: But he leaves the party he founded in rude health.
With a Social Democratic-Greens alliance coming up just one seat short of a majority in the North Rhine-Westphalia election, the SPD on Monday faced some uncomfortable options for forming a coalition in the state.
The opposition Social Democrats appeared set to deny the government support for the rescue package for Greece Thursday, blowing a hole in government hopes of bipartisanship on the controversial issue.
German clothing brand Thor Steinar – a known favourite among neo-Nazis – is suing satirical copycat label “Storch Heinar” for libel and violating trademark laws.
