SPD

Just a few weeks ago, almost everyone predicted another bad defeat for Germany's Social-Democratic Party SPD, for good reasons. For several years, the party had literally drowned in the polls. Now, the SPD is back, with Olaf Scholz at the helm.

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been in a struggle for survival for years now. It has a star candidate for the upcoming elections, but Olaf Scholz…

Franziska Giffey asked Chancellor Angela Merkel to accept her resignation as Family Minister on Wednesday. The reason is a plagiarism scandal that has been…

It is hard to take the suspense. On Sunday, state elections will be taking place in Rhineland-Palatinate. For three decades, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) have ruled the federal state. Whether they will be able to continue, is an open question.

The SPD in Berlin now has a new leadership, consisting of Franziska Giffey and Read Saleh. With the change at the top, the party now has one more problem on a…

In Berlin, Sawsan Chebli, the city state's State Secretary for Federal Affairs and Civic Participation, is putting Governing Mayor Müller in an awkward…

The nomination was not a surprise at all. Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the most popular politician the SPD has, is the right person for the candidacy. But does the party need a candidate at all?

In Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), Hans-Jochen Vogel was one of the most important personalities for decades. The former First Mayor of Munich and…

Governing Mayor Michael Müller will not run for the chair of his party, the Berlin Social Democrats (SPD) anymore. Germany's Family Minister Franziska Giffey is…

In the German city of Halle, unknown criminals have fired shots at the window of the constituency office of Karamba Diaby, a member of the Berlin Bundestag. The state security office is on the case.