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Social Democratic Party (SPD)

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SPD Youth Leader Slams Plan to Scrap Germany’s Eight-Hour Day

The labor minister’s public pushback signals friction over the coalition’s working-time overhaul.

Klingbeil Pushes Canada Ties as Relief Plan Falters at Home

Klingbeil Fast-Tracks 2027 Income Tax Overhaul, Vows Plan Within Weeks

Mansoori Fires Hesse State Secretary Umut Sönmez After Harassment Allegation

AfD Closes In on Union as SPD Falls to 12% in New ARD Poll

SPD Lawmaker and Environment Ministry State Secretary Carsten Träger Dies at 52 After Ski Collapse in Tirol

Germany Narrows Free Integration Courses to Those Likely to Stay as Backlash Grows

German Development Minister Backs Cross-Party Drive to Tie Aid, Diplomacy and Defense

Midyatli Accuses Schleswig-Holstein’s Ruling Coalition of Budget ‘Staging’ After Revenue Windfall

SPD Parliamentary Manager Rüdiger Erben in Saxony-Anhalt Dies at 58

Haseloff Casts 2026 Saxony-Anhalt Vote as a System Choice and Calls for Unity

New Inquiry Files Fuel SPD Push to Oust NRW Migration Minister Over Solingen Handling

Merz Dismisses Minority-Government Option After Reports of CDU/CSU Contingency Planning

CDU Defense Chair Backs Nationwide Mustering as Wehrdienst Negotiations Enter Crunch Time

Bremen Environment Senator Kathrin Moosdorf Resigns Over Controversial Early Retirement Case

Bavaria SPD Seeks Nuremberg Pilot for Automatic Tax Assessments

Bremen Education Senator Sascha Karolin Aulepp Resigns

Bremen Interior Senator Mäurer to Hand Over Office by Year-End

Hamburg Asserts Continued Federal Clout Despite SPD Chancellery Exit

SPD Plans Early German Recognition of Palestine