People and Politics | The New SPD Leadership Where Is the Party Headed Now?
391 views · Published 14 September 2008 · 6:12 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: DW News · 2008 · News & Politics
Last weekend was a dramatic one for Germany's Social Democrats. A meeting in the countryside outside Berlin turned into a showdown within the crisis-ridden party. The result of the conference German foreign secretary Frank-Walter Steinmeier emerged as the candidate set to face Angela Merkel in the next elections. Franz-Müntefering is Party Chairman again, replacing Kurt Beck, who stepped down. Will the new duo at the top of the SPD be able to unite the left and right wings of the party? And how will the Social Democrats deal with the Left party in the future?
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