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Progress for the High-Tech Agenda: Berlin (ots) - | Holger Mann, responsible rapporteur: The Budget Committee of the Bundestag approved further concrete projects ...
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Colleague of SPD mayor Hikel: “The Islamists wanted to kill me”: Hudhaifa Mashhadani is shocked, he tells FOCUS online. A man of Palestinian origin tried to push ...
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Member of Parliament from Saxony calls for barracks to combat emigration: Federal politician Holger Mann (SPD) is calling for basic training to be offered again ...
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SPD is betting everything on conflict - | But his starting position is disastrous
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With its actions in Berlin, the SPD is digging its own grave.: Education, housing, clear rules – and telling it like it is. That's what the SPD politician in ...
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Key FactsBerlin SPD Faces Turmoil After Hikel’s Withdrawal
Nov 10, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: berliner-zeitung.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: berliner-zeitung.de
- The Berlin SPD is shaken after key figures like Martin Hikel and Franziska Giffey were rejected by their own party.
- Hikel stepped down from his candidacy for Neukölln mayor despite securing 69 percent support in the vote.
- Internal conflict between the party’s left and centrist factions has created significant uncertainty before next year’s elections.
- Party leaders call for decisive leadership, including against radical members, to improve election prospects in 2026.
One must lead, especially against the radicals that harm the SPD, if necessary with the help of member decisions.— Peter Strieder, a former strongman in the Berlin SPD, speaks about the need to lead the party and combat radical influences.
No, knitting in public isn't weird!: Knitting delegate at the Berlin SPD state party conference in Berlin, 2023.
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Ludwigshafen: The new SPD chairman Scholz demands from the party: "More heart, less calculators"
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Paid articlePaywall This is how Robert Alferink wants to win the town hall for the SPD: Robert Alferink is officially the mayoral candidate for the Osnabrück SPD ...
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OpinionThe SPD politician talks up pensions, then the youngest becomes the bearer of hope
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Minister of Labor: Bärbel Bas has found “a different compass” through her grief over her husband
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Paid articlePaywall Potsdam SPD parliamentary group leader Grit Schkölziger in court: Defamation by campaign worker
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Before the mayoral runoff election in Potsdam: Who supports Severin Fischer and Noosha Aubel?
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"No party for the unemployed": SPD man defends support reform - | left wing rebels
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Paid articlePaywall Herne: Why SPD man Dudda won by a landslide here: Things are going downhill for the SPD almost everywhere in the Ruhr region. But in Herne ...
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Paid articlePaywall New CDU mayor in Dortmund: Why the SPD has lost its heartland: Historic defeat for the Social Democrats: for the first time since World War II ...
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Paid articlePaywall Mayoral election in Dortmund: He drove the Social Democrats out of the red heart chamber
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Election boycott in Ludwigshafen: Population sees through exclusion of AfD mayoral candidate – more than 70 percent did not want to participate in the farce
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Paid articlePaywall Insults against politicians: SPD politician declares AfD to be “the biggest crybabies in this country”
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Interview: “Why should only a man be able to hold the highest office?”: Julia Klöckner has been at the helm of the Bundestag for several months now – and ...
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Key FactsKlöckner Addresses Criticism and Parliament's Changing Tone
Sep 13, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stern.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stern.de
- Julia Klöckner responded calmly to sharp criticisms from Robert Habeck and Ricarda Lang regarding her role as Bundestag president.
- Lang accused Klöckner of focusing on outrage and symbolic debates instead of addressing real societal issues.
- Klöckner attributes the shifting parliamentary climate mainly to digital platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
- She highlighted that speeches are increasingly crafted for social media clips, undermining the quality of parliamentary argumentation.
I know how it is to no longer be in government, but to be in opposition. I recommend enduring it with dignity and constructively.— Julia Klöckner responds to criticism from Robert Habeck and Ricarda Lang.
Security: Sinan Selen becomes new head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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Officer dies in Völklingen: 18-year-old allegedly shot at three police officers: A young man allegedly shot a police officer with a service weapon in Saarland ...
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More games from Germany? The industry is getting state aid: Games are popular and fascinate tens of millions of people around the world. But Germany only plays a ...
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Verdict after right-wing attack on SPD campaigner: “I thought: I haven't seen this since the 90s”
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This SPD politician is moving to an arms company: The man is a career officer in the German Armed Forces and has now spent four years in the German Bundestag for ...
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Former SPD leader Walter-Borjans: "Putin won't let himself be disarmed": Former SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans is "shocked" by the harsh criticism of the ...
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Police officer stabbed in the neck in front of Neukölln police station: Offender released - | SPD politician has "absolutely no understanding" for this
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Merkel's homeland: SPD candidate prevails against AfD candidate in Templin mayoral election
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Bas da! Ready to govern decisively: SPD cabinet members Bas and Klingbeil also want to lead the party. Current chairwoman Esken has declined ... Show more
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Habeck appears to want to resign from Bundestag seat - | Greens "reposition themselves"
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Key FactsHabeck Takes on Foreign Policy Role in Bundestag
Apr 18, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
- Robert Habeck will serve in the Foreign Affairs Committee.
- He will focus on Germany's relations with the USA.
- The Green party is currently constituting itself with his involvement.
- No confirmation has been given regarding a resignation before the summer break.
The importance of this relationship is obviously evident.— Britta Haßelmann, leader of the Green Party faction, about Robert Habeck's role in the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Hürth near Cologne: SPD man allegedly attacked AfD politician Norbert Raatz: In Hürth, an AfD politician was apparently attacked by a fellow councillor from the ...
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Key FactsBar Brawl Between SPD and AfD in Hürth
Dec 23, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: t-online.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: t-online.de
- An incident in Hürth involved SPD politician Lukas Gottschalk attacking AfD council member Norbert Raatz, captured on video.
- The quarrel escalated in a bar, leading to physical altercations and insults exchanged between the parties involved.
- The Cologne police are investigating for dangerous bodily harm, with a potential political motivation behind the attack.
- Gottschalk expressed regret for not responding more calmly, while Raatz claims he was attacked without provocation; the SPD in NRW condemns violence.