Miersch vs. Merz: SPD calls for course correction:
The "reforms" only stand for cuts, the Social Democrat said on the morning news program. Now, instead ...
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Miersch versus Merz: SPD calls for course correction: The "reforms" only meant cuts, the Social Democrat said on the morning news program. Now, instead ...
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- A Forschungsgruppe Wahlen survey released on July 31 placed the SPD at 12 percent nationwide, level with The Left.
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I think the SPD is currently well positioned and is pushing its own impulses in many areas. Therefore I currently see no need for personnel debates.— Matthias Miersch, SPD parliamentary group leader, told the Funke Media Group
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