SPD in crisis mode: SPD leaders Bas and Klingbeil search for a new course before important elections

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Rumblings at the party base: | "Frustration is immense" - | are SPD leaders Bas and Klingbeil shaky?

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SPD in crisis mode: SPD leaders Bas and Klingbeil search for a new course before important elections

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After CDU criticism of pension plans: Bas demands clarity from the CDU/CSU on early retirement without deductions

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Aug 03

SPD in crisis mode: SPD leaders Bas and Klingbeil are searching for a new course before important elections

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“Social conscience” lost? SPD grassroots question Bas and Klingbeil - | Day X is approaching

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Role in the Black-Red government: Bas says the SPD has a responsibility: The SPD leadership is facing increasing criticism from the grassroots ...

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Cabinet discipline instead of profile? Bas answers questions in today's ZDF summer interview

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Lost their "social conscience"? SPD grassroots question Bas and Klingbeil – Day X is approaching

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Aug 02

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Cabinet discipline instead of profile? Bas presents herself in today's ZDF summer interview

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Bas in ZDF summer interview: Co-chairwoman wants "more visible" Social Democrats in a CDU/CSU-SPD coalition

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Bas in the summer interview about retirement at 63: "The CDU should clarify its role"

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Bärbel Bas in a ZDF summer interview: After the pension dispute, there's another pension dispute

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