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SPD leaders comment after election debacle in Rhineland-Palatinate: After the lost state election in Rhineland-Palatinate, there is unrest in the SPD ...
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Rhineland-Palatinate State Election 2026: SPD leader Klingbeil under pressure after election defeat
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“Catastrophic evening,” but no leadership debate in the SPD: Following the crushing election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate, the SPD canceled its press ...
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Majority skeptical about accepting more Iranian refugees: According to a survey, 73 percent of people in Germany believe their country would be overwhelmed by ...
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Despite the SPD crisis: Klingbeil and Bas want to remain party leaders: Following the SPD’s election defeats, the party leaders are facing criticism ...
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SPD Election Fiasco: Merz Government Facing Total Upheaval? Explosive Scenario Circulating
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Election debacle: The SPD has become stuck on the left - | new personnel won't help either
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SPD am Boden: Erste Rücktrittsforderungen gegen Vizekanzler: Die SPD liegt nach der Wahl in Rheinland-Pfalz am Boden. Geht es Parteichef Lars Klingbeil an den ...
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SPD in the Dumps: Is the Federal Government Now Teetering?: The SPD is in the dumps following the upheaval in Rhineland-Palatinate. Yet the party leaders want to ...
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After Election Defeat: SPD Politician Doris Schröder-Köpf Calls for the Resignation of Party Leaders Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas
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Election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate: The SPD is sinking deeper and deeper into crisis
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Election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate: "We did not offer our resignation": What consequences will the SPD's election debacle in Rhineland-Palatinate have ...
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Crisis in the SPD: The lack of personnel alternatives: Despite the recent election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate, SPD chairpersons Bas and Klingbeil are ...
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Lars Klingbeil is said to have indirectly offered his resignation: Lars Klingbeil (SPD), Federal Minister of Finance, Vice Chancellor and SPD Federal Chairman.
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Schweitzer leaves SPD hanging after election fiasco – Merz apparently calls his own party to order
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"No silver bullet": Can the SPD find its way out of the crisis with Bas and Klingbeil?
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"Anyone who is not prepared to fundamentally change something in this situation is themselves part of the problem"
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After election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate: SPD cancels press conference with Schweitzer - | Statement only with Klingbeil and Bas
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After the state election: What will become of the SPD, the coalition, and the reforms?
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SPD defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate: “Anger, frustration, absolute helplessness” and anger at Klingbeil
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Paid articlePaywallPanic after the Rhineland-Palatinate debacle: SPD leader Klingbeil faces the wrath of party members - | Names of successors are circulating
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How the SPD is dealing with its election defeat: What consequences are the Social Democrats drawing from the defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate? Initially, at least ...
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SPD crash in Rhineland-Palatinate: What follows?: After the crushing defeat in the Rhineland-Palatinate state election, the SPD is debating its top personnel ...
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“I see Rehlinger at the top”: After SPD’s defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate – Pistorius also seen as a savior
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"Unholy dual leadership": Increasing calls for the resignation of SPD chairpersons Klingbeil and Bas
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Election in Rhineland-Palatinate: Live now: Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas on the SPD election defeat
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Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil – SPD leaders speak out after election debacle: What conclusions are Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas drawing from the SPD’s defeat in ...
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State election in Rhineland-Palatinate - | SPD leadership wants no chaos - | Merz wants no rash decisions
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SPD Leader Lars Klingbeil: Tactics Alone Won’t Save Him or the SPD: After the debacle: Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas call for a vote of confidence ...
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Paid articlePaywallAfter defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate: SPD leaders do not want to "fall into self-destruction"
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SPD crisis: Tax increases as a condition for stable pensions – expert predicts “radical steps”
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After the defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate: What does the SPD upheaval mean for Klingbeil?
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Paid articlePaywallElection fiasco for the SPD: Merz government facing total upheaval? Explosive scenario circulating
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Interview with political scientist Jun: The SPD at a crossroads: The reasons for the SPD's election debacle in Rhineland-Palatinate lie primarily in Berlin ...
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Paid articlePaywallSocial Democrats in crisis: The decline of the SPD becomes a danger for Merz: After the devastating election defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate, the SPD fears for ...
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Paid articlePaywallSchweitzer abandons SPD after election fiasco - | Merz apparently reins in his own party
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The SPD needs to reposition itself at the top and in terms of policy: Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil are clinging to their positions. However ...
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Lars Klingbeil announces new elections for the entire SPD party leadership: The SPD will have to elect a new co-leadership. The goal is to clarify the ...
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After Bas's resignation: Juso leader Türmer hopes for a reorganization of the SPD - | the CDU/CSU hopes for a faster pace
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Bärbel Bas's resignation: Klingbeil laments "poisoned" climate in federal politics
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Off to Berlin? Schwesig's surprising answer after Bas's resignation: Schwesig's tone towards the federal government has been harsh for weeks - now ...
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Bas's resignation: CDU rejects SPD accusations of personal attacks: Following the resignation of the Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs ...
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