Category: Social Democratic Party of Germany

Trumpism may fall in Europe

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Marine Le Pen, France’s presidential candidate and leader of the French National Front, in Paris on Feb. 28. SINCE THE election of President Trump, the biggest question in Western politics has been whether a version of his populist insurgency, and the similar anti-establishment fever that prompted Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, will spread to the Netherlands, France and Germany in elections scheduled for the coming months.

German Social Democrats still hard on heels of Merkel’s conservatives – poll

Germany’s Social Democrats held steady at 31 percent support in a survey published on Wednesday, remaining hard on the heels of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives – on 34 percent – seven months ahead of a federal election. Journalists during news conference of new Social Democratic Party leader Martin Schulz at their party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 30, 2017.

Germany picks Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be president

A special assembly elected former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority Sunday to be the country’s new president. Steinmeier was elected in Berlin by the assembly made up of the 630 members of parliament’s lower house and an equal number of representatives from Germany’s 16 states.

Germany: Social Democrats back Schulz to challenge Merkel

Former President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party, SPD, center, waves as he arrives for a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Members of the SPD’s national executive agreed Sunday to make Schulz their candidate for the chancellorship, a post that traditionally goes to the party which receives the greatest share of votes in a general election.

Germany: Social Democrats back Schulz to challenge Merkel

Germany’s main center-left party is backing former European Parliament president Martin Schulz to lead their campaign to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel in the country’s upcoming election. Members of the Social Democratic Party’s national executive agreed Sunday to make Schulz their candidate for the chancellorship, a post that traditionally goes to the party which receives the greatest share of votes in a general election.

German Greens choose centrist duo for election campaign

In this Nov. 12, 2016 file photo party chairman Cem Ozdemir, left, and parliamentary faction leader Katrin Goering-Eckardt talk during a party convention of the Green party in Muenster, western Germany. Germany’s traditionally left-leaning Greens on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 chosen the two centrists to lead them into this year’s election, in which the party could be a key to forming a new government.

Le Pen’ risk at centre stage in Europe

Investors in Europe wait anxiously for the results of a series of elections in leading countries as populist parties grow in popularity This is the question on the lips of many investment strategists and market commentators as election fever grips Europe’s vulnerable single currency area, with crucial presidential and parliamentary ballots in at least three of the five largest economies in the euro zone. The unexpected decision by Britain to vote to leave the European Union and the upset victory of Donald Trump in the United States presidential election have emboldened populist and nationalist parties across Europe, doing wonders for their transformation from extremist groups to mainstream parties.