Tag: Martin Schulz

In German political chaos, ‘rubble woman’ to the rescue

by Frank Zeller Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Germany’s chaos-wracked Social Democrats have named Andrea Nahles as their designated next leader, meaning women will soon be in the driver’s seats of the two biggest parties and shifting a long-skewed gender balance in politics. Alongside Chancellor Angela Merkel, Nahles is set to join a growing band of women heading, or co-leading, German political parties despite the fact that female lawmakers still account for fewer than one third […]

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Four months after vote, Merkel in final lap of coalition talks

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Friday begin a final stretch of negotiations with Germany’s second biggest party to form a government, four months after an inconclusive election left the country in political limbo. Merkel will meet with Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz and the chief of her Bavarian allies, Horst Seehofer, at 0800 GMT, sources close to the talks told AFP. As Germany’s European partners are beginning to be weary over the long-running […]

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Schulz to quit EU parliament chief post for German politics: media

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German politician Martin Schulz plans to quit his post as European Parliament chief to join next year’s election campaign at home, where he may mount a challenge against Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to media reports Thursday. Schulz, 60, “will make a switch to Berlin”, reported Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily, which said the German veteran politician will not seek a third term as European Parliament chief. Spiegel Online also said he “will make […]

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