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German MEP Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" in Dresden, Germany, in what is suspected to be a politically-motivated attack against the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
2024-05-4

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer agree on a migration compromise; talks with the SPD coalition partner are following.
2018-07-2

Andrea Nahles is elected as the first female leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
2018-04-22

Martin Schulz resigns as leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) with immediate effect. The mayor of Hamburg Olaf Scholz will serve as interim leader until a new leader is elected.
2018-02-13

Voters in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia head to the polls, with the media suggesting a victory for Angela Merkel's CDU over the SPD, who have lead the state for all but five years since 1966.
2017-05-14

Voters in the German city state of Hamburg go to the polls with the governing Social Democratic Party of Germany led by Olaf Scholz retaining power.
2015-02-15

The German Social Democrat Martin Schulz is reelected President of the European Parliament for another two and a half years.
2014-07-1

Social Democratic Party of Germany president Sigmar Gabriel proposes Peer Steinbrück as the party's Chancellor candidate for the next German federal election to be held in 2013.
2012-09-28

Voters in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia head to the polls for an election, with the Social Democratic Party of Germany winning the most votes, allowing it to continue in government with the support of the Greens. [http:--www.abc.net.au-news-2012-05-14-merkels-party-routed-in-state-polls-4008830 (Reuters via ABC Australia)]. [http:--www.cleveland.com-newsflash-index.ssf-story-merkel-risks-setback-in-german-state-vote-c6fdf6b2aa684b2c92405ef8176379ca (AP via "Cleveland Plain-Dealer")]date=August 2019
2012-05-13

UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom is expelled from the chamber of the European Parliament after calling German Socialist MEP Martin Schulz an "undemocratic fascist".
2010-11-24