September election

Angela Merkel overshadows party ahead of September election

Challenger Martin Schulz of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is leading his campaign with "more social justice", promising reforms to tax, unemployment benefits and childcare after having just succeeded with a push to legalise same-sex marriage.

Jul 03, 2017, 11:19 AM IST

German SPD wants gay marriage after September election

Germany`s Social Democratic Party (SPD) is making legalisation of gay marriage a condition for its participation in any coalition government after September`s national election, party Secretary General Hubertus Heil said.

Jun 23, 2017, 14:50 PM IST