5 minutes agoThe party couple that supported the VV vows to pull Germany out of “the neoliberal alert”
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(7 years ago)The German centre-left party SPD should seek a way out of “neo-liberal alert” and draw support for Angela Merkel's government if it does not increase investments in public services and infrastructure, have given the two politicians targeting party leadership. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest social-democratic party in the world [...]
Founded in 1863, it is the oldest social-democratic party in the world and has been the central pillar of political order in Germany after World War II, but it has long found itself a junior partner of Angela Merkel's CDU.
Moreover, its support has dropped drastically in this year's European elections, writes The Guardian, the Albanian translation Periscope.
After Andrea Nahles' resignation as leader in June, two very little-known politicians -- Norbert Walter-Bryrens and Saskia Esken -- appeared as surprising racers in this party's early elections.
In an interview with three European newspapers, the Guardian, El Pais and La Republica the couple said that if they win they will seek a reorient of the SPD.
We have to get out of neoliberal ferocity”, said Walter-Bryrens, 67, whom German media see as similar to American Democrat Bernie Saunders. /Periscope
