At least one of the two other Social Democrat appointees will leave the 15-member government, said Social Democrat chairman Gintautas Paluckas, elected in April this year on a reform mandate.
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With President Heinz Fischer, a former Social Democrat, in office until early July, a Social Democrat is likely to take over from Mitterlehner, who will meanwhile run the government on an interim basis.
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Social Democrat lawmakers initially overhauled Romania's criminal codes last year.
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The current director general, Alexander Wrabetz, is a Social Democrat.
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You have done well as a social democrat in Malta.
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As a Social Democrat, I believe solidarity is extremely important.
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The Social Democrat also wants to introduce a financial transaction tax.
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She ruled out her party joining a Social Democrat-led government.
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Warren is a free-market social democrat in the Nordic mold.
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That compares with the Social Democrat government's 3 percent of GDP target.
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Merkel's Social Democrat coalition partners also came in for criticism, albeit milder.
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Prime Minister and Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven immediately rejected the demand.
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" He added: "As a Social Democrat, I attribute exceptional importance to solidarity.
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He also served as economy minister under Social Democrat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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Social Democrat leader Jan Hamacek said he would hear the ANO out.
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But Zeman gave no assurances he would appoint Social Democrat nominee Smarda.
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Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners were a distant third on 13%.
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Social Democrat Martin Schulz, who is taking on Merkel in Germany's Sept.
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Scholz, a Social Democrat, will present updated tax revenue estimates on Thursday.
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Gerhard Schröder, his Social Democrat nemesis, inherited (and reformed) an ossified German economy.
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Many have questioned whether Merkel's conservative-Social Democrat coalition will survive until then.
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Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced a government reshuffle after Romson's departure.
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Social Democrat leader Jan Hamacek had served as both foreign and interior ministers.
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Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, has declined to cut corporate taxes.
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The CDU/CSU and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners both did badly.
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A social democrat, Mr Moreno has little by little reversed his predecessor's policies.
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Sanders could run as social democrat is because, in some ways, we're returning
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Social Democrat chief Hamacek repeated Zeman should heed the constitution and appoint Smarda.
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Wednesday's motion was filed by the main opposition party, the Social Democrat (SDP).
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Persson, a Social Democrat, served as prime minister for a decade until 2006.
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Niels Annen, a leading Social Democrat and a member of the Bundestag, agrees.
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Ed Broadbent, the chairman of the progressive Broadbent Institute, called Mr. Sanders the most important social democrat in North America — even though Mr. Sanders is not a Canadian social democrat, and is not even a particularly powerful member of the Senate.
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Social Democrat lawmakers initially spearheaded an overhaul of the country's criminal codes last year.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD), winner of a Dec.
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In the early 28503s, the Social-Democrat Workers Party was formed in Tsarist Russia.
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Economics Minister Brigitte Zypries, a Social Democrat, agreed in a statement issued late Friday.
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Fico's Smer is a social democrat party but has also taken socially conservative positions.
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But it was hardly the endorsement Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz had hoped for.
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He can attack her, the party hopes, better than any other Social Democrat can today.
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Svenja Schulze, a Social Democrat (SPD), favours hardware retrofits that are unpopular with auto makers.
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Merkel's Social Democrat coalition partners have promised voters increased spending on infrastructure, education and research.
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In simplest terms, a democratic socialist is not the same thing as a social democrat.
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The other side is represented by Germany's acting foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat.
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About 100,000 mostly peaceful protesters rallied against the Social Democrat (PSD) government on Aug. 10.
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The proposal was put forth by German labor minister Andrea Nahles, a left-wing social democrat.
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Babis would also wait for the Social Democrat party to elect new leadership at a Feb.
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" Maybe I'm not the normal social democrat who would say: "we need to live with this.
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However, he would not comment on which parties might join a possible Social Democrat-led government.
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That showing led to the resignation of Chancellor Werner Faymann, a Social Democrat, on May 9.
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He has enjoyed the backing of previous prime ministers, including the outgoing Social Democrat Bohuslav Sobotka.
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Social Democrat Lofven will speak for about five minutes, public broadcaster SVT said on its website.
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"The Social Democrat lawmakers have absolutely no reason to vote for von der Leyen," Stegner said.
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"This is a development of dramatic significance," said Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz at a campaign rally.
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The coalition's center-left ally, the Social Democrat Party (SPD), has demanded that the dispute be settled.
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Former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a Social Democrat, welcomed the SPD opposition to joining a U.S.-led mission.
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Ruling Social Democrat senators approved the bill by 80-0 with all opposition groupings boycotting the vote.
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The coalition government, which holds 53 seats, negotiated the support of the opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD).
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Mr Seehofer's legal threat amounts to "a declaration of breaking the coalition", says a top Social Democrat.
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I'm a Social Democrat, and I'm confident that we will have a good result in the elections.
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"I think Social Democrat members will respond positively ... we made an awful lot of compromises," Babis said.
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By voting for the coalition-deal, the Social Democrat members may have merely postponed their inevitable demise.
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But Scholz, a Social Democrat, called on the Italian government to implement its reforms step by step.
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Mr Urzúa, a social democrat, was a voice of prudence in the cabinet of the populist leftist president.
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Norlen has said he could ask parliament to vote again on Social Democrat Stefan Lofven as prime minister.
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Any agreement would have to be backed in a referendum of Social Democrat members, possibly later this month.
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Her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partner is meanwhile seen as more interested in pleasing the unions than environmentalists.
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The Social Democrat government targets a deficit of just under 3 percent of GDP, the European Union's ceiling.
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The Social Democrat finance minister said the European Union would not follow U.S. steps for banking sector deregulation.
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"A well-fortified government is our answer to terrorist threats," Maas, a Social Democrat, said in a statement.
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"A weight has fallen from all of Europe's shoulders," said German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat.
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"A few individuals have kept an entire neighborhood terrified," said Mohamed Nuur, 26, a local Social Democrat politician.
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Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, has declined to cut corporate taxes, pointing to a tight budget.
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Palme, a Social Democrat, was Sweden's prime minister between 1969 and 1976 and again between 1982 and 1986.
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"We salute President Trump's fight against the American deep state," Liviu Plesoianu, a Social Democrat lawmaker, told supporters.
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The motion was backed by Merkel's conservatives, their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners and the opposition Free Democrats.
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The plan was proposed by the police president and backed by Interior Minister Milan Chovanec, a Social Democrat.
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Mr Sobotka, a Social Democrat, hoped the attention to Mr Babis's finances would stop his own party's headlong slide.
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"The mingling [of asylum and immigration] produces problems," says Lars Castellucci, a Social Democrat MP who backs the law.
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Mr López Obrador is of the left, but he is a would-be saviour rather than a social democrat.
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Migration should be limited to a number that ensures integration, Chancellor Christian Kern, a Social Democrat, told ORF television.
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Before resigning, the Social Democrat (PSD) government had reversed years of austerity, cutting taxes and raising public sector wages.
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The Social Democrat-led government has said the fiscal changes will curb bureaucracy, tax evasion and boost budget revenue.
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The source said Weil, a Social Democrat and former judge, is very unhappy with the agreement on managers' bonuses.
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The Green incumbent won in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest, and the Social Democrat won in neighboring Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a fellow Social Democrat, in February invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit Germany.
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Merkel's conservatives are five percentage points ahead of their center-left Social Democrat junior coalition partners in the polls.
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"We will win this, you will see," an ebullient Christian Kern, Social Democrat Chancellor and party leader, told supporters.
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Mr. Herzog stepped down from the presidency in 1999 and was succeeded by Johannes Rau, a moderate Social Democrat.
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Most outgoing ministers featured again in the line-up Tudose and Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea presented on Wednesday.
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The Social Democrat party has reportedly begun talks with the pro-Russian Centre Party about forming a new coalition.
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"It's imperative that Europe sticks together on this issue," Gabriel, a Social Democrat, told the RND German newspaper group.
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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, a Social Democrat, told Reuters he will leave his party to continue in the government.
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Industry Minister Jan Mladek, a member of Social Democrat party, supported the idea of a split, according to the paper.
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Earlier this month, another Social Democrat lawmaker filed a proposal to introduce jail sentences for protesters that disturb constitutional order.
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The third commenced with reunification in 1990 and continued with the election of the Social Democrat-Green government in 1998.
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Sanders would probably be a social Democrat, Clinton a liberal, Kasich a Christian Democrat, and Trump a far-right populist.
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"I choose to do this because I believe what I have done is that serious," the Social Democrat politician said.
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The leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party, Liviu Dragnea, had said Toader would not need to join the party.
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With parliamentary elections due on April 14, concerns about social welfare have seen support rise for the Social Democrat Party.
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Zelaya of Honduras, a social democrat who had overseen some social and economic progress since taking office in 2006, was
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If Obama in another life could have been a successful European social democrat, Trump is only and absolutely of America.
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Now, Mr. Kumamoto, a self-described "social democrat," is leading in the polls for a seat in the federal Senate.
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Those comments, made in a televised debate with her Social Democrat (SPD) election rival, drew charges of populism from Ankara.
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Nonetheless, Merkel remains way ahead of her Social Democrat (SPD) rival Gabriel, who was up 1 point at 16 percent.
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The vote came after the junior coalition partners, the Social Democrat party, deserted Roivas and his center-right Reform Party.
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Reuters calculations show that Social Democrat mayors have generally done well out of this National Programme for Local Development (PNDL).
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Prosecutors have secured a spate of convictions in recent years against lawmakers, ministers and mayors, including Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea.
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The law proposal is under consideration by the Social Democrat party as well its current coalition partner, Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
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Under Juscelino Kubitschek, a dashing social democrat, the country rushed not just to industrialise but to embrace the modern in general.
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On April 27th, VMRO deputies opened the doors of parliament to protesters, who stormed in and beat up Social Democrat deputies.
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Back in Nickelsdorf, Mayor Zapfl, a Social Democrat understands why his town voted the way it did, and he isn't surprised.
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The ruling Social Democrat Party has said it aims to approve the judicial overhaul by the end of this parliamentary session.
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JOSEPH MUSCAT is the prime minister of Malta and something of a rarity in the EU: a relatively successful social democrat.
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Prosecutors have secured a slew of convictions in recent years against lawmakers, ministers and mayors, including Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea.
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The Social Democrat Party, which was ousted from government in a no-confidence vote led by Orban's Liberal Party on Oct.
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Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga, a social democrat, argued that shaking hands with a teacher was an important part of Swiss culture.
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Merkel's Social Democrat coalition partners, the leading voices in Germany calling for a conciliatory approach towards Russia, are also in favor.
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Friday's vote marks a rare victory for Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, who are trailing the conservatives in opinion polls.
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Among them is Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea who has a two-year suspended jail sentence in a vote-rigging case.
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But German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a member of Merkel's Social Democrat coalition partners, showed a greater sense of urgency.
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" In Germany, a deputy Social Democrat leader, Ralf Stegner, displays a similar arrogance when he calls A.F.D. supporters "racists" and "skunks.
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The question angers Wolfgang Thierse, a Social Democrat and former president of the German Parliament, who was raised in the East.
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Dancila and her Social Democrat government have been on the brink of collapse since losing their junior coalition partner in August.
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The Social Democrat could run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's elections or replace Frank-Walter Steinmeier as foreign minister.
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The previous Social Democrat government, which collapsed in a no-confidence vote in October, had focused on raising current state pensions.
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Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Stephan Weil, a Social Democrat, may lose his job to his Christian Democrat challenger Bernd Althusmann.
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Conservative Angela Merkel is expected to face a tough challenge from Social Democrat Martin Schulz, the former president of the European Parliament.
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Ruling Social Democrat Party leader and parliament lower house speaker Liviu Dragnea is currently on trial in an abuse of power case.
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"Erdogan's provocations promote a fundamental conflict of values," he wrote in joint column with Justice Minister Heiko Maas, also a Social Democrat.
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Orban's opposition Liberal Party spearheaded the no- confidence vote which led to the collapse of the Social Democrat government on Oct. 10.
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A Social Democrat-led government was felled by street protests only 15 months ago following a nightclub fire that killed 64 people.
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The final appointment sees Josep Borrell, a veteran Spanish social democrat, as the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.
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"I expect another round of negotiations between the prime minister and president in this matter," Social Democrat leader Jan Hamacek told reporters.
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Mr. Lofven, a Social Democrat, is running for re-election, and he spent Tuesday afternoon visiting the affected area in Vastra Frolunda.
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"For us, everything was legal," Mr. Colom, a social democrat who was Guatemala's president from 2008 to 2012, said before the hearing.
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The only noticeable exception so far has been the incumbent Danish Prime Minister, Social-Democrat Mette Frederiksen, who has yet to respond.
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Nils Heisterhagen, a 29-year-old Social Democrat, has been leading a push for the party to embrace its left-wing roots.
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She has done something similar on the national minimum wage, a key Social Democrat Party policy that she has made her own.
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" Faiz Shakir, Sanders' campaign manager, told me recently in an interview that he agrees that Sanders should be called a "social Democrat.
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"(The referendum result) is a clear victory against the Social Democrat Party," said Sergiu Miscoiu, a political science professor at Babes-Bolyai University.
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The Social Democrat party has begun talks for a possible new coalition with the traditionally pro-Russia Centre Party, local media has said.
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"Unfortunately, we are alone in taking a clear stand in supporting hosting the Olympics at the moment," Social Democrat politician Karin Wanngaard said.
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On Friday, Social Democrat leader and lower house speaker Liviu Dragnea said parliament should meet to approve the withdrawal as soon as possible.
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The Social Democrat-led cabinet upset markets when it introduced the measures without public debate or impact assessment at the end of 2018.
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Babis&apos second government is made up of ANO and leftist Social Democrat deputies and it also doesn&apost have a parliamentary majority.
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But comments on Friday from Gabriel, a Social Democrat, and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, a member of Merkel's Christian Democrats, suggested tensions remained.
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Broad social-democrat parties built structures for co-operation between capital and labour that still underpin globally competitive economies like the Scandinavian ones.
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Among them is Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea who was sentenced to a two-year suspended jail sentence in a vote-rigging case.
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Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) national coalition allies accused her CDU of backtracking on a pledge never to cooperate with a far-right party.
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By the tail end of the war, military command made a deal with leading social democrat politicians to form a democratic, elected government.
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The Social Democrat leadership confirmed last week Smarda remained their choice for culture minister, calling on Babis to ensure the nomination is respected.
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At 20163 percent, she was still ahead of People's Party candidate Andreas Khol and Social Democrat Rudolf Hundstorfer, both slightly above 11 percent.
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Current premier Sorin Grindeanu refused to resign after his ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) withdrew its support for his cabinet late on Wednesday.
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Merkel's main rival for the chancellery, Social Democrat (SPD) Martin Schulz, wants to compel the state to raise spending on infrastructure and education.
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The center-right's Antonio Tajani of Italy replaced German Social Democrat Martin Schulz as president of the Parliament in a vote last week.
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Other main coalition allies, the Democrats and the Social Democrat Party (PSD), are similarly waiting for the electoral court decision on Temer's fate.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government could make a mandatory private pension scheme optional from 2018, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said on Thursday.
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But this is the first official visit by a Spanish Prime Minister since that of Sanchez's fellow social democrat Felipe Gonzalez in 1986.
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Raed Saleh, a Palestinian-German Social Democrat politician in Berlin, said new and old Arab migrants had very different perceptions of their homelands.
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The fire at club Colectiv killed 65 people, triggering massive street protests and ultimately leading to the collapse of a Social Democrat government.
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Social Democrat lawmakers are currently trying to revise the criminal code and critics have said some of the proposed changes would damage investigations.
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Whether political scholars and activists think Sanders is a democratic socialist or a social democrat or a New Deal Democrat is ultimately immaterial.
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But Kovesi was reviled by the Social Democrat government before being forced out last year on the order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader.
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It is also "the reason why the correctness of any Social Democrat Party attempt to reform the judiciary is being questioned", it said.
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Daraka Larimore-Hall—a serious and principled social democrat despite being vice chair of the California Democratic Party—is miffed by this attitude.
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"I do not think we should waste taxes in this way," the head of the commission, Social Democrat politician Ilmar Reepalu, told reporters.
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A Social Democrat and the current federal justice minister, he has announced ambitious plans to rid the internet of abusive and offensive language.
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Romania's Social Democrat government introduced a new banking tax alongside other levies on energy and telecom firms through an emergency decree in December.
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The CDU's Social Democrat partners object to a budget boost that would turn Germany into the third-biggest military spender in the world.
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"That's why we shouldn't just pull up the drawbridge," Gabriel said at a European conference of his Social Democrat (SPD) party in Berlin.
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"This is a solid base for the creation of a stable government," Social Democrat chief Jan Hamacek said after a party leadership meeting.
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Ms. Merkel's predecessor, the Social Democrat Gerhard Schröder, recognized this and pruned back Germany's overgenerous welfare spending to make the economy more competitive.
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Over the past two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Romanian citizens have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the Social Democrat government.
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One sympathized with the Greens, another with Merkel's CDU, while a third was split between the Social Democrat SPD party and the liberal FDP.
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Sweden took in 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015, resulting in a voter backlash and policy u-turn from the Social Democrat-led minority government.
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The proposed measures were originally agreed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her center-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners two weeks ago.
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Those who compare AMLO either to Venezuela's late Hugo Chávez, an authoritarian populist, or Brazil's Lula, a corporatist social democrat, are missing the point.
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Greens co-leader Cem Ozdemir, who has long argued for an immigration law, welcomed the intervention of the president, a center-left Social Democrat.
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Martin Schulz, the Social Democrat (SPD) challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany's national election in September, said the militants had acted like terrorists.
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The Social Democrat-Green government, supported by the Left Party in parliament has said it plans the tax hikes to take effect in 2018.
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The Social Democrat government introduced the bank tax and other measures in December through an emergency decree, with no impact assessment or public debate.
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Grindeanu's leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) withdrew its support for his cabinet late on Wednesday, saying he was not implementing the coalition government's program.
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But in 2007 Defence Minister Norbert Darabos, also a social democrat, agreed on a settlement with Eurofighter to reduce the order to 15 jets.
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Dancila, who remains interim premier until parliament endorses a new cabinet, is the third Social Democrat Party (PSD) prime minister in as many years.
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Social Democrat (CSSD) chief Jan Hamacek said on Friday that nearly 60 percent of those who voted in a party referendum backed the plan.
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The Economist: You are a social democrat who is both in power and relatively popular—in a Europe where that is not particularly common.
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"A decisive point for the SPD is that the social agenda has more prominence in Germany," leading Social Democrat Carsten Schneider told German television.
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In Germany there is opposition within conservative Chancellor Merkel's coalition, especially from her junior Social Democrat (SPD) partners, to joining any U.S-led mission.
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Splitting the Alliance would be likely to consign the center-right to years in opposition or as minority players in Social Democrat-dominated governments.
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Swedish government has traditionally been run by a Social Democrat-led centre-left coalition or a centre-right coalition including a number of parties.
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Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks, also a Social Democrat, accused the VDA car industry association of lacking humility for the way it trumpeted the deal.
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Kramp-Karrenbauer told reporters the CDU wanted to remain in power with their Social Democrat allies, whose leader Andrea Nahles resigned earlier on Monday.
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AOC, who calls herself a democratic socialist — although she's really just a social democrat — has been the subject of obsessive coverage on the right.
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"There's been a vast amount of disinformation in these elections," said Anita Hellman, who was canvassing for the first time as a Social Democrat.
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Double-digit gains for the AfD threaten Merkel's conservatives in Saxony and could mean her Social Democrat (SPD) national partners lose power in Brandenburg.
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Wallstrom, also a Social Democrat, announced on Friday she would resign after five years on the post to spend more time with her family.
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Frans Timmermans, a Dutch social democrat, will be in charge of Europe's "green new deal", accelerating the EU's progress towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Frans Timmermans, a Dutch social democrat, will be in charge of Europe's "green new deal", accelerating the EU's progress towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Social Democrat Party leader Liviu Dragnea said on Thursday the announced measures were merely principles and that critics were too quick to draw judgment.
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According to polls, if the elections were to take place now, she would beat her opponent, the Social Democrat Martin Schulz, by 20 points.
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Mr. Gabriel, the Social Democrat vice chancellor, has pushed hard for Berlin to relax its stance on government spending and the shared euro currency.
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"People have come to see globalization and refugees as attacks on their way of life and their values," a leading Social Democrat told me.
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"The world won't end but it will get crazier," tweeted the minister, a Social Democrat (SPD) in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's right-left coalition.
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The Social Democrat government has gone back and forth this year on its tax plans but intends to raise excise duties on fuels this year.
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After months of talks, Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev last week won the support of three ethnic Albanian parties and conceded some of their demands.
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By contrast none of Germany's 16 Social Democrat MEPs claims to have voted for her and almost no members of the parliament's Green fraction did.
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A survey by Kantar Sofres released on Sunday placed Fillon on 21 percent of the vote, just behind social-democrat Emmanuel Macron on 22 percent.
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However, a surprise tax of banks' financial assets introduced by the Social Democrat government via emergency decree in late December will complicate monetary policy decisions.
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The election outcome will buy some time for Chancellor Christian Kern, a Social Democrat, and his government to improve their dismal standing with the public.
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There are also echoes of Mr. Palme's approach to foreign policy in the stances taken by the current foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom, a Social Democrat.
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When it took power in 2014, the Social Democrat-led coalition government complained that tax cuts by its centre-right predecessor had emptied state coffers.
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"Clumsy jokes against minorities are the last thing that our society needs," said Social Democrat (SPD) Justice Minister Katarina Barley in a speech on Wednesday.
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THE first and only televised debate between Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz, her Social Democrat (SPD) challenger, takes place tonight from 20:15 local time.
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But their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, backed by parts of the press, like Mr Macron's ideas to boost Europe's (and Germany's) woeful investment rate.
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He said he always had doubts about whether Turkey should join the EU but found himself in the minority in his Social Democrat (SPD) party.
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The debate over a ban on the face veil has divided Merkel's ruling coalition; her Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners largely oppose the demands.
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Martin Schulz, running against Merkel for the Social Democrat party, has come under pressure to distance himself from Schroeder, the party's last national election winner.
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That drew criticism from the Social Democrat-led opposition, which has called for a system in which the subsidy goes up when electricity prices fall.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians protested against corruption in Bucharest and major provincial cities for a second day running on Saturday, demanding the Social Democrat government's resignation.
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For all the discussion Sanders's self-description as a "socialist" has created, he's genuinely neither a socialist nor a social democrat in the European sense.
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The president has revived old tensions at the top of the socialist party machine much like Michel Rocard, a social democrat prime minister under Mitterrand.
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Bartels, a Social Democrat, said necessary reforms introduced by conservative Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, including increases in military spending, had to be accelerated.
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The budget had been contested by several municipal mayors — including Bucharest's Gabriela Firea, a Social Democrat — for shifting part of welfare spending onto local administrations.
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Scholz, a Social Democrat who is also vice chancellor, would likely take over Merkel's responsibilities, at least on a temporary basis, if she were incapacitated.
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After all, I'm a social democrat who eagerly voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primaries and has contemplated purchasing a "Free Palestine" T-shirt.
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An ardent social democrat who fled his beloved Red Vienna when the fascists took over, Polanyi went into exile four times, eventually landing in Canada.
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When Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen became prime minister of Denmark last year, she promised higher spending on health, education, day care, and other social priorities.
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Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) partners had agreed in a coalition treaty to stop arms exports to countries involved in the Yemen conflict.
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During Chancellor Angela Merkel's last term, the 51-year-old Social Democrat served as the minister of justice and consumer protection, his first federal office.
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Dancila, who remains interim prime minister until a new government gets parliament's vote of confidence, is the third Social Democrat premier in as many years.
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"He's not a nobody, he's well connected within the Hessian scene," said Jan Voss, a member of the Altenstadt city government and a Social Democrat.
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"'Great again' - even at the expense of neighbors and partners," quipped Steinmeier, a former Social Democrat foreign minister whose comments on foreign policy carry authority.
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The vote is seen as a proxy for the popularity of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) and has seen campaigners direct slurs at LGBT people.
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"There is a significant risk more people will enter the shadow economy and it is very, very serious," said Ylva Johansson, Social Democrat labor market minister.
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"You would do a favour to the country by submitting your resignation," Social Democrat bench leader Hugo Soares told Costa during a fierce debate in parliament.
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The Moderates lead a centre-right alliance of four parties hoping to unseat the current government, led by the prime minister, Stefan Lofven, a Social Democrat.
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In March, Kramp-Karrenbauer drew sharp criticism from her Social Democrat coalition partners for poking fun at trans-gender people in a light-hearted carnival speech.
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The S&D picked Frans Timmermans, a clubbable social democrat who is not expected to get the support of the liberal government in his native Netherlands.
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In March, Kramp-Karrenbauer drew sharp criticism from her Social Democrat coalition partners for poking fun at trans-gender people in a light-hearted carnival speech.
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On January 18th, 153 MPs voted against a second term for Stefan Lofven (pictured, right), the Social Democrat who has served as prime minister since 2014.
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The refugee crisis is a "test of endurance" said Gabriel, who is also economy minister, in his letter to members of his Social Democrat (SPD) party.
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Such is his bequest to Olaf Scholz, the incoming centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) finance minister and previously the mayor of the northern port of Hamburg.
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Social Democrat Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said on Tuesday that the government was set to approve the changes via emergency decree at a meeting on Wednesday.
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This means that Berlin's mayor, Michael Müller, a technocratic and uncharismatic Social Democrat, must find at least two other parties with which to form a majority.
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"We must do everything possible to prevent a new Cold War with Russia," Social Democrat Gernot Erler, government coordinator for Russia, told the Passauer Neue Presse.
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Luis Chiriboga, the former Ecuadorian federation president, was running Deportivo Quito when he was elected city councilman on a neoliberal Christian Social Democrat ticket in 1992.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition faces significant opposition to joining U.S.-led efforts in the region, particularly from her junior Social Democrat partners, including Maas.
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It is also up against a reinvigorated Social Democrat (SPD) party well placed to present a genuine challenge to conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's election.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD), which won national elections, will not attend political consultations with the country's president on Wednesday, its leader said.
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Sanders is really a Social Democrat (and not a socialist) along the lines of many European countries, including the Nordic countries, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.
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During a 1932 trial, a Nazi storm trooper pushed his way into the courtroom where Mr. Baruch was defending a Social Democrat and began shouting insults.
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An ANO-Social Democrat cabinet would need the parliamentary backing of the far-left Communists to have majority in the 200-seat lower house of parliament.
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Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, has said Germany's far-right, led by the AfD party, is using language similar to that of Hitler's Nazis.
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A spokesman for Chancellor Christian Kern, a Social Democrat, said on Thursday that Kern supported the idea of asylum applicants getting legal work faster, without elaborating.
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In the new coalition, the powerful German Finance Ministry, once led by a hard-line Merkel ally, Wolfgang Schäuble, will be run by a Social Democrat.
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The Social Democrat prime minister, Stefan Lofven, voting above with his wife, urged voters not to cast their ballots for what he called a "racist" party.
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"We have stopped the Social Democrat Party from hurting Romania," said Ludovic Orban, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party which spearheaded the no confidence vote.
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Social Democrat (SDP) leader Zoran Milanovic, a former prime minister, said the alleged conflict of interest, involving the country's biggest energy firm INA, was politically unacceptable.
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Those under investigation or on trial include lawmakers and local officials, among them Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea, who is also speaker of parliament's lower house.
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Gerhard Schroeder, former Social Democrat chancellor of Germany, celebrated his 70th birthday with the Russian president at a costly banquet in St Petersburg in April 2014.
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BUCHAREST, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu on Sunday repealed a decree decriminalising some graft offences, a government source said.
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Social Democrat rank-and-file overwhelmingly supported leaving the government in a recent poll, in contrast to the party's members of parliament who preferred staying in power.
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But the Social Democrat also had some praise for the Italian government, pointing to Rome's efforts to introduce a state-backed insurance scheme for long-term unemployed.
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But the opposition social democrat SDSM party, which won 49 seats and whose complaint had led to the re-run, said it too would look to govern.
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Social Democrat chief Jan Hamacek said after Thursday's meeting with the president, also attended by Babis, that he was "no longer an optimist" that Zeman would act.
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Adrian Basaraba, a political science professor at the University of Timisoara, said a second criminal conviction for Dragnea could prompt Social Democrat rivals to move against him.
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Unless Carlos Alvarado, a social democrat elected as president in April, wins this trial of strength, Costa Rica may follow Argentina into the arms of the IMF.
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The clash followed a debate between centre-right Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat (SPD) challenger Martin Schulz on Sunday in which hardly any differences emerged.
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With unemployment hitting new lows each month, Merkel's Social Democrat challenger Martin Schulz has struggled to gain traction with a message focusing on the ills of inequality.
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The election took place amid bitter rivalry between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev&aposs new Social Democrat-led government and VMRO-DPMNE, which had governed for a decade.
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"October comes after September," the person said, stressing the link to the election in which conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel faces off against the social democrat Martin Schulz.
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However, Merkel has little to fear as her Social Democrat (SPD) rival Martin Schulz hit a new low of 13 percent, down four points from last month.
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" In a statement on Thursday Daea, a Social Democrat, apologized, saying: "I only wanted to present the particularly difficult situation facing pig breeders from African swine fever.
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Justice Minister Katarina Barley, a Social Democrat in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's right-left coalition, is hoping to reassure SPD members who feel strongly about the issue.
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"It's about defending democracy and for our group that means defending the welfare state where no one is left behind," said Markus Kallifatides, a Social Democrat lawmaker.
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Until the 903s, successive Social Democrat governments turned the screws on Sweden's elite with high income taxes, wealth taxes, inheritance taxes, gift taxes and real estate taxes.
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Baden-Württemberg is currently run by Winfried Kretschmann, a popular premier from the Green party, while Rhineland-Palatinate's incumbent is Malu Dreyer, a well-liked Social Democrat.
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Earlier, German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, told Germany's Tagesspiegel that he had ruled out entering another grand coalition as the SPD seeks to regroup.
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The country's Social Democrat government introduced a new banking tax alongside other levies on energy and telecom firms through an emergency decree in December, hitting investor sentiment.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners this week agreed a plan to strip some Germans who fight for Islamic State of their citizenship.
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The desire for change is now benefiting Ms Mendoza and, to a lesser extent, Alfredo Barnechea, a journalist and consultant campaigning as a European-style social democrat.
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Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said he opposed the proposal, though it had the backing of 15 of his 50 Social Democrat deputies in the lower house.
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"Social democracy was always driven by ideas," said Wolfgang Petritsch, a veteran diplomat and onetime chief aide to Austria's best-known chancellor, the Social Democrat Bruno Kreisky.
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Zeman had long backed Culture Minister Antonin Stanek despite a request in May by Stanek's Social Democrat party and Prime Minister Andrej Babis that he be removed.
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"The fact is clear that Turkey should not become a member of the EU," Merkel said in the debate with her Social Democrat (SPD) challenger Martin Schulz.
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Berlin's state government, a three-way Social-Democrat, Green and Left Party coalition, is promising a "transport revolution" to reduce the number of road deaths to zero.
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In the 2015 general election, Labour's candidate for prime minister was Ed Miliband, a social democrat who promised "controls on immigration," and to establish stricter welfare policies.
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Merkel's main challenger in the election, Social Democrat Martin Schulz, has criticized her approach to carmakers and called for them to pay for the widening emissions scandal.
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Social Democrat-led opposition increased its support to 59.2% of votes ahead of a national election on Wednesday, a Voxmeter poll showed on Monday.
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She told me that she sees herself as a fiscal Republican and a social Democrat, and teaches her kids that allies come in all kinds of packages.
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This would be a major challenge to Chancellor Christian Kern, an eloquent Social Democrat who took over the leadership of his party and the government in May.
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In addition, a Social Democrat who held the post of deputy interior minister, Gunther Adler, will now keep his job rather than making way for Mr. Maassen.
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Though he identifies as a social democrat, he said he didn't want to miss the chance to see a speech by the president of the United States.
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Persson, a Social Democrat who served as Sweden's prime minister for a decade until 2006, pledged in June to "clean the house" and restore confidence in Swedbank.
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Merkel's conservatives had criticized a previous version of the draft law put forward by Family Minister Manuela Schwesig, a Social Democrat, as going beyond their coalition agreement.
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"Hate crimes should finally end up where they belong — in court," said the Social Democrat Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht after the bill was approved by the government.
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Germany's finance minister, Olaf Scholz, also a Social Democrat, on Thursday said Europe should react prudently as trade conflicts in a globalized world were in nobody's interest.
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While still the head of the Tampere city council, Marin was elected as an MP for the Social Democrat Party in 2015, representing the region of Pirkanmaa.
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Social Democrat Marin, who has spoken about growing up in a disadvantaged family, worked as a cashier before studying at university and embarking on a political career.
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The response of Social Democrat leaders was to label such critics "right-wingers" and to demand they embrace even more liberal virtues, like identity and gender politics.
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A self-declared social democrat, he assails dog-eat-dog capitalism and pledges to repair the safety net and solve the country's critical shortage of affordable housing.
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The lawmakers will also look at boosting the powers, resources and cooperation of the financial regulator, the financial crime prosecutor and the tax authorities, Social Democrat Bodskov said.
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The last hurdle to forming a government was Zeman's rejection of Social Democrat candidate Miroslav Poche for foreign minister, saying he was not sufficiently opposed to accepting migrants.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe needs to protect itself against Chinese steel exports, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday at a conference of his Social Democrat (SPD) party.
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According to him, Bernie Sanders, who is identified as the "social democrat" from Vermont, and Ted Cruz don't stand a chance in their respective Democratic and Republican primaries.
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He was responding to a question about the possibility of German financial assistance for Turkey that was raised by Social Democrat (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles at the weekend.
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Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, a Social Democrat, held a press conference late in the evening, vowing that terrorists would not succeed in changing the Swedish way of life.
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Under their deal Martin Schulz, a German Social Democrat, was to serve a two-and-a-half-year term as president before giving way to an EPP candidate.
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Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners in the outgoing government quietly introduced stricter asylum rules last year after losing support to the AfD in regional elections.
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"This government is now dismissed by parliament by a large margin," said Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the opposition Social Democrat Party, which spearheaded the no-confidence vote.
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In Berlin the communist luminaries Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were murdered as Social Democrat party leaders used Freikorps paramilitaries to assert the authority of their fledgling government.
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GERMANY: Angela Merkel's ruling conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition allies both suffered losses, bleeding support to the Greens in a further test for their loveless coalition.
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If AOC was a politician in any other part of the world with a parliamentary system she'd probably be considered a very mainstream Social Democrat, not a socialist.
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"Sweden is the best country in the world: for rich people," Jan Emanuel Johansson, a Social Democrat lawmaker-turned-healthcare businessman, said in a satirical video on YouTube.
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They chanted "Resignation, Resignation" and "We want Europe, not dictatorship" referring to the ruling Social Democrat party's drive to weaken the anti-corruption fight and Dragnea's authoritarian rule.
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In a theoretical head-to-head contest for chancellor, the Emnid poll showed Merkel pipping the Social Democrat to victory with 41 percent support to his 38 percent.
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While Chancellor Angela Merkel and much of her conservative bloc are sympathetic to the goal of raising military spending, her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners are more divided.
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According to the newspaper, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, a conservative, had come round to the idea after initially opposing the proposal by Social Democrat Environment Minister Svenja Schulze.
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Among the targets were Justice Minister Heiko Maas, a senior Social Democrat, Greens politician Claudia Roth as well as human rights activists and journalists, the prosecutor's office added.
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The OSCE had 337 observers from 42 countries monitoring the poll, which resulted in a close finish between the conservative VMRO-DPMNE and the opposition Social Democrat SDSM.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Romania's President Klaus Iohannis rejected the leftist Social Democrat Party's (PSD) proposal to name Sevil Shhaideh for prime minister designate, he said on Tuesday.
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Liviu Dragnea, leader of the ruling Social Democrat party, said the prime minister would hold talks with his justice minister and decide whether or not to sack him.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's president formally appointed on Thursday a new center-left government, with Social Democrat leader Antti Rinne replacing the Centre Party's Juha Sipila as prime minister.
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The plan was introduced by the current Social Democrat-Green coalition and has received cross-party support from main opposition party the Moderates, as well as the Liberals.
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FGW conducted the poll directly after elections in two eastern states on Sunday, where Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners weathered a far-right battering.
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They appear to be more open to teaming with a revived Social Democrat Party and, potentially, the Pirate Party — a nerdy group of futurists, hackers, anarchists and poets.
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Both the finance and justice posts will play a key role as the Social Democrat-led government also seeks to answer critics over the state of the economy.
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Orban's minority government came to power in early November after the previous Social Democrat (PSD) cabinet was toppled in a no-confidence vote after three years in power.
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Though she is a product of the center-right Christian-Democrat tradition, on societal issues like immigration she hews close to Social-Democrat positions typically considered left-wing.
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The government resigned last week after the Centre Party said it had lost confidence in Social Democrat Prime Minister Antti Rinne over his handling of a postal strike.
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Marin, a Social Democrat, said on Wednesday the government had given its "silent blessing" for the foreign ministry to go ahead with a plan to repatriate the children.
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Marin took office on Tuesday after the Centre Party withdrew its support from Social Democrat leader Antti Rinne last week, forcing him to step down as prime minister.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat partners have delayed until next year a decision on security rules for Germany's 5G network that could bar China's Huawei.
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With a general election approaching next year, the Social Democrat party has shifted to the right on immigration, saying tougher measures are necessary to protect the welfare state.
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That there's little daylight between Sanders and other progressive Democrats, and that Sanders is probably better described as a Social Democrat than a socialist, are matters of little significance.
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Sweden's parliament voted on Friday to give Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven a second term in office, ending more than four months of deadlock after a virtually tied election.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanians protested in Bucharest and other cities on Sunday against the Social Democrat government that tried to weaken a crackdown on corruption earlier this month.
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Wolf management has become a hot political issue, with Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners including a pledge to agree a strategy in their coalition deal.
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The 45-year-old is viewed as politically to the right of the current Labour leadership and has been described by one journalist as a center-left social democrat.
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The criticism came after Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble labeled Social Democrat proposals for wider social spending on housing and public services to complement the integration of migrants as "pitiful".
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Former Defence Minister Norbert Darabos, a Social Democrat who negotiated the settlement with Eurofighter, was one of the politicians strongly criticized for allegedly having allowed Airbus to outwit him.
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It could nullify hundreds of verdicts for crimes ranging from corruption to human trafficking, including potentially the case against Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea, a former deputy prime minister.
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In addition, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, led by Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier, distanced itself from the report on Wednesday, saying the assessment was not its own.
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To back up the message, Berlin should offer to further increase its contribution to the EU budget, Gabriel, a Social Democrat in coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, said.
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The spokesman declined further comment on words attributed to Juncker, a center-right former premier of Luxembourg who has formed a close alliance with Schulz, a German Social Democrat.
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Germany has had a balanced budget since 2014, a fiscal rule introduced by former conservative finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and stuck to by his Social Democrat successor Olaf Scholz.
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However, setbacks for Merkel's conservatives, and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, in European and regional elections starting in May could destabilize - or even end - Merkel's fragile ruling alliance.
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Social Democrat Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea, the chief target of the protesters' fury, sounded a defiant note earlier on Monday after chairing a meeting of senior party officials.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanians rallied for a third day running on Sunday against the Social Democrat government in anti-corruption protests, demanding Prime Minister Viorica Dancila step down.
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Cansel Kiziltepe, a Social Democrat member of the Bundestag lower house of parliament, said the situation showed Germany had not implemented any meaningful integration policies until the early 2000s.
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Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, Europe's two most powerful leaders, had initially put forward a package that would have seen Frans Timmermans, a Dutch social democrat, lead the commission.
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Lothar Binding, a leading Social Democrat on the committee, also said the government needed approval from the Bundestag if it wanted to back the merged group with fresh funds.
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In keeping with the coalition agreement, Mr. Schmidt's "yes" vote should have been an abstention because the Environment Ministry, led by a Social Democrat, was opposed to extending permission.
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The talks would include Merkel, as head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Horst Seehofer, leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) and Social Democrat (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles.
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REBUILDING TRUST Persson, a Social Democrat who served as Sweden's prime minister for a decade until 2006, pledged in June to "clean the house" and restore confidence in Swedbank.
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Aly Khan Satchu, an independent trader and analyst in Nairobi, said the market worried that Odinga, who identifies himself as a social democrat, would have changed the economy's course.
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Since then, the Social Democrat-led government has continued to push through legislation that critics believe will undo anticorruption steps taken after Romania joined the European Union in 2007.
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Leif Pagrotsky (9%) When the Swedish social democrat and Minister of Culture, Leif Pagrotsky, went to see Dissection live in 2005, he became "Leffe" to his metal-loving compatriots.
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Macron pushed against Weber, listing EU competition commissioner, Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, the bloc's Brexit negotiator, center-right Frenchman Michel Barnier, and Dutch Social Democrat Frans Timmermans as appropriate candidates.
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Centrist candidates, like Macron and German Social Democrat Martin Schulz, have been going campaigning against the local far right by invoking the specter of the widely disliked US president.
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Matthew Goodwin, visiting senior fellow at Chatham House, told VICE News the results continued the swing against traditional social democrat parties that has remade the political map across Europe.
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Bernd Lange, a Social Democrat, told broadcaster Suedwestrundfunk that the stalemate on the agreement should prompt serious discussion about the European decision-making processes and how to create more consensus.
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Gabriel, a Social Democrat and a frequent critic of Trump, will meet with Vice President Mike Pence and Trump's designated secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, Handelsblatt reported, citing government sources.
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Slamming American-inspired militarism could prove a useful campaign tactic for Martin Schulz, a Social Democrat who wants to thwart Mrs Merkel's bid for re-election in September (see article).
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The Social Democrat Party won the ballot with just under 46 percent of votes in both houses of parliament, official results from more than 99 percent of polling stations showed.
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The centrist coalition government's term runs until the autumn of next year and Chancellor Christian Kern, a Social Democrat, has said he expects it to continue its work until then.
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The Social Democrat-led government will file a unified public sector wage bill in parliament this month, envisaging large pay increases across the board that will boost the budget shortfall.
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If approved, the changes would put an end to an ongoing trial of Social Democrat Party leader and lower house speaker Liviu Dragnea, who is accused of abuse of office.
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The campaign in 2014 was too hasty for genuine political differences to emerge between Mr Juncker and his main opponent, Martin Schulz, a German social democrat (and serial election-loser).
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But Zeman has defended Stanek, angering the Social Democrats and creating a standoff that led to Social Democrat threats of resignations as the president has yet to finalize the change.
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In meetings with officials from across the political spectrum, including Martin Schulz, the German Social Democrat speaker of the European Parliament, she did not raise the issue of independence outright.
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The head of its trade committee, German Social Democrat Bernd Lange, said the bloc should not be negotiating with Washington while metal tariffs were in place and car tariffs threatened.
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Romania's Social Democrat government approved the tax in December via emergency decree, alongside a raft of other levies on energy and telecoms firms, without an impact assessment or public debate.
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This week's shock resignation by Austrian Social Democrat Chancellor Werner Faymann due to splits in his party and the impact of the migrant crisis has also shaken the Germany's SPD.
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Merkel now turns to the task of sounding out new partners to build a coalition government after her current Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partner said it would go into opposition.
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Indicated 20.2 percent higher Europe needs to protect itself against Chinese steel exports, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday at a conference of his Social Democrat (SPD) party.
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They intend to deliver this message at a closed-door meeting next week with Olaf Scholz, although it is unclear whether the Social Democrat finance minister still plans to attend.
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Acting on a programme agreed between Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners after an election two years ago, the government has increased allowances for families, students and pensioners.
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"It will not be easy because during the election campaign we heard some elements of protectionism, also some worrying words about women, about minorities," said Schulz, a German Social Democrat.
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"Especially in times like these, the intelligence agency and its president play a very sensitive and important role," said Uli Grötsch, a Social Democrat who was also inside the hearing.
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"We salute President Trump's fight against the American deep state," Liviu Plesoianu, a Social Democrat lawmaker, said in English, so that his words were not lost on the international media.
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As the building's costs ballooned in 2010, Hamburg sued the construction company, and the Social Democrat opposition party in the city's senate called for an investigation into the budget increases.
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"A discussion will take place ... to allow a decision regarding Florin Iordache and whether to keep him in his post," Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea told a local television station.
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"I think that the opposition with one extra party can create a really strong government," said Social Democrat leader Logi Einarsson, hinting at the possibility of a five-party government.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Top Social Democrat (SPD) negotiators said on Wednesday via social media that they had reached a deal with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on forming a new coalition government.
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The Social Democrat and Ata Meken coalition also included the Kyrgyzstan and Onuguu-Progress parties - which supported the constitutional reform - and the bloc controlled 80 out of 120 seats in parliament.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France welcomes the deal struck between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democrat (SPD) rivals to open power-sharing talks and revive a "grand coalition", France's government spokesman said.
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Sigmar Gabriel, the foreign minister and a leading Social Democrat, gave a taste of this defiance when he responded to Mr Trump's tariff threat by taunting America to "make better cars".
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Knowing that he was bound to fail, on January 24th he chose instead to surprise his party by stepping down and handing over to another Social Democrat with a better chance.
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Both parties have blamed previous governments, especially the Social Democrat-CDS coalition which ruled in 2011-15 and imposed painful austerity measures, for bad forestry management and underfinancing of fire prevention.
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Stephan Weil, the Social Democrat premier of the state of Lower Saxony, hit back on Sunday, calling for a bigger social services budget as the country accommodates over a million migrants.
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On the left they are well-developed: the Green Party uses the gender asterisk in all policy statements; Katarina Barley, the Social Democrat justice minister, has urged Duden to include it.
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The Social Democrat and Ata Mekencoalition also included the Kyrgyzstan and Onuguu-Progress parties - which support the constitutional reform - and the bloc controlled 80 out of 120 seats in the parliament.
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He was running against Shimon Peres, a legendary figure, a Social Democrat from the founding generation of Israel who wanted to continue Rabin's peace process, which most people hoped would succeed.
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Hans Peter Doskozil, a Social Democrat, told the newspaper the changes were urgently needed to create a more orderly system of legal migration for those entitled to asylum in the bloc.
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Her Christian Democrat (CDU) party and the more conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), its Bavarian sister, hated the bland coalition deal she had just forged with the Social Democrat (SPD) leadership.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - A French presidential victory by far-right candidate Marine le Pen would badly damage Europe's economy, Austria's Social Democrat Chancellor Christian Kern said in an interview published on Sunday.
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She came fourth in a ranking of politicians behind the Green state premier of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, Social Democrat Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and conservative Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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One senior German official said that Scholz, a Social Democrat, had "gone it alone" in pushing for the deal without first securing the backing of Christian Democrats (CDU) in the coalition.
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A former health minister who was a rising star in the centre-left Social Democrat party was sentenced to 8.5 years for bribe-taking last year, and is awaiting an appeal.
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As many commentators noted at the time, Sanders was less a democratic socialist in the tradition of Eugene Debs than he was a social democrat in the tradition of Franklin Roosevelt.
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He said he hoped for French independent candidate Emmanuel Macron to win the presidential elections in spring and for Social Democrat Martin Schulz to become the new German chancellor in autumn.
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Ralf Stegner, a leading Social Democrat, said that the plan was the clear result of "public pressure in the last few weeks," which made terrorism more a reality than an abstraction.
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Efforts to demonize Ocasio-Cortez -- a self-styled social democrat -- coming from those who laud Martin Luther King Jr. reveal how out of touch America is with who King really was.
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"The man who is in the foreground is certainly the right one and has fulfilled his current duties well," Fischer, a former Social Democrat, told ORF during a visit to Berlin.
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"It's completely clear that the car industry must be held responsible for what it has done," she added in the debate with Social Democrat (SPD) challenger Martin Schulz before the Sept.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday barred Romania's jailed Social Democrat Party leader, Liviu Dragnea, and his two children from entering the United States after his corruption conviction was upheld.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat (PSD) minority government may not survive an expected no-confidence vote next month after its sole potential partner said on Tuesday it would not lend support.
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If LA does not vote to give the budget final approval, Rasmussen could be forced either to hand power to the Social Democrat-led opposition or to call a snap election.
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Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a senior Social Democrat, said he was optimistic that France and Germany would manage to agree on a joint approach along the lines of the coalition deal.
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Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's Social Democrat government collapsed on Thursday after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament, raising the prospect of a government with limited support from a fragmented opposition.
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In Romania, the leu was steady before a parliamentary no-confidence vote in which the centrist opposition is seeking to topple the Social Democrat government, one year before a general election.
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The HDZ won 61 seats in the 151-seat parliament in a snap election this month, leaving it short of a governing majority but well ahead of its Social Democrat rivals.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition may collapse because of new demands put to her conservatives from a new leftist Social Democrat (SPD) leadership chosen by party members on Saturday.
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But Steinmeier, a center-left Social Democrat who was foreign minister before taking up the largely ceremonial presidency role in March, said that Germany now has "walls between our living environments".
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That year Vladulescu's Social Democrat Party (PSD) was re-elected nationally even though its leader Liviu Dragnea has also got a suspended jail sentence: two years in a vote-rigging case.
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Social Democrat party members are voting on whether to endorse another four years of the 'grand coalition' with the Christian Democrats, with the result of the postal ballot due on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu and Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea both said they did not support the amendments and at least 1,000 people rallied in Bucharest against the proposal after Wednesday's vote.
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Critics say Chancellor Angela Merkel, now over a decade in power, has benefited from reforms enacted by her Social Democrat predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, and accuse her government of complacency on the economy.
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Steinmeier, a Social Democrat, told Reuters in a written interview that he was concerned about what he called Trump's ambiguous vows to "make America strong again" while simultaneously reducing its engagement overseas.
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He's basically what Europeans would call a social democrat — and social democracies like Denmark are, in fact, quite nice places to live, with societies that are, if anything, freer than our own.
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Merkel's conservatives, holding a 15-point lead over their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals in the latest poll, are brandishing their economic credentials after 12 years in government during which Germany has prospered.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's leftist Social Democrat party (SDP) leader Antti Rinne has declared victory in Sunday's general election, after partial results showed his party winning by a tight margin with 17.8 percent.
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Other names already in the running include Juncker's current deputy and Dutch social democrat Frans Timmermans, the bloc's Brexit negotiator, Frenchman Michel Barnier, and outgoing Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic, a Slovak.
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On May 1st, international workers' day, a rally held on the baroque Hauptplatz by the pro-European, centre-left Social Democrat party (SPo) rang with brass bands and appeals to the "comrades".
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a Social Democrat who led a Danish coalition government from 2011 to 2015, succeeds Jasmine Whitbread as chief executive of the umbrella charity organization, the London-based group said.
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"This is in no way just a protest vote or a hoovering-up of Social Democrat (SPD) votes, it's a longer-term trend," said Heinrich Oberreuter, a politics professor at Passau University.
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It is the latest move by the ruling Social Democrat Party to change judicial legislation and replace staff, raising concern over the rule of law at the European Union and among diplomats.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) environment minister said on Thursday she expects party members to support a new coalition government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives by a margin of 60 percent.
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Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners in August agreed to reduce paycheck contributions toward the unemployment insurance system by 0.5 percentage point to 2.5 percent starting in 2019.
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The ANO-Social Democrat coalition is already frayed due to public protests, a spat over investigations into Babis's alleged conflicts of interests and a row over who should run the culture ministry.
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The VMRO-DPMNE, led by veteran leader Nikola Gruevski who is seeking a comeback, was on 41 percent of the vote, with the opposition Social Democrat SDSM on 36.6 percent, it said.
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He said the complicated situation meant he could not completely rule out supporting a Social Democrat-led government but said he would rather leave the Alliance than work with the Sweden Democrats.
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"The operative effect of a ban is close to zero," said Heinz Buschkowsky, a Social Democrat who gained national attention when he was mayor in the heavily immigrant Berlin district of Neukölln.
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Weil, a Social Democrat at the opposite end of Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition from the Bavarian conservative Scheuer, urged the government not to burden carmakers with the cost of fixing vehicles.
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Romania's Social Democrat-led government announced the tax in December, alongside a raft of other levies and caps on gas and electricity prices, without any warning or impact assessment or public debate.
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But she said she continues to oppose a call by Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks, also a Social Democrat, to retrofit diesel cars because such measures would be expensive and technically extremely challenging.
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Iohannis, a strong critic of the Social Democrat-led coalition, wants Romanians to vote in the May 26 referendum against government plans to potentially weaken anti-corruption legislation further via emergency decrees.
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"I think that on June 14, 1991, women invented a new form of expression," Social Democrat Ruth Dreifuss, who that year became Switzerland's first female president, told the daily Tribune de Geneve.
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BUCHAREST, June 29 (Reuters) - Romania's government of Social Democrat Prime Minister Mihai Tudose overwhelmingly won a vote of confidence in parliament on Thursday, a deputy who cited a preliminary vote count said.
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Around 100,000 mostly peaceful protesters were demonstrating against the Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday when riot police used a water cannon on them and indiscriminately sprayed tear gas into the crowd.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — For the second time in less than seven months, Romania is without a prime minister, after the governing Social Democrat Party pulled its support for the incumbent, forcing his resignation.
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The Social Democrat government, which must approve listing plans for state-controlled entities, is facing a potential no confidence vote in parliament after losing its junior partner and majority in the assembly.
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So the Social Democrats turned instead to Sevil Shhaideh, 52, a relatively little-known figure who served as minister of regional development for six months in the last Social Democrat-led government.
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Mihai Tudose was named premier after lawmakers from his Social Democrat Party last week ousted Sorin Grindeanu for failing to stick to legislative plans that helped them win an election in December.
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In July 2018, the Social Democrat (PSD) government sacked Laura Codruta Kovesi as head of the DNA — a move that drew widespread criticism in Romania and the rest of the European Union.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have given the finance ministry to her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners but Berlin is not putting its finances at risk, a former lawmaker told CNBC Tuesday.
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The liberal prime minister was joined at the briefing by Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Frank Jensen, a social democrat, indicating support for the project from the main opposition party in the national parliament.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat Party (PSD) proposed a close ally of party leader Liviu Dragnea as prime minister on Tuesday to succeed Mihai Tudose, who quit after falling out with Dragnea.
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Voters in Sweden will head to the polls to elect a new parliament and government to succeed the Social Democrat-Green coalition that has run the country for the past four years.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech centrist ANO party on Friday approved a coalition agreement for a new government with the center-left Social Democrats, subject to a poll of Social Democrat party members.
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In November, anticorruption prosecutors froze personal assets worth more than $30 million belonging to Liviu Dragnea, the leader of Romania's governing Social Democrat Party and president of the lower house of Parliament.
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I asked one of its proponents, a young Social Democrat named Kevin Kühnert, if his party's parity rule would allow it to put up more than 50 percent women as its nominees.
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The ministry, which is led by a member of the country's left-leaning Social Democrat party, said it would address the issue on Wednesday when Grenell meets with a deputy foreign minister.
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The Copenhagen index rose almost 2% after Denmark's Liberal Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen conceded victory in the country's general election, paving the way for Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen to take power.
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Last month Social Democrat leader, Zoran Zaev won support of three ethic Albanian parties after promising them a law on wider use of Albanian language, a deal which triggered daily protests in Skopje.
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Social Democrat and former agriculture minister Sooronbai Zheenbekov, 57, would have the support of all four parties in the coalition, Chynybai Tursunbekov, the leader of the parliamentary faction of Social Democrats, told Reuters.
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Family Minister Katarina Barley, a Social Democrat (SPD), told the RND newspaper chain it was unacceptable that companies had failed to increase the percentage of women in leadership roles after years of promises.
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"We need to get started on the negotiations as soon as possible because time is ticking," Roth, a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, told German broadcaster ZDF.
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"This means that we will be able to deal with the central questions such as schools, jobs, the environment, house building ... and the EU's future with renewed power," Lofven, a Social Democrat, said.
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A draft governing programme sent to Reuters said the party wants to review and correct any "toxic" tax and judicial measures taken by the outgoing Social Democrat cabinet over the past three years.
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Family minister Manuela Schwesig, a Social Democrat, told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper she was continuing to push for 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in subsidies to help working parents cut their hours.
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German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat in Merkel's conservative-led 'grand coalition', stood by the industry, saying Germany must avoid phasing out combustion engine cars, as proposed by Britain and France.
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Svenska Dagbladet's sources say the General Council which appoints central bank board members and is led by Social Democrat Susanne Eberstein wants a centre-left governor to replace Ingves and names three candidates.
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Responding to popular pressure, Merkel's conservatives and their left-leaning Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners agreed on Thursday to tighten asylum rules, reaching a compromise on how to stem the influx of migrants.
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The overhaul, announced by the justice minister in August, is under debate in parliament and the Social Democrat Party has said it aims to approve it by the end of this parliamentary session.
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The rally was seen as the ruling coalition's response to a series of large anti-government street protests held against Social Democrat attempts to decriminalize several corruption offences via emergency decree last year.
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The freeze has pitted Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives against their Social Democrat coalition partners, who are keen to woo traditional voters skeptical about arms sales and worried about Saudi involvement in Yemen's war.
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Macron's people say they believe they could work well with Merkel or Schulz as chancellor, though they clearly see the pro-European Social Democrat (SPD) candidate as opening up more possibilities for change.
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But the plan hit a hurdle when pro-Russian President Milos Zeman, who formally appoints ministers on recommendation of the prime minister, refused to appoint senior Social Democrat Miroslav Poche as foreign minister.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and their Social Democrat rivals is even at 32 percent, a survey by pollster Infratest dimap for broadcaster ARD showed, ahead of Germany's Sept.
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The request to list Rosia Montana was announced as the government of Dacian Ciolos handed over power this week to the incoming Social Democrat Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu, who won elections last month.
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The Social Democrat and Green coalition said that Sweden would contribute a rapid reaction force of up to 150 troops and helicopters as part of international efforts to boost security in the region.
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Vestager used to head Denmark's Social Liberal party and served as the country's economy and interior minister where she was the main driver behind economic reforms during Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt's government.
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The Social Democrat prime minister, Stefan Lofven, who runs a minority government of the center-left, had warned voters on Saturday not to cast their ballots for what he called a "racist" party.
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Many of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are committed to the 'black zero' policy of not contracting new debt but the new leaders of their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have challenged the policy.
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Sigmar Gabriel, the Social Democrat who has replaced Mr. Steinmeier as foreign minister, swiftly retaliated: "The radical and ill-intentioned mockery" in American politics "should not be swept in to Germany," he said.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) want to remain in power with their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition allies, CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Monday after Andrea Nahles resigned as SPD leader.
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Earlier, German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, told Germany's Tagesspiegel that he had ruled out entering another grand coalition as the SPD seeks to regroup after losses in the European parliamentary elections.
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The next day her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners picked up on the comment, broke with the CDU and called a parliamentary vote on gay marriage with the socialist Left party and the Greens.
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But Social Democrat leader Antti Rinne, 56, a former union boss, was expected to have the first shot at forming a government, with most party leaders having ruled out cooperation with the populist Finns.
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"I think the opponents' aggressive posters were rather counterproductive," Ada Marra, a Social Democrat MP whose parents moved to Switzerland from Italy and who holds passports from both country, told the Tages-Anzeiger paper.
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The Social Democrat government introduced the bank tax and other measures in December via emergency decree without impact assessment or public debate in a move to cap borrowing costs ahead of two election years.
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Over the Iron Curtain, Martin Schulz (until last Sunday her Social Democrat (SPD) rival at the election) was a 13-year-old pupil at the Holy Ghost Grammar School in Würselen, in the Rhineland.
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BUCHAREST, May 30 (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government watered down share capital requirements for mandatory private pension funds and enabled them to invest in infrastructure investment projects, Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici said on Thursday.
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He is a Social Democrat and the most popular politician in Germany, though after losing to Mrs Merkel in the race for chancellor in 2009 he is not seen as posing her any threat.
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Together, their governments control 12 of the 69 seats in the federal upper house, meaning a possible drubbing for Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners could greatly complicate legislation.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservatives and their Social Democrat would-be German coalition partners still have a lot of work to do to overcome differences on a range of policy issues.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament voted as expected on Friday against giving Social Democrat Stefan Lofven's center-left coalition a second term in office, bringing a fresh election closer after three months of political deadlock.
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Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who is expected to become finance minister, said on Saturday Germany should not dictate economic policies to its euro zone partners and that mistakes had been made in the past.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives widened their lead over their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals in a poll on Wednesday, six months before what should be a tight election in Europe's biggest economy.
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Schulz, a German Social Democrat, is president — or speaker — of the European Union's directly elected parliament, whose 751 members have the power to approve, amend or reject legislation affecting the whole 28-country bloc.
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But the Social Democrat-Green coalition believes the sector remains under taxed as financial services are exempt from value-added tax, a perk worth about 19 billion crowns ($2 billion), according to the commission.
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Opinion polls conducted in late July and in August showed the leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) likely to garner most votes, around 37-38 percent followed by the centrist Liberals with 29-31 percent.
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In December, lawmakers from the ruling Social Democrat party and its junior coalition partner, ALDE, used their absolute majority to approve a judicial overhaul that critics said would limit the independence of the judiciary.
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The decrees would benefit several high-level politicians, including Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea, who was unable to become prime minister due to a 2015 suspended jail term imposed in a vote-rigging case.
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The strongly worded comments came after Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, questioned rapid moves to meet NATO's defense spending goal, arguing that German spending to integrate a million refugees also strengthened security.
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Social Democrat lawmaker Johannes Kahrs believes the IMF's decision to delay its own disbursements despite joining the bailout is a major change to the deal and needs the approval of the whole German parliament.
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And Social Democrat leader Jan Hamacek said on Saturday he was more worried about the rising far-right, anti-Islam, anti-NATO and anti-EU party SPD, which won 10.6 percent of the vote.
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Kern, a Social Democrat and former head of Austria's state-owned railways, became chancellor on Tuesday after his predecessor Werner Faymann resigned amid a party revolt triggered by an embarrassing defeat in presidential elections.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a strengthening of the euro zone and backed Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz's proposals to transform the ESM into a facility to wind down bad banks.
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Outside a polling station on Sunday in Simmering, a former Social Democrat stronghold in Vienna that fell to the Freedom Party in city elections last fall, voters seemed evenly divided between the two candidates.
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In Mr. Rabinovici's view, that was particularly true of the last chancellor, the Social Democrat Werner Faymann, who resigned on May 9 after the rightward lurch in the first round of the presidential vote.
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The centre-left Social Democrat, who is junior partner of Chancellor Angela Merkel, can only keep the budget balanced by tapping a reserve that was meant to be used for the integration of migrants.
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Iohannis added he asked the Social Democrat government to create measures by the end of August to improve cooperation and rapid response systems for public safety institutions, including location-finding technology for 112 calls.
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Mr. Steinmeier's Social Democrat Party is seeking a new coalition partner and trying to open itself up to voters who see NATO as, at the very least, a co-aggressor on the Eurasia chessboard.
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"It is an important signal that in the coalition government programme it has been agreed to strengthen investments in infrastructure and in vital technologies," deputy economy minister Matthias Machnig, a Social Democrat, told Reuters.
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Disagreement over the basic pension, or Grundrente, was the latest issue to test the awkward coalition between Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) partners, until they broke the deadlock on Sunday.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat (PSD) coalition government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Tuesday, strengthening Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's chances of being confirmed as PSD leader at a party congress this month.
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In Kalix, hit by a decline in the paper industry but still a bastion of Social Democrat support, residents have petitioned the council to abandon plans for a center for around 30 unaccompanied children.
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The liberal French leader has publicly praised the EU's current anti-trust chief, Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, the bloc's Brexit negotiator, center-right Frenchman Michel Barnier, and Dutch Social Democrat Frans Timmermans as fit candidates.
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Her conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) partners face losing a lot of support to the far right in elections in two eastern German states on Sunday, potentially putting further strain on the coalition.
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"We should have the courage to try a new path that would bring us forward," Malu Dreyer, a leading Social Democrat and governor of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, told the public broadcaster ZDF.
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The Treasury, under Mr. Sunak, is expected to loosen limits on government spending, which would allow Mr. Johnson to pursue a liberal economic agenda not unlike that of a Social Democrat in continental Europe.
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Smer, a Social Democrat, socially conservative party, has been losing support since the 2018 murder of a journalist who investigated links between the underworld and the government, but still remains the most popular party.
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In victory, he has appealed for unity with promises of funding for schools and the National Health Service, a big-government approach that would not be out of character for a European Social Democrat.
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He said Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat (SPD) challenger Martin Schulz had refused to discuss Brexit as it was a "huge embarrassment for the European dream that both of them have had".
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The liberal French leader has publicly praised the EU's current anti-trust chief, Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, the bloc's Brexit negotiator, centre-right Frenchman Michel Barnier, and Dutch Social Democrat Frans Timmermans as fit candidates.
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The German leader said her conservatives and their Social Democrat junior coalition partners back the "Spitzenkandidat" mechanism, whereby the candidate that was selected by the winning party ahead of the European elections is appointed.
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Mr. Jensen, 57, a left-of-center Social Democrat, for instance, has failed to persuade the national government, led by a center-right party, to impose restrictions on diesel-guzzling vehicles in the capital.
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Merkel is under pressure from her Social Democrat coalition partners to deliver more policy results and the center-left party could yet pull out of the government at a mid-term review next year.
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Europe Minister Michael Roth, a member of the Social Democrat party (SPD), said that while the European Union needed a united front on Russia, sanctions should aim to bring Moscow to the negotiating table.
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Roth, whose party is junior partner in Merkel's coalition, echoed comments from President Frank-Walter Steinmeier - a fellow Social Democrat - that "too much is at stake" for Germany to cast Russia as an enemy.
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BUCHAREST, June 28 (Reuters) - Romania's Justice Minister Tudorel Toader will keep his post in a new Social Democrat-led government but finance minister Viorel Stefan will be replaced, two senior ruling party officials told Reuters.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new Social Democrat finance minister, Olaf Scholz, is frustrating both key ally France and his own struggling center-left party by adopting the same fiscal rigor as his conservative predecessor, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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He called on the Social Democrat-led government to repeal the decree, adopted late on Tuesday and which will enter into force in a little over one week unless the Constitutional Court rules against it.
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Expansionary fiscal and wage policies by the outgoing Social Democrat government have boosted Romania's deficits, while tax hikes, energy price caps approved without public debate, and moves to weaken the judiciary have dented investors' appetite.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will pile no new debt over the next four years, Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, sticking to the strict fiscal discipline path of his conservative predecessor, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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"It would be seen around the world as a sign of the return of the right-wing and the Nazis in Germany," Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller, a Social Democrat (SPD), wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
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He made no comment on speculation he may succeed departing Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier or become the Social Democrat candidate to challenge conservative chancellor Merkel's bid for a fourth term in September's parliamentary election.
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"The argumentation patterns and methods used by the BDS movement are anti-Semitic," read the motion submitted by Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, their Social Democrat coalition partners as well as the Greens and Free Democrats.
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The Social Democrat-led government had already announced it would cut income tax to 10 percent from 16 percent in 2018 and cut social security payments, which are now jointly made by workers and employers.
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At a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, Kramp-Karrenbauer - known as AKK after her initials - began the tricky task of promising to seek spending hikes that the CDU's Social Democrat coalition partners want to limit.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Social Democrat-led government will outline tax cuts for top earners on Wednesday, widening the gap between rich and poor in a country that has long enjoyed a reputation for social equality.
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The comments came after German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, demanded that the euro zone make a concrete commitment on debt relief to Greece, effectively criticising conservative Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's tough stance.
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This week, Justice Minister Katarina Barley, a Social Democrat, was criticized by conservatives after she described the NATO target as unrealistic in today's world situation during an interview with the Russian news outlet Russia Today.
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Social Democrat Chancellor Christian Kern and conservative Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on Thursday rejected European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker's vision to expand eastward the euro and a border control free zone.
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"It is not clear for me how putting two sick banks together will result in a healthy one," Cansel Kiziltepe, a Social Democrat lawmaker, told Scholz in a closed-door meeting this week, she said.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Floundering and divided in the face of an asylum crisis and with record low voter support, Sweden's minority Social Democrat-Green government could disintegrate or be toppled well before its term runs out.
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Grindeanu, a Social Democrat, has been under pressure to reshuffle his team, with some senior politicians from both the PSD and ALDE accusing his cabinet of poor performance and failing to uphold the governing programme.
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BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz has recommended that his party begin exploratory talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on forming a governing coalition, an SPD source said on Friday.
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The move by German conservative Angela Merkel and Austria's Werner Faymann, a Social Democrat, was an act of common purpose: two neighbors which share a difficult history were working together to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Among the possible successors are Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, 73; Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, 60, a Social Democrat; and the president of Parliament, Norbert Lammert, 67, a conservative known for having a conciliatory touch.
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He made no comment on suggestions he may succeed departing Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier or become the Social Democrat candidate to challenge the conservative Merkel's bid for a fourth term in September's parliamentary election.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's incumbent President Klaus Iohannis won the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, and is likely to face opposition Social Democrat leader and former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in a Nov.
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The package, agreed after months of haggling between the Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat coalition partners, has already been criticized as inadequate in view of the urgent challenges posed by climate change.
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The package, agreed after months of haggling between the Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat coalition partners, has already been criticized as inadequate in view of the urgent challenges posed by climate change.
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Austria's coalition of the social-democrat SPO and Christian-conservative OVP has come under pressure in opinion polls from their right-wing, anti-Islam Freedom Party rivals since the latest migrant wave arrived last autumn.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The leaders of Sweden's center-right opposition Alliance urged the incumbent Social Democrat-led bloc on Wednesday to step aside and help them form a viable government to break a post-election deadlock.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partner hit record lows, a survey showed on Thursday, as the German chancellor struggles to prevent her fractious government from falling apart.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition will not collapse over European Union leaders' choice of Germany's Ursula von der Leyen to head the European Commission, senior Social Democrat (SPD) Katarina Barley said on Wednesday.
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ANO has struck a preliminary deal to form a new government coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats, but that still requires approval by Social Democrat party members in a referendum running until June 14.
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In Romania, the leu firmed going into the second round of a presidential election in which incumbent Klaus Iohannis is expected to beat Social Democrat Party leader Viorica Dancila, whose government was toppled in October.
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"They are challenging our democratic state in a way they have not done before," said Barbara Ludwig, the mayor of Chemnitz, a Social Democrat, sitting in her second-floor city hall office one recent morning.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in a letter to lawmakers from his Social Democrat (SPD) party that the government would take steps to support Europe's largest economy as soon businesses opened again.
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Citu's Liberal minority government, which came to power in November after the collapse of a Social Democrat cabinet, aims to lower the deficit to 3.6% of GDP this year and to below 3% by 2022.
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The far-right opposition SPD, an anti-EU and anti-NATO party, has indicated it may be willing to back a Babis-led cabinet without Social Democrat ministers if it changes some of its policies.
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Some of the proposals, including plans for "intelligent spot checks" at German borders for as long as the European Union's external borders are not secured, could strain ties with her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners.
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Members of her conservative bloc are more reluctant than their centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners about European integration, and allergic to the idea of pooling - or mutualising - risks and debts with other countries.
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"The basis of what we are working on in the German government is the coalition deal," Merkel said, referring to a government policy document agreed between her conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners.
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Orban's cabinet took office in November and has vowed to undo contested economic and judicial changes introduced by the Social Democrat Party, which was ousted from power in a no-confidence vote a month earlier.
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Leading ministers from Merkel's conservative bloc and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have been sniping at each other since taking office a month ago, when they renewed their loveless "grand coalition" - in power since 2013.
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Elections in the European Union's (EU) second poorest country produced a comprehensive victory for Romania's social democrat (PSD) party on Sunday yet the defining characteristics are apathy, disillusionment and political illegitimacy, a senior analyst told CNBC.
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Hans-Peter Bartels, the military's ombudsman in parliament and a Social Democrat, has also called for an increased spending rate of 1.5 percent of GDP, given shortfalls in personnel and equipment that are hampering military readiness.
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The parliamentary groups of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat (SPD) partners, have agreed on the main points and could agree on the full package on Thursday, ending months of haggling, said the paper.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Five center-left parties concluded talks on Sunday to form a new government in Finland, Social Democrat leader Antti Rinne, set to become the first leftist prime minister for 20213 years, said on Twitter.
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"Our gesture has a huge symbolic value ... for Israel, a state with an unbelievably large influence in the world and with which we have had a special relationship for many years," Social Democrat leader Dragnea said.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners agreed on Tuesday to reduce paycheck contributions toward the country's unemployment insurance system, sharing a slice of bountiful revenues with taxpayers.
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The Social Democrat Party (PSD) and its coalition allies withdrew their support for Grindeanu, 43, last Wednesday, saying he has failed to implement the PSD's broad governing agenda since it won a parliamentary election last December.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative alliance could rule alone if their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners quit the government, said former finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who is now president of Germany's lower house of parliament.
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The motion needed 21 votes to topple Grindeanu who refused to resign last week after his ruling Social Democrat-led coalition withdrew its support for his cabinet, saying he was not implementing the coalition government's programme.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied peacefully against the ruling Social Democrat government in the capital, Bucharest, on Saturday on the one-year anniversary of a violent protest where riot police disproportionately used force.
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Scholz, a senior Social Democrat and vice chancellor in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government, wants to use the talks to press China to further open up its economy, in particular for foreign banks and insurance companies.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday welcomed the prospect of talks on a "grand coalition" with her Social Democrat (SPD) rivals and defended the record of the previous such government, saying it had worked well.
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Both Chancellor Merkel's conservative bloc (CDU/CSU) and her Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners suffered heavy losses in three state elections last month while voters flocked to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
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Germany's parliament approved marriage equality in June after Chancellor Angela Merkel chose to make the vote a matter of conscience, freeing her Social Democrat coalition partners and many of her conservative lawmakers to vote for it.
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This week, anti-corruption prosecutors opened an investigation into the leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party on suspicion of forming a "criminal group" to siphon off cash from state projects, some of them EU-funded.
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Ms. Merkel and the two most senior Social Democrat ministers — Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier — will not be in Parliament for the vote, citing prior government business in Germany or abroad.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs massive investments in infrastructure and the government should be prepared to make them even if it means running a budget deficit, aspiring Social Democrat (SPD) leader Norbert Walter-Borjans said on Tuesday.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a decisive victory over their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals in a vote in Germany's northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, boosting her prospects of winning a national election in September.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament will vote in early December on re-installing Social Democrat Stefan Lofven as prime minister after months of political paralysis, even though he has already failed once to form a new government.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives want to ease the burden on business at a time of meager growth in Europe's biggest economy, but their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, who run the finance ministry, have other priorities.
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Klapfenberger, a Social Democrat in a part of the country where there are not many Social Democrats, told me it was proper that asylum seekers and refugees in Germany benefit from its expansive social safety net.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's conservative Christian Democrats insisted on Tuesday that Angela Merkel's government could function despite a crisis consuming their Social Democrat partners but warned her party would not buckle to SPD demands.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat challenger, Martin Schulz are still fighting hard for every vote as Sunday's national election nears, but they do have one thing common: neither is a gambler.
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The vote has also been seen as popularity test of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) that supported the change and whose attempts to weaken anti-corruption legislation have drawn criticism from the European Union's executive.
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In an unusually rowdy session in the Bundestag (lower house) later, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) deputies stormed out of the chamber after a Social Democrat (SPD) accused them of being "unsavory" right-wing radicals.
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Von der Leyen, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, is pushing for steeper military spending hikes, but she faces resistance from the Social Democrat-led finance ministry, which prefers more spending on infrastructure and digitalization.
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Leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), the centre-right group of parties that includes Mrs Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany, objected to the allocation of the powerful commission job to a social democrat.
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David Sassoli, an Italian social democrat supposedly supported by the grand coalition, won with only 345 of its 442 votes, and no others, meaning that he does not enjoy a majority among the parliament's 751 members.
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Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, also a Social Democrat, stirred strong reactions across Europe on Monday after he said the European Union should phase out sanctions against Russia to reward progress in the Ukraine peace process.
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Wallstrom, a Social Democrat stalwart who has been a United Nations Special Representative dealing with sexual violence in conflicts and served two stints as a European Union commissioner, has been an unapologetic champion of human rights.
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The figures come in the build-up to national elections in September, with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat challenger warning against a repeat of 2015 when she opened the borders to hundreds of thousands of migrants.
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The next government will face the daunting task of drafting a budget plan for 2020 that accommodates a 40% hike in all pensions – previously approved by Dancila's Social Democrat Party – without overshooting already strained deficit targets.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Centre Party, part of the ruling five-party coalition, said on Tuesday it had lost confidence in Social Democrat Prime Minister Antti Rinne, in a move that will likely force him to resign.
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After big losses to an anti-immigrant party in an election last year, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners agreed on a compromise to partially lift the ban from Aug.
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"(Immigration) is needed in many professions, and for those professions it should be easy, but ...we must put a stop to it in the professions where there is no labor shortage," the Social Democrat told Reuters.
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Comments on Sunday from Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, accusing Deutsche of making speculation its business, were a signal that Merkel's opponents will not hesitate to use the Deutsche issue to score political points.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU and its Social Democrat (SPD) partners have agreed to keep their promise to speed up the expansion of renewable power installations, ending months of wrangling, an SPD spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Peter Kazimir, the outspoken finance minister of euro zone member Slovakia, also called the deal "good news for Europe and the euro zone" and welcomed fellow social democrat Olaf Scholz to the post long occupied by Schaeuble.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz said his party's leaders agreed unanimously on Friday to recommend to party delegates that they give them a mandate to pursue coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
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Pilny, a leading parliamentarian for the centrist ANO party, was proposed by ANO founder and current finance minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire that the Social Democrat Sobotka wants dismissed due to suspicion he may have dodged taxes.
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Prime Minister Andrej Babis' ruling ANO party and its junior center-left coalition partner, the Social Democrats, are demanding the dismissal of Culture Minister Antonin Stanek, a Social Democrat, saying he has failed to fulfill his duties.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, drew sharp criticism from her Social Democrat coalition partners on Wednesday for poking fun at trans-gender people in a light-hearted carnival speech.
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A government spokesman said center-right Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, had agreed Berlin would not decide on the Turkish request before both party blocs had sealed a new coalition deal.
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It is unclear whether the Social Democrat party, which together with junior partner ALDE holds a large parliamentary majority, would support the amendment presented by Senator Serban Nicolae, who said it was a personal not party proposal.
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Macedonia's two-year crisis over a wiretapping scandal that toppled the government of nationalist Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, ended in June with the appointment of a pro-Western government of the Social Democrat Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed a deal in Germany between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democrat (SPD) that paves the way for a coalition government, saying its provisional terms were good for Europe.
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Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, caused the divergence in views by demanding that the euro zone make a firm commitment on granting debt relief to Greece, effectively criticising conservative Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's tough stance.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat-led government of leftist Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu won a vote of confidence by a comfortable margin in parliament on Wednesday, marking the grouping's return to power after a one-year break.
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The laws are risky for Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, who have been losing voters to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) over her 2015 decision to welcome almost 1 million refugees.
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Schaeuble, a conservative, stuck to his position that Greece must implement its existing program after German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, earlier demanded the euro zone make a concrete commitment on debt relief to Greece.
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Schaeuble is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives who have made security and tax relief a main component of their campaigning platform and are ahead in the polls of their Social Democrat (SPD) junior coalition partners.
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Kurz, of the Christian Conservative People's Party (OVP), is working on a draft law with Muna Duzdar, a junior minister from the OVP's senior Social Democrat coalition partner who has an Arab family background and is Muslim.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she had a "very, very trustworthy" working relationship with the interim leaders of her Social Democrat coalition partners, with whom she shares power in an often rocky alliance.
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A government spokesman said centre-right Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, had agreed Berlin would not decide on the Turkish request before both party blocs had sealed a new coalition deal.
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Altmaier, a conservative, said he was in close touch with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, about the issue, and some money had already been earmarked in the 2019 budget to get started with various measures.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have pulled ahead of their Social Democrat rivals in the populous western region of North Rhine-Westphalia ahead of a crunch vote in the state on Sunday, an opinion poll showed.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was "excellently suited" to the largely ceremonial post of president after her conservatives agreed to back the Social Democrat as a candidate.
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The Swedish crown was a rare beneficiary against the dollar and the euro after Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven won a second term in office, ending more than four months of deadlock after a virtually tied election.
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There's palpable alarm in establishment circles that AfD is gaining a foothold in what until now had been a no-go zone for conservatives of any stripe — the country's thoroughly liberal-left, social democrat-dominated trade unions.
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To secure a fourth term as chancellor, Merkel on Wednesday handed her Social Democrat coalition partners control of the finance ministry, giving them licence to spend a record budget surplus, and embracing their demands for European reform.
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Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat in Merkel's coalition, has urged her conservatives to adopt a less rigid stance in fiscal policy toward France after the election of the pro-reform centrist Emmanuel Macron as president.
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The government being assembled by Prime Minister Andrej Babis's ANO party and the Social Democrat party (CSSD) would lack a majority in parliament and therefore lean on the far-left, pro-Russian Communists in a confidence vote.
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The decree would decriminalize abuse-of-power offences in which the sums do not exceed 200,000 lei ($48,000), potentially scuttling an ongoing trial of the governing Social Democrat party chief and benefiting dozens of other public officials.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat (SPD) who is mayor of Hamburg, is set to become German Finance Minister in a new coalition government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, German news agency DPA reported on Wednesday.
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BERLIN, March 24 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in a letter to lawmakers from his Social Democrat (SPD) party that the government would take steps to support Europe's largest economy as soon businesses opened again.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist President Klaus Iohannis easily won a presidential runoff vote on Sunday as expected, crushing his socialist challenger on a pledge to restart a judicial reform slowed down by successive Social Democrat (PSD) governments.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told a newspaper that the national ruling alliance would stick together despite Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partner suffering losses in a regional poll.
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In 2018, the opposition forced its budget through a hung parliament, a measure which included 20 billion Swedish crowns ($2.16 billion) in tax cuts and left Social Democrat Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson little room for new spending.
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A poll published on Tuesday showed her conservative CDU/CSU bloc - which has been widening its lead over its Social Democrat rivals - and the pro-business Free Democrats winning enough seats to form a parliamentary majority together.
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The plan may help Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) partners stem the Greens' surge, but it risks piling more pressure onto industry at a time when the economy may already be in recession.
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Concerns about social welfare have been a gift for the opposition Social Democrat Party (SDP) that has led polls for almost a year, with 20.1 percent of the vote in the latest one by public broadcaster Yle.
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I'm a social democrat, basically, so I think the more pressure the left can bring to bear, the larger it can be, the more coherent its views, the more organized it is — the more it can win.
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The 59-year old Social Democrat, a trained lawyer and strong advocate of closer European integration, later said the extent of the violence had rattled him and that he would have resigned if anyone had been killed.
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But Romania's Social Democrat government approved a slew of taxes via emergency decree in December without an impact assessment or public debate, including a 2-percent tax on turnover for energy firms and a cap on gas prices.
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"The leadership approved unanimously the steps that we made in negotiations about a possible coalition with the ANO movement and it also ended talks with ANO about creating a coalition," Social Democrat vice-chairman Jiri Zimola told reporters.
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The center-right Christian Democrats won 40.7% of Sunday's vote, a solid 5.5% increase over four years ago and a convincing win over the center-left Social Democrat Party, which only took 29.6%, according to CNN affiliate ARD.
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"Russia is openly saying it is against Macedonian membership in NATO and the EU, and we understand the position of Russia, but all our friends should know there is no alternative for us," Zaev, a Social Democrat, said.
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"We know from our own experience how difficult and painful it is to work through the past... but only in this way can human trust and strength grow," Social Democrat Rolf Muetzenich said in parliament before the vote.
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But he said the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) had won the right to govern in a December election and should continue to do so, a message that may take more of the sting out of the protests.
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Addressing the regional congress in Wernigerode, Social Democrat Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel urged delegates to resist the temptation to lick their wounds in opposition, urging them to use power to give people a reason to vote for them.
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"Yesterday, the government adopted a memorandum deciding to start the procedure to effectively move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," Social Democrat leader and lower house speaker Liviu Dragnea told private television station Antena3 late on Thursday.
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"The Danes have said that it is more important to take good care of our welfare, rather than to get tax cuts," Social Democrat spokesman Nicolai Wammen said, alluding to the government's plans to cut taxes next year.
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Austrian Social Democrat Chancellor Werner Faymann even joined Merkel in her fierce criticism of Hungarian officials, who were less willing to greet the influx of refugees with open arms and erected a border fence to keep them out.
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Despite winning the most votes, Merkel's bloc slumped to its worst result since 1949 and her current Social Democrat coalition partners said they would go into opposition after slumping to 20.7 percent in projections, a post-war low.
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Martin Schulz and Sigmar Gabriel, the most keenly pro-French major figures among Mrs Merkel's Social Democrat partners, were toppled in the recent coalition talks, leaving Olaf Scholz—a typically German penny-pincher—to take the finance ministry.
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AACHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany needs to take action now to prevent a re-run of 2015, when some 890,000 migrants arrived in the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat challenger for a September election told Reuters on Sunday.
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Cavaco Silva, a Social Democrat, is finishing his second term with record low popularity ratings as many Portuguese blame him for having done nothing to protect them from harsh austerity imposed under an international bailout in 2011-2014.
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Though the result meant Angela Merkel secured a fourth term as chancellor, support for her conservatives unexpectedly slumped to its lowest since 1949 and the Social Democrat, partners in the outgoing coalition, said they would go into opposition.
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Romania's Social Democrat government is considering reintroducing a cap on pay for maternity leave in a range of 5,000-10,000 lei per month and no more than 85 percent of the mother's salary, labour minister Olguta Vasilescu said.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Social Democrat Heiko Maas, Justice Minister in the last government, is to be German Foreign Minister under conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in her new coalition with the SPD, Spiegel Online reported on Thursday, giving no sources.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz told a television debate with Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would stop Turkey's bid to join the European Union if he was elected leader of Europe's most populous country.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden took a big step towards a new government on Tuesday as the Center Party said it would consider accepting Social Democrat Stefan Lofven as prime minister if he meets their policy demands, including lower taxes.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Members of the Czech centre-left Social Democrat party have voted to join a coalition with the dominant centrist ANO group, a major step towards ending more than eight months of stalemate after an inconclusive election.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu refused to resign after his ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) withdrew its support for his cabinet late on Wednesday, contributing to the political infighting in the European Union's fastest growing economy.
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Merkel said she had agreed with Social Democrat leader Andrea Nahles (SPD), and with Horst Seehofer - leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) - to review the deal, which pushed their six-month-old coalition close to collapse.
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"We know from our own experience how difficult and painful it is to work through the past ... but only in this way can human trust and strength grow," Social Democrat Rolf Muetzenich said in parliament before the vote.
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In an election year, the surplus has triggered a debate among Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners over whether the windfall should be used to pay off old debt or raise public investment.
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Romania's blue-chip stock index also fell to its lowest level in more than six months after the Social Democrat government announced new tax plans for banks and energy companies, as well as making private pension funds optional.
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Shhaideh, also a minister for regional development, is a close ally of Social Democrat Party leader Liviu Dragnea, who has received a suspended sentence for vote rigging and is on trial in a separate abuse-of-office case.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - A day after protesters stormed Macedonia's parliament and left him with blood running down his face, Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev said on Friday he was confident of forming a government despite vehement opposition from nationalists.
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The measure would benefit several high-level politicians, including Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party, who was ruled out from being prime minister by a 2015 suspended jail term in a vote-rigging case.
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The comments from Maas, a Social Democrat, were the most explicit yet from the government but they echoed a statement from a government spokeswoman who said earlier Germany had not offered to join a planned U.S.-naval mission.
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Merkel's Social Democrat coalition partners have repeatedly called for hardware fixes as a means to help tackle diesel pollution, but Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer of the Christian Social Union, sister party of Merkel's Christian Democrats, opposes such action.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-right Liberal party is willing to let Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven pass a parliamentary prime minister vote if he accepts a list of demands, including lower taxes, its party leader said on Wednesday.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The leader of Sweden's Liberals will step down in November, he said on Wednesday, less than a month after backing Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as prime minister in a deal that split his own party.
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"We have to meet those who use migration to spread their mean propaganda by dismantling it with arguments," wrote the minister of justice, Heiko Maas, a Social Democrat, in a tweet shortly after the election results were announced.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government on Sunday annulled a decree that would decriminalize some graft offences, an embarrassing u-turn for the country's new prime minister in the face of week-long mass protests and international rebuke.
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The Western German state, which holds 20 percent of VW's common shares, has "no reason" to alter its commitment to the carmaker despite the crisis, said Weil, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners.
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Despite winning the most votes, Merkel's bloc slumped to its worst result since 1949 and her current Social Democrat coalition partners said they would go into opposition after tumbling to 20.7 percent in projections, a post-war low.
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The center-left bloc, uniting the minority governing Social Democrat and Green parties with the Left Party, is backed by about 40 percent of voters, recent opinion polls show, a slim lead over the center-right Alliance bloc.
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In his speech, Mr. Gabriel, a Social Democrat, reminded Germans that in the future, they would have to get used to taking risks, including risking failure, if the European project was to remain a force in the world.
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Doubts are mounting that Merkel's right-left alliance can last its full term until 2021, largely due to disarray within her Social Democrat (SPD) partners, and many experts now see increasing chances of a federal election next year.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that there were transition solutions until a scheduled parliamentary election next year if the Social Democrat government fails to win parliament's vote of confidence after losing its partner.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to hold her ground in a television debate ahead of German elections, under attack from her Social Democrat (SPD) rival on refugee policy, ties with Turkey and her handling of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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HELSINKI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Finland's Centre Party, part of the ruling five-party coalition, said on Tuesday it had lost confidence in Social Democrat Prime Minister Antti Rinne, in a move that will likely force him to resign.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians went to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election runoff expected to re-elect centrist president Klaus Iohannis, who has pledged to restart a judicial reform slowed down by successive Social Democrat (PSD) governments.
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A leading Social Democrat on Saturday predicted 55 percent or more of SPD members would back a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, and warned that a'no' vote would spell disaster for the party, Germany and Europe.
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In 2014, Social Democrat (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel, then economy minister and now foreign minister, introduced tighter controls on arms exports to conflict zones in particular, but in 2016 the three biggest buyers were Qatar, Algeria and South Korea.
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Mr. Schulz sought to appeal to voters of all ages: invoking the iconic Willy Brandt, the Social Democrat who pioneered détente with the Soviets, for older generations and seeking to woo younger ones with concern for their future.
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Merkel and her Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz so far have shown little appetite to abandon their joint pledge to refrain from taking on new debt, though Scholz himself has changed his tone over the past weeks.
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Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, also a Social Democrat, has appeared to shift away from a conciliatory approach to Moscow while Alexander Dobrindt, a lawmaker for Merkel's Bavarian sister party, has questioned the effectiveness of the sanctions against Russia.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Romania's President Klaus Iohannis told the European Union on Wednesday he would fight for the independence of his country's courts, which he and Brussels say is threatened by draft laws prepared by the Social Democrat-led government.
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BERLIN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel faced criticism from within the ranks of her own conservatives on Thursday for making concessions to her centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners to seal a governing alliance a day earlier.
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Indeed, it's very unlikely that any ad platform can put people into buckets with sensitive labels like 'interested in social democrat issues' or 'likes communist pages' or 'attends gay events' without asking them to let it do so first.
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Designated Prime Minister Mihai Tudose will ask for parliament's vote of confidence later on Thursday, which he is likely to receive given the comfortable parliamentary majority held by the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) and their junior partner ALDE.
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PARIS (Reuters) - German Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz called on Thursday for accelerated reforms to the euro zone, and the basis of a strengthened currency union to be agreed by the time Britain leaves the European Union in 2019.
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The poll by Ipsos for daily Dagens Nyheter showed the four-party Alliance with a lead of 7.6 percent in April over the minority Social Democrat and Green government and the Left Party, which supports the coalition in parliament.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Attempts to form a government in Sweden were back at square one on Monday after the Centre Party, citing policy differences, said it would vote against a second term in office for Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel is in good health and on track to serve her full term in office through to 2021 in coalition with her Social Democrat (SPD) governing allies, her chief of staff told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, told reporters last week that tax estimates offered limited scope for additional fiscal spending up to 2022 and available money would be used to boost investment in digitization and lower income taxes.
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Designated Prime Minister Mihai Tudose will ask for parliament's vote of confidence later on Thursday, which he is likely to receive given the comfortable parliamentary majority held by the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) and its junior partner ALDE.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have agreed a plan to strip some Germans who fight for the Islamic State militant group of their citizenship, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Babis's ANO party, a junior member in a Social Democrat-led government, leads opinion polls by a double-digit margin - though there have been no major surveys taken since the police requested his immunity be lifted on Aug. 10.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's ruling grand coalition needs to show it is in step with the times and can deliver in the next two years, Finance Minister and Social Democrat (SPD) leadership candidate Olaf Scholz told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
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Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Supreme Court in June for incitement to abuse of office, a ruling which is not final as it is pending an appeal.
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However, the sale of lignite assets in Germany has drawn criticism from environmentalists and some lawmakers of Sweden's Green Party, a junior member of the Social Democrat-led government, who called for the polluting plants to be shut instead.
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German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze, a Social Democrat, welcomed Kloeckner's proposal as a first step to ending use of the chemical, saying her goal remained to eliminate its use by the end of the legislative session in autumn 2021.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives agreed on climate targets for 2030 with their would-be Social Democrat (SPD) partners, who also announced steady progress on European policy in coalition talks which they aim to conclude within a week.
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Renew Europe will be the third-biggest grouping in the 751-seat parliament and with neither the mainstream conservative nor social democrat parties holding a majority, the new liberal grouping says it can be a kingmaker in EU policymaking.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Leading Social Democrat (SPD) mayors favor joining a coalition government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, a poll showed on Sunday, boosting the prospects of the center-left party backing the alliance in a ballot starting this week.
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The interior minister, Mr. de Maizière, who is a Christian Democrat, and Olaf Scholz, the Social Democrat mayor of Hamburg, have both called for the often lenient courts to issue tough sentences for anybody charged with offenses in Hamburg.
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Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev last week won support of three ethnic Albanian parties in the parliament after agreeing to support a bill to enable wider use of the Albanian language, a deal that triggered street protests in Skopje.
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The Social Democrat, Green and far-left Die Linke parties in the city state's government have said they intend to proceed with the measure in their coalition agreement despite objections from opposition parties who say it infringes free speech.
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BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - German Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz said his party's leaders agreed unanimously on Friday to recommend to party delegates that they give them a mandate to pursue coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest where riot police fired tear gas into the crowd and hundreds needed medical attention.
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Last week, there appeared to be a breakthrough when it was announced that the hierarchy of the center-left Social Democrat Party (SPD) had agreed to a preliminary "grand coalition" with Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.
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He called on Ulf Kristersson, the center-right Alliance's candidate for the premiership, to choose between seeking support from the Sweden Democrats for an Alliance government or to accept another four years of Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.
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Persson, a Social Democrat who served as prime minister for a decade until 2006 and has since sat on several boards including smaller regional lender Alandsbanken, vowed to restore confidence in Swedbank and work for a better corporate culture.
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With neither of the mainstream conservative and social democrat parties holding a majority, the new liberal grouping says it can be a kingmaker in EU policymaking and deciding top jobs such as the new head of the European Commission.
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Kramp-Karrenbauer has been working hard to unite the CDU and improve ties with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, which last year clashed with their Social Democrat (SPD) allies and pushed the ruling coalition close to collapse.
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BERLIN, June 21 (Reuters) - Germany's budget committee has postponed a decision on orders for military equipment, including Corvette warships and drones, as Social Democrat (SPD) lawmakers want more time to discuss the 13 billion euro package, a senior party member said.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives called on Thursday for defense spending to rise to 1.53 percent of economic output by 2021, well above the 1.27 percent rate contained in the budget of Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat.
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The result also faces opposition from dissidents from the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party and Northern Ireland's Social Democrat and Labour Party, many of whom believe it would be unjust to enact Brexit proceedings given the demands of their constituents.
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But one source in the European People's Party saw trouble ahead in her need to replace her battered Social Democrat "grand coalition" partners with an alliance of both the left-leaning Greens and the resurgent, economically hawkish liberals of the FDP.
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The head of the ruling Social Democrat party, Liviu Dragnea, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Supreme Court last month for inciting others to abuse of office, prompting thousands to rally against his government.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament handed Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven a second term in office on Friday, ending more than four months of deadlock after an inconclusive election that had allowed a populist party to threaten the traditional balance of power.
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BUCHAREST, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government will approve on Wednesday a budget revision that will keep the consolidated budget at the initial target of 2.96 percent of gross domestic product in cash terms, Finance Minister Ionut Misa said.
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BERLIN/KIEL, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a decisive victory over their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals in a vote in Germany's northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, boosting her prospects of winning a national election in September.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A vice-president of Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) called on his party's leadership and government to withdraw a decree decriminalizing some graft offenses, a move that has brought tens of thousands of Romanians out in protest.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) party, a junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, has slumped to a record low, a poll showed on Saturday, piling more pressure on it to quit the government and rebuild in opposition.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov on Wednesday mandated Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev to form a coalition government with ethnic Albanian parties after holding off for nearly six months, raising hopes for an end to a two-year political deadlock.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Annie Loof, leader of Sweden's Centre Party, has been called a traitor for her decision to abandon her center-right allies and back long-time political foe, Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven, as prime minister after an inconclusive election.
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The Centre Party and the allied Liberal Party will not join Lofven's new Social Democrat-Green coalition but will support it in return for pursuing such center-right policies as tax cuts and deregulation of the labor and property rental markets.
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Romanian lawmakers plan to fire Misu Negritoiu as the head of the country's financial supervisory authority ASF over the way he handled tensions on the insurance market in 2016, Social Democrat senator Claudiu Manda was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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Social Democrat chief and lower house speaker Liviu Dragnea was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Supreme Court in June for incitement to abuse of office, a ruling which is not final pending an appeal.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Social Democrat (SPD) Martin Schulz told a meeting of senior members of his party that he would step down as SPD leader and be replaced by the party's parliamentary leader Andrea Nahles, a participant in the meeting said.
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Germany on Sunday gets the result of a ballot of Social Democrat (SPD) party members on a coalition deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, the outcome of which could seal or end Merkel's hopes for a fourth term in office.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Saturday denied a report that said the Social Democrat, whose party has agreed to enter talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on forming a coalition, was eyeing the post of finance minister.
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BERLIN, March 8 (Reuters) - Social Democrat Heiko Maas, Justice Minister in the last government, is to be German Foreign Minister under conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in her new coalition with the SPD, Spiegel Online reported on Thursday, giving no sources.
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INGOLSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - The Social Democrat (SPD) challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany's national election in September said on Monday the anti-capitalist militants who protested against the G20 summit in Hamburg at the weekend had acted like terrorists.
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"If a man who shows off by not having a clue and by saying that specialist knowledge is elitist rubbish ends up in the White House, a critical point will have been reached," said Schulz, a German center-left Social Democrat.
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We are putting forward pure social democrat ideas like universal free childcare (we are the first country in Europe, perhaps in the Western world, to introduce that) which has unleashed the tremendous, previously untapped potential of the female labour force.
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The minority Social Democrat-Green coalition have imposed border checks and tighter rules in a U-turn on decades of generous asylum policies, as popular anger at other EU countries has grown for not doing enough to share the burden.
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A CDU member for 34 years until 2009 who says his role model is former West German Social Democrat Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Junge told Reuters he was concerned that migrants would push up German unemployment and weaken the health system.
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Ms. Merkel is expected to seek a fourth term next year, and the survey found that her conservative bloc would command just 30 percent of the votes if an election were held now, and her Social Democrat partners just 19 percent.
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It may also hinge on the outcome of the German election four months later, when Merkel seems likely to face stiff competition from Martin Schulz, the Social Democrat who made a career in Brussels as a supporter of closer integration.
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Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, last week drew the ire of conservative Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen with a plan that would see military spending rise in 2019 as a percentage of economic output, but fall thereafter.
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BUCHAREST, July 25 (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat-led government scrapped a plan to introduce a so-called solidarity tax for top earners, after an assessment had shown it would not bring in much money, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said on Tuesday.
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The Forsa poll showed Merkel, who is facing resistance at home over her open-door migrant policy, winning 50 percent of the votes in a hypothetical presidential-style election against her Social Democrat (SPD) rival Sigmar Gabriel, on 13 percent.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has dipped below the 30 percent mark for the first time, a poll showed on Tuesday, with her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners gaining slightly a year before a federal election.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Millionaire businessman Joao Doria of the centrist Brazilian Social Democrat Party has won the race for mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, in local elections on Sunday that were a major setback for the leftist Workers Party.
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The government said the legislation, proposed by the Social Democrat minority government and enacted by a vote of 240 to 45, was necessary to prevent the country from becoming overstretched by the surge of migration to Europe that began last year.
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Called a "tax on greed" by Teodorovici, the move could be approved by the leftist Social Democrat government by the end of the year, he added, together with other measures including a 15 percent hike in state pensions in late 2019.
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Schulz, a Social Democrat, gave no further details at a news conference on whether he might seek the post of foreign minister or run as a candidate to succeed conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in a parliamentary election due in September.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Social Democrat Party won the most seats in both houses of parliament after a national election and will have a combined 221 deputies and senators, final results unveiled by the Central Electoral Bureau showed on Thursday.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Strains in Germany's right-center ruling coalition are playing out in the race for the presidency of the European Parliament, with the conservative European People's Party (EVP) trying to oust Martin Schulz, a German center-left Social Democrat.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners turned their sights with some relief on new hurdles months down the road after withstanding a far-right battering in two eastern regional elections on Sunday.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish center-right opposition leader Ulf Kristersson called on Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to step down on Sunday after preliminary election results showed his opposition Alliance coalition in a virtual dead heat with its center-left rivals.
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Pierre Moscovici, a Social Democrat from France who is now the European commissioner for economic and financial affairs, warned that the E.U. must keep an eye on Vienna, while conceding the situation was not the same as 17 years ago.
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There has been broad consensus among Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat (SPD) junior partners to back Britain in taking a tough stance against Moscow in the case and Merkel has repeatedly called on Russia to cooperate in the investigation.
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The good news is that Ms. Merkel's biggest challenger is not from the right, but a Social Democrat: Martin Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament who is even more pro-European Union and pro-refugee than she is.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - An anti-government protest in Romania in which hundreds of people were injured this month was a failed attempt to overthrow the government, encouraged by the president, the leader of the ruling Social Democrat party said late on Tuesday.
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The likely outcome of Friday's summit are a blow to German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat who wanted any euro zone budget to play a stabilization role via a shared unemployment insurance scheme for the zone's 19 member states.
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Another Social Democrat, Ralf Jäger, the interior minister in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, came under pressure after it became clear that the Tunisian had at the very least cheated the government by claiming welfare benefits in multiple locations.
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The center-right Fianna Fail had held informal talks with the smaller Green and Social Democrat parties as well as some independent lawmakers, leader Micheal Martin said on Twitter, adding that he would name a negotiating team later on Wednesday.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD) said on Monday they would go to court to challenge President Klaus Iohannis's move to renominate the ousted Ludovic Orban as prime minister, which could derail plans to trigger an early election.
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But with the new possibility of a rival as party leader following Kramp-Karrenbauer's exit, Merkel might be forced to stand down early, which could prompt her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners to walk away and trigger a snap election.
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But it is just as reasonable to pit the privileged apartment dweller, celebrating her own privilege, against the social democrat trying to produce decent mixed housing for the homeless and the deprived at a price that the city can afford.
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BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat partners have delayed until next year a decision on security rules for Germany's 5G network that could bar China's Huawei, a highly divisive issue in an unhappy alliance.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will stick to the stern fiscal orthodoxy it pursued under long-serving conservative finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble even if the key post is ceded to a Social Democrat in the next government, acting finance chief Peter Altmaier said.
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The comments follow a report over the weekend in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that cited a VW employee saying state premier Stephan Weil, a Social Democrat (SPD), softened an October 2015 speech about VW's actions at the company's request.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - To secure a fourth term as chancellor, Angela Merkel is handing her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners control of the finance ministry, giving them license to spend a record budget surplus, and embracing their demands for European reform.
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On top of that, the Social Democrat has installed street lighting, mains gas and water supplies, as well as paving muddy roads in their community of Dragomiresti, which lies in lush hill country about 90 km (45 miles) northwest of Bucharest.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A migrant policy deal struck by Chancellor Angela Merkel to save the German government drew scepticism on Tuesday from her Social Democrat coalition partners, who said more talks and work were needed to make the disputed proposal fly.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat-led government survived a no confidence vote on Thursday as expected, days before taking over the European Union's rotating presidency, but still faces concerns at home and abroad over its attempts to weaken a crackdown on corruption.
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Norbert Roettgen blasted Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, for questioning the target of 2 percent of GDP "shortly after the ink had dried" on a deal by their two blocs to renew the "grand coalition" that has ruled since 2013.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat Party (PSD), the winners of Sunday's election, declined to meet the president on Wednesday for talks on a new government, saying they would wait and propose a prime minister candidate only after a new parliament is sworn in.
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He mostly shies away from criticising her (in fact in some of his interviews he seems to suggest she is just a social democrat who ended up in the wrong party—a claim echoed behind closed doors by some in the CDU).
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) Foreign Minister said on Thursday that his party would not be quick to agree to another grand coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, as party leaders met with the president in a bid to end political deadlock.
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The main target of criticism was Sigmar Gabriel, the Social Democrat (SPD) economy minister who made much of bringing in tighter rules in 2014 to limit arms sales to the Middle East and in particular states such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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According to drafts, the government intends among other changes to decriminalize abuse of power actions causing financial damage of less than 200,000 lei ($47,500), an offence the leader of the ruling Social Democrat party is accused of inciting a third party to commit.
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The Social Democrat government approved a far-reaching emergency decree in December covering areas such as banking, energy, telecoms taxes and private pensions without an impact assessment or public debate, prompting criticism from employers, unions, the European Central Bank and several international lenders.
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After both talks, a young Italian man named Alfredo, who described himself as a Marxist-Leninist, fulminated outside that the smartly suited men in the grand Belgravia building were trying, in his opinion, to present Gramsci as "some kind of centrist social democrat".
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The AfD won 13.0 percent of the vote - more than expected and one of many shocks on a night of drama that saw Merkel's conservatives get their worst result since 1949, and her main Social Democrat (SPD) rivals their worst since 1933.
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The past few weeks have seen support slide to all-time lows for both Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party and its Social Democrat (SPD) partners, as her government rowed over everything from diesel to immigration and the threat of far-right violence.
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Deeply divided over the coalition deal and the division of ministerial posts, and facing a slump in opinion polls, Social Democrat (SPD) leaders are trying to convince 464,000 party members to back the deal in a ballot on which Merkel's fourth term hangs.
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Roth's intervention, in an article for Die Welt newspaper, came amid signs that under conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democrat (SPD) Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Germany's position toward Russia is hardening, especially since a poison attack in Britain, widely blamed on Russia.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - After months of deadlock, Social Democrat Stefan Lofven looked set for a second term as Sweden's prime minister, but he will be walking a tightrope, needing to placate both his centre-right partners and the Left Party to stay in power.
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"This is my last political victory, there will be no political defeats," he told the crowd, flanked by advisers and the leaders of the far-right, anti-EU and anti-NATO SPD party and the Social Democrat party that he once led.
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Mr. Cepoi, the incumbent, a member of the governing Social Democrat Party, said that he suspected that Mr. Cepoi from the People's Movement Party and Mr. Cepoi from the National Liberal Party were deliberately trying to confuse voters and deny him another term.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said early on Monday he would remain in office in the coming weeks and called for cooperation across the political divide after an election which showed the country heading for a hung parliament.
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BERLIN, March 5 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed a decisive vote by Social Democrat (SPD) members to join a coalition with her conservatives and said the new government needed to start work quickly to tackle issues such as international trade policy.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech center-left Social Democrat party chief Jan Hamacek said on Friday he was ready to back down in a dispute over the party's nomination for foreign minister to remove the main remaining obstacle to forming a new coalition government.
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Everything suggests that in the real thing in October the Peronists will return to power in the form of Alberto Fernández, a social democrat, and his running-mate, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who ruled as a leftist populist from 2007 to 2015.
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The Social Democrats' party conference, a three-day gathering that opened on Thursday, voted by hand on the prospect of beginning open-ended talks and approved it by a "large" majority, according to Niels Annen, a senior Social Democrat who counted the votes.
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BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Climate protection measures that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners want to unveil next week will cost at least 40 billion euros until 2023, a person briefed on the talks told Reuters on Saturday.
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"Much more important is that there are protests, that the German people stand up, resist and say, 'We do not want this,' " said Mr. Maier, a member of the center-left Social Democrat party, as he marched with counterprotesters during the NPD event.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Social Democrat state premieres on Saturday called for Germany to take in vulnerable refugees from crowded reception camps in Greece, in the latest sign of discord in the ruling coalition over the prospect of a new refugee wave hitting Europe.
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BERLIN, March 3 (Reuters) - A leading Social Democrat on Saturday predicted 55 percent or more of SPD members would back a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, and warned that a 'no' vote would spell disaster for the party, Germany and Europe.
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Plans by the Social Democrat-led ruling coalition to overhaul the judiciary and amend legislation to decriminalize some graft offences have drawn criticism from the EU, the U.S. State Department and Romanian magistrates, and have triggered large street protests since early 2017.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A leadership crisis in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party could help her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners and the Greens in a state vote on Sunday, the first electoral test since her protegee gave up ambitions for the top job.
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The center-left Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has served in Ms. Merkel's coalition government as foreign minister for seven years, won the presidency with 20153 votes in the 1,260-member assembly that elects the president to a five-year term.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Romania's blue chip index fell to its lowest level in more than six months on Wednesday after the Social Democrat government announced new tax plans for banks and energy companies, as well as made private pension funds optional.
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The nomination of Social Democrat Schroeder to the board of Rosneft, subject to Western sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, has caused an outcry in Germany, especially in a climate of fear about any potential Russian interference in the Sept.
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In Eastern Europe, Romania's blue chip index fell to its lowest level in more than six months, wiping out almost all of its 2018 gains after the Social Democrat government announced new tax plans for banks and energy companies and made private pension funds optional.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's president on Tuesday tore into the Social Democrat-led government over a corruption decree that has sparked the biggest protests since the 1989 fall of communism but backed it to stay in power, in a potential reprieve for Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.
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Schulze, a Social Democrat (SPD), said Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, a member of the CSU Bavarian conservatives, was too optimistic when he said Germany could meet emissions targets without imposing driving bans and requiring carmakers to modify the exhaust systems of existing diesel cars.
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Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz said he would lead the SPD into opposition after a disastrous showing in September's national election, but was forced to reconsider after Merkel's attempts at forming a three-way government collapsed, leaving Europe's economic powerhouse without a new government.
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Róisín Shortall, a former junior health minister and joint leader of the centre-left Social Democrat party, notes that many worried families pay for no-frills health insurance (at an average annual cost of €1,850 in 2017), just to be able to skip lengthy queues.
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But the new immigration law, agreed over night by center-right Chancellor Angela Merkel, hardline Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Social Democrat Labour Minister Hubertus Heil, risks angering those voters who already feel neglected following the arrival of more than a million refugees since 2015.
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"To meet new security needs in the Baltic Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea, and globally, the coalition plans to buy five new corvettes for 1.5 billion euros for the German Navy," the paper quoted Social Democrat Johannes Kahrs and Christian Democrat Eckhard Rehberg as saying.
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The legislature "deplores that the Council's cuts affect a number of programs that represent political priorities commonly agreed between Council and Parliament for the EU as a whole," Jens Geier, the German Social Democrat steering the budget proposal through Parliament, said in a draft proposal.
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Schroeder, a Social Democrat who led Germany from 1998 to 2005, prompted widespread criticism in his homeland in August when he was nominated to Rosneft's board, given Western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis and Chancellor Angela Merkel's frosty relations with the Kremlin.
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Uncertainty ahead of Sunday's national election in Italy, the euro zone's third biggest economy, and the result in Germany of a ballot of Social Democrat party members on a coalition deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have also provided support for safe-haven German debt.
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Sobotka has presided over a period of strong economic growth, low borrowing costs and rising wages, but his Social Democrat party faces a tough task to beat the rival ANO movement of former finance minister Andrej Babis in the parliamentary election, due in October.
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The poor results for the 137-year-old social democrat group will make it harder for leader Pedro Sanchez to form a coalition with Podemos and market-friendly Ciudadanos at national level, something he failed to do in any case following December's general election.
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"Democratic socialist" (or "social democrat") — the label of choice for politicians like Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez — emerged around 1848, wedding the collective aspirations of socialism to the individual freedoms of democracy, suggesting no person could truly be free without some measure of economic security.
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Since taking office earlier this year, Maas, a Social Democrat, has spearheaded a harsher line towards Moscow, one which has divided his party, which sees itself as the heir to Germany's pioneering "Ostpolitik" policy of opening up to the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
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BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A leadership crisis in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party could help her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners and the Greens in a state vote on Sunday, the first electoral test since her protegee gave up ambitions for the top job.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The influential leader of Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) youth wing warned on Wednesday that the party should not be hasty in walking out of government, a marked change in tone from someone known as a skeptic of the alliance with Angela Merkel.
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By Andreas Rinke and Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives agreed on Monday to back Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany's next president, creating a vacancy at the foreign ministry at a critical moment in relations with Russia and the United States.
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She is married to Oscar Lafontaine -- a former social democrat finance minister -- who defected from Gerhard Schröder's coalition Socialist-Green government and later founded Die Linke, with the members of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor to the East German Communist Party.
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Speaking at an event with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat (SPD) who was once his counterpart as economy minister, Macron offered a vigorous defense of the European project, saying it had stalled because of a lack of new ideas to move it forward.
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The technocrat government, which has a one-year mandate and fragile parliamentary support has calculated that the hikes, as well as other bonuses approved on Monday and championed by the leftist Social Democrat Party, would raise the public sector wage bill by 4.85 billion lei ($1.2 billion).
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In elections in the north German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on Sunday, the center-left Social Democrat (SPD) party won around 30 percent of the vote while the anti-establishment, anti-immigrant Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party surprised by taking around 21 percent of the vote.
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"Many fear that what has happened in other countries, such as legalizing marriage between a man and an animal, could happen here," the leader of Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party Liviu Dragnea told private television station Romania TV. Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001, decades after neighbouring countries.
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"There are two alternatives on the table, one that minister Stanek will be dismissed and the (Social Democrat) leadership sticks with the nomination of Michal Smarda, or the leadership decides that our ministers will submit their resignations and our government role will be over," Hamacek told reporters.
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In his victory speech, Social Democrat Rebelo de Sousa, 67, said he will work to promote consensus and repair divisions created in the aftermath of the previous election when the left ousted a center-right administration that imposed tough austerity under an international bailout in 2011-14.
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Social Democrat deputy Iuliu Nosa, vice-president of the Budget and Finance committee said: I'm confident that nothing surprising can happen, I do expect conversion at historical rate solution to clear committee on Monday and, if all goes well, will pass parliament later in the week.
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The Democratic Party, which emerged out of the revolution, will slug it out against the MPP which had held sway during earlier decades of Soviet hegemony, and later reinvented itself as a social-democrat party and either led or was partner in coalitions between 2002 to 2012.
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The leftist Workers Party (PT) of former President Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached in August, was the worst hit and lost the country's largest city, Sao Paulo, to its main rival, the centrist Brazilian Social Democrat Party (PSDB), which elected millionaire businessman Joao Doria to be mayor.
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