Sentences with phrase «german spd»

Mandelson told Gordon Brown in the run up to the pre-budget report last December that Britain should follow the example of the former German SPD / CDU grand coalition which opted for a deferred rise in VAT.

Stuart could argue that Britain is not Greece but the experiences of the German SPD (which she invoked) are no example to follow either.

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German President Frank - Walter Steinmeier is currently pressuring his party (the SPD) to form a so - called Grand Coalition with the conservatives and avoid the need for snap elections.

German President Frank - Walter Steinmeier is currently pressuring the SPD to form a so - called Grand Coalition

A recent Merkel biography by the German journalist Nikolaus Blome described a study commissioned by the SPD in 2006, which seemed to confirm that theory.

Martin Schulz is a German politician from the SPD.

The present German government is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), neither of which have anything to do with Socialism or Christianity.

Although one of the key players — Martin Schulz, a former president of the parliament — has returned to Germany to head up the SPD's campaign for chancellor, his influence is still felt and may be crucial after the German elections in September.

But Tory sources said that 2015 - 17 provided the best window for renegotiations because the new German coalition agreement committed the CDU - SPD government to amending the Lisbon treaty to underpin new governance arrangements for the euro.

This would have been the preferred option of many Germans, who said before the vote that they would prefer a continuation of the current «grand coalition» between the CDU (and its Bavarian sister party) and the SPD.

In her article, German research and education minister Edelgard Bulmahn (SPD) rebuts the criticism.

But as mentioned earlier when we discussed the euro, worries related to German politics eased on Friday, likely because SPD leader Martin Schulz said at the time that:

But as mentioned earlier when we discussed the euro, worries related to German politics eased on Friday, likely because SPD leader

However, the euro's surge was likely fueled by easing concerns with regard to German politics since Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) leader

Furthermore, the two confirmed the mission of the special commission foreseen in the German Climate Action Plan 2050 that was passed by the previous CDU / SPD coalition in late 2016.

IG Metall called on state premiers, particularly from northern German states, to put the issue high on the agenda during exploratory talks to form a government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU / CSU block and the Social Democrats (SPD).

The new German governing coalition (CDU, CSU, and SPD) is planning legislation to make online marketplaces potentially liable for any unpaid VAT of merchants operating on their websites.