Sentences with phrase «spd grand coalition»

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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

Grassroots members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) decisively backed the party's decision to enter into another «grand coalition» government with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), thus bringing to an end months of uncertainty following September's general election.

His remarks appeared aimed at the FDP and the Social Democrats (SPD), who on Monday ruled out renewing their «grand coalition» with the conservatives.

Angela Merkel's CDU and the SPD have agreed on a blueprint for formal grand coalition negotiations.

Thousands of brand - new members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) may very well be the ones who decide on whether Germany will be governed by a grand coalition with Angela Merkel at its helm.

Now that SPD members have approved their party's grand coalition agreement with conservatives, it's time to decide who will take what ministry.

Germany's oldest party, the center - left SPD, which had been in a «grand coalition» with Merkel, was consigned to opposition.

Despite being the junior partner in a grand coalition, the SPD thus succeeded in proving its worth.

Some Social Democrats are even doubtful about whether the SPD can survive another grand coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU.

At the time, the SPD had managed to find the right balance between its own political autonomy and participation in the grand coalition, acquiring a reputation for pragmatism and responsibility.

In 2013, the SPD decided to join a grand coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU, rejecting the prospect of leading a government jointly with the Green Party and the Left Party.

The biggest dilemma is the SPD's, whose preference for grand coalitions has been disastrous.

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.

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.

Julianne Smith, of the Centre for New American Security, said Mrs Merkel is going to sorely miss her former grand coalition with the SPD.

However, the SPD has already ruled out a «grand coalition.»

Observers say a «grand coalition» between CDU and SPD is most likely.