Sentences with phrase «rival social democrats»
Chancellor Merkel's party has beaten its rival Social Democrats in their stronghold in North Rhine - Westphalia, projections showed.
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Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who campaigns for the Social Democrats and backs Merkel's rival Martin Schulz, did a similar live interview streamed on Facebook, which has been clicked 33,000 times.
In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's center - right Christian Democrat Union party comfortably won a small regional election, doing better than expected against its main rival, the Social Democrats, and providing a welcome boost for the German leader, ahead of national elections due in September.
Their main rival and current coalition partner, the centre - left Social Democrats led by Martin Schulz, got around 21 percent of the vote — their worst result in post-war Germany.
That was far ahead of their main rivals, the Social Democrats (SPD), who received 25.7 %.
Still, political rivals made hay on social media of the fact that a number of signatories are backers of the left - leaning New Democrats (NDP), including politicians like former Ontario provincial NDP leader Stephen Lewis, artists like film - maker Sarah Polley, and trade union members like Canadian Union of Public Employees president Paul Moist.