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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

German Socialists bounce back from crisis

Germany's Social Democratic Party seems to have bounced back from a popularity crisis after its chairman surprisingly stepped down.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Germany's government in crisis

Germany's grand coalition government is facing its first serious stability crisis after the resignation of the No. 2 official in Berlin.

Top News // 1 decade ago

German vice chancellor resigns

German Vice Chancellor and Labor Minister Franz Muentefering will step down to care for his ailing wife, leaving the status of the ruling coalition in question.

Business News // 1 decade ago

German unemployment drops below 4 million

Germany's unemployment level dropped to less than 4 million as Europe's largest economy continued to grow, the German government reported Tuesday.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Stoiber turns down German Cabinet post

Edmund Stoiber Tuesday turned down an opportunity to join the new German Cabinet and will remain premier of Bavaria.

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Germany names new Cabinet

Political uncertainty eased in Germany Thursday as Cabinet positions were assigned, with conservative Peer Steinbrueck becoming Finance minister.

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Schroeder: No coalition with leftist union

Germany's Social Democrats will "definitely not" team up with a union of two leftist parties after the upcoming federal elections, top party officials said.

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German politician compares CDU with Nazis

Germany's Christian Democrats are outraged about comments of a Social Democratic Party official comparing the opposition to the Nazis.

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German unions, Social Democrats to meet

German Social Democrats have called an emergency summit with union leaders to discuss the widening schism between the two groups.

Top News // 2 decades ago

Social Democrats, German unions meet

Germany's Social Democratic leadership, which has urged unions to moderate their criticism of the government, met with union leaders Monday.

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The growth forecasts and labor market development show a clear trend: Unemployment is sinking
German unemployment drops below 4 million May 01, 2007

It is about speaking with each other in plain language and sounding out one thing or another
Social Democrats, German unions meet Mar 29, 2004

Franz Müntefering (help·info) (born 16 January 1940) is a German politician. He is Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 18 October 2008, a position he already held from 2004 to 2005. He was Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, as well as Vice-Chancellor, from 2005 to 2007.

He was born in Neheim (now part of Neheim-Hüsten) and joined the SPD in 1966. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1975 to 1992 and again since 1998; from 1995 to 1998 he was a member of the Landtag (state parliament) of North Rhine-Westphalia.

He was Bundesgeschäftsführer (executive director) of the SPD from 1995 to 1998, and after holding briefly the post of Minister of Transportation and Construction in the first cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, he was the first to hold the new post of SPD General Secretary from 1999 to 2002, and thereafter became leader of the SPD fraction in the Bundestag. In February 2004 he was designated to succeed Schröder as party chairman in March 2004.

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