Tag: SPD
Germany’s SPD urge Merkel’s conservatives to speed up euro zone reform
BERLIN: Germany’s Social Democrats on Tuesday raised the pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives to back proposals to reform the euro zone as agreed...
Germany’s Social Democrats clear path for Merkel’s fourth term
BERLIN: Germany's second-biggest party said Sunday its members have in their high-stakes referendum approved a plan to join Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, clearing the...
Social Democrat party members vote on Germany coalition government
BERLIN: Germany will learn on Sunday whether the Social Democrat (SPD) party’s 464,000 members have voted in favour of a coalition with Chancellor Angela...
German Ash Wednesday: Political tussles to be more stormy for leaders
BERLIN: Germany's long-standing tradition of political leaders exchanging verbal blows on Ash Wednesday could prove to be more stormy than normal as the nation's...
Merkel’s conservatives vow to block coalition projects: critics
BERLIN: The business wing of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Saturday vowed to block certain projects included in this week’s coalition agreement with the...
Germany conservatives, centre-left parties finally ‘reach deal’ on coalition
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats sealed a deal Wednesday on a new coalition, officials close to the talks said, potentially...
Merkel-SPD enter in final stretch of coalition-building marathon
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will sit down with their historic centre-left rivals Sunday to try and seal a deal to form a government...
Merkel’s conservatives and SPD open ‘grand coalition’ talks
Chancellor Angela Merkel called Friday for a quick end to the last stretch of tortuous negotiations to forge a government for Germany, in a...
SPD in all-or-nothing vote on Merkel alliance
BERLIN: Germany's divided Social Democrats will hold a crunch vote Sunday on whether to pursue a coalition deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives or...
Merkel to meet with SPD as preliminary ‘grand coalition’ talks begin
BERLIN: Germany’s beleaguered chancellor will return to the negotiating table on Sunday with politicians from the Social Democratic party (SPD) and representatives of her...
Merkel starts over with coalition talks
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, weakened by an election setback in September, launches a second bid to build a coalition government on Sunday when...
Army announces posting of surgeon general, SPD director general
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday promoted Major General Zahid Hamid to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed him as the Surgeon General of...
COAS visit SPD
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday visited Strategic Plans Division (SPD.
The COAS was received by Strategic Plans Division...
ECC approves proposal of transfer of HMC to SPD
Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet considered and approved the proposal for transfer of Heavy Mechanical Complex to Strategic Plans Division (SPD)/PAEC. While...
