Germany: Former left-wing SPD chancellor urges his party to keep coalition with CDU together to block AfD (opens in new tab)

Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) spoke at the Social Democratic (SPD) faction meeting this week. It is one year this week since he handed the reins over to Friedrich Merz (CDU), with the gathering serving as an interim assessment of the ruling CDU/CSU-SPD coalition, and he issued warnings to his party about the rising popularity […]