The resignation casts fresh doubt over the durability of Germany’s ruling coalition, which came close to falling apart last year. The politician said she would resign as head of the SPD on Monday and quit as leader of the party in parliament on Tuesday. “I am very sure that it would not be justifiable for us to have a fifth grand coalition,” Scholz told the German paper in an interview published on Sunday before Nahles announced she would resign. Last week German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported that former SPD leader Martin Schulz wants to replace Nahles as head of the parliamentary party. Former SPD leader Martin Schulz told Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper that he would not stand against Nahles in the leadership vote on Tuesday but declined to answer whether he would seek to be re-elected leader thereafter.

Source: bd News24 June 02, 2019 09:33 UTC