Photo: DPAThe defeat Sunday of German Social Democrat Martin Schulz at the hands of Chancellor Angela Merkel is his party's worst loss since World War II and another blow for Europe's centre-left. "After the latest defeat against Merkel, Social Democrats now need to seriously rethink their approach," said Michael Broening of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a think tank close to the SPD. "In particular, they will have to face the bitter fact that many workers have turned their back on the former workers' party." Many defected to the far-left Die Linke party, further splintering the left spectrum which also includes the ecologist Greens party. But the German SPD "decided 20 years ago to move to the centre," said Neugebauer.

Source: The Local September 24, 2017 17:37 UTC