Franz Müntefering

The first step toward a party rebirth was taken on Friday. Addressing gathered delegates in Dresden, outgoing party leader Franz Muntefering said "we are fit and combat ready. We will come back." Prior to Muntefering's address, many in the...

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...top officials quit on Tuesday after the party's worst election result since World War II that relegated it to the opposition. Franz Muentefering, former right-hand man of the SPD's last chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, announced he was...

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...party. I have decided to do the latter." The position of party chairman came open when party leader Franz Muntefering indicated that he would resign as a result of the dismal election results. Steinmeier had initially seemed to indicate his...

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...begin to sink in, it seems that open season has been declared on the party's leadership. While party boss Franz Muntefering has already given notice that he will step down in November, there are now increasing calls from within the party...

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...said he would become SPD parliamentary leader. Yet the debacle could signal a change of leadership at Germany's oldest party as Franz Muntefering, chairman, comes under pressure to go on Monday. The FDP's good performance may give it...

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...76 and the Greens 68. </p><p>Steinmeier said he hoped to be a strong opposition leader, and party chairman Franz Muentefering said he planned to stay on, but neither immediately offered a vision for the party's future. </p><p>"This is...

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...Questions DPA Biggest Loss: The Social Democrats are asking whether their leaders -- Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Franz Muntefering -- are to blame. Election results for Germany's Social Democrats are the worst in the party's...

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...SPD receives far below 30 percent of the vote, then the current party leadership could be forced to resign en masse. Party Chairman Franz Muntefering, Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck and Steinmeier would all suddenly be history.

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...an emergency landing at Germany's Stuttgart airport after its landing gear failed. The leader of Germany's Social Democrats, Franz Muentefering, was on board the plane. Less than two weeks before a federal election, Muentefering was on his...

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...said five passengers suffered shock and a stewardess was taken to a hospital for observation. </p><p>Among those on board was Franz Muentefering, the chairman of one of Germany's governing parties, the center-left Social Democrats. </p><p>"It...

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