2017 German federal election
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A federal election was held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats de
Angela Merkel. Tallinn Digital Summit
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The father of the house of the 19th Bundestag, Hermann Otto Solms
Martin Schulz
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Martin Schulz is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from Germany from 1994 to 2017 and a Member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. During his tenure he was Leader of the
2017 German federal election
…the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) to form a grand coalition for the third time. In January 2017, party leader Sigmar Gabriel recommended Martin Schulz, the former president of the European Parliament, as their leader and chancellor candidate. The party substantially increased its support as a result…
Schulz in 2012
Martin Schulz with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in 2014
The ceremony of the Sakharov Prize awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi by Schulz, inside the European Parliament's Strasbourg hemicycle, in 2013
Schulz meeting with the Turkish opposition politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who was later arrested