Alliance U-turn leaves SPD in crisis

Germany’s Social Democrats conceded on the 4 March 2008 that they would form an informal alliance at regional state level with former communists, confirming a policy U-turn that has pitched the party into a leadership crisis.

Deutsche Welle, 7.3.08: Social Democrat Abandons Bid to Become Premier of Hesse http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3178010,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 5.3.08: Germany's Social Democrats Consider Left Party Deal http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3167706,00.html

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