| Author (Person) | Williamson, Hugh |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 23.10.07 |
| Publication Date | 23/10/2007 |
| Content Type | News |
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Kurt Beck, chairman of Germany’s Social Democrats, advanced the party’s leftward shift, October 2007 as he won leadership backing to reverse a core element of the Agenda 2010 economic reforms introduced by Gerhard Schröder when he was Chancellor. The overwhelming vote by the party’s executive board ensures Mr Beck’s victory in a bitter power struggle with Franz Müntefering, a former SPD chairman and now vice-chancellor in Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat-led grand coalition government. |
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| Countries / Regions | Germany |
