PoliticsGermany: Bas quits as SPD co-chair amid coalition friction

Bärbel Bas has stepped down as Germany’s labor minister and as a Social Democratic Party co-leader. She cited her stepdaughter’s death and “open attacks” within the governing coalition with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats, saying she could not fully carry out her duties.

German politicsBärbel BasSocial Democratic Partygoverning coalition

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