# Germany: Bas quits as SPD co-chair amid coalition friction

https://mins.news/en/item/95933

- DW, 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-bas-quits-as-spd-co-chair-amid-coalition-friction/a-79636869?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> 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.

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