Matthias Platzeck
Matthias Platzeck
Matthias Platzeckis a German politician. He was Minister President of Brandenburg from 2002 to 2013 and party chairman of the SPD from November 2005 to April 2006...
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A party that debates is alive, and we want a lively party that will attract others. The SPD is more than a collection of wings and subgroups. It cannot be divided.
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I want my party to be a place where something is always going on, with one condition -- that what goes on must always be constructive and look forward, not destructive and directed against each other. We should draw a line under the turbulence of recent weeks and look forward.
fantastic result
It's a fantastic result and won't be topped.
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I've been told this reminds some of the East German days. But the difference is this one was genuine.
attempt discredit policies
This is an attempt to discredit the policies of Gerhard Schroeder, policies that were right.
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There will be no cooperation of any kind with the Left Party.
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This is not a love match but a very sober marriage of convenience.
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We can't continue to look on, when there are entire sectors where there are wages that don't provide a secure livelihood.
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Anyone who promises that everything can be made the way it used to be with the recipes of the past betrays in reality the people he claims to represent. We must never participate in this betrayal and we must never allow this betrayal.