Martin Schulz

As far as Recep Tayyip Erdogan is concerned, it's not just German Chancellor Angela Merkel who's a Nazi; so is Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. And while French President Emmanuel Macron is "brain dead" and all Europeans are "fascists," Greeks are "barbarians." Once more, the Turkish president has gone too far, making vulgar accusations and comparisons to Nazi atrocities.

Social Democratic Party leader Martin Schulz announced his resignation, DPA reported. Shortly after, the party's leadership announced that it supported the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group Andrea Nahles for the post. Her candidacy will be voted on by party members on April 22.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) negotiated through the night into Wednesday in a marathon final push to nail down a new coalition agreement, according to Reuters. 

Negotiators from the two blocs remained locked in talks at the headquarters of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), where they began meeting at 10 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Tuesday.

German Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz said on Thursday his party had found common ground with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in many areas but there were still "big hurdles" to clear before they could agree to join a governing coalition, writes Reuters. 

Europe is not ready for a federal system, trusted allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) have said, rejecting a vision for the continent as proposed by Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), a former coalition partner.

United States of Europe until 2025 and strong integration within the European Union (EU), said Martin Schulz, who was re-elected as leader of the German Social Democrats on Thursday. According to him, if one of the member countries refuses to join and refuses to accept the new conditions and standards for the protection of civil society, it has to leave the EU.

Germany's center-left Social Democrats agreed to enter into talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives about possibly forming a new government, according to a report Monday.

SPD leadership met Monday and unanimously decided on opening talks with Merkel's Christian Democrats and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, Reuters reported.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has sent a text message to Germany's Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz urging him to join a grand coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

In an interview with local media, the SPD chief said that Greece's leftist prime minister had urged him not to let "this deciding phase in Europe go to pass."

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the head of Bavaria's conservatives, and the leader of the center Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday, his office said on Friday, quoted by Reuters. 

The leader of Germany's Social Democrats came under growing pressure on Thursday to drop his opposition to a new "grand coalition" with Angela Merkel's conservatives, with senior politicians arguing the party had a duty to promote stability, reported Reuters.