Global terror The designated chairman of the German Social Democratic Party on Friday rejected calls for a radical leftward shift after an historic electoral debacle in September that sent the country’s oldest party into opposition for the first time in 11 years.
Addressing a party conference that was expected to approve a sweeping leadership reshuffle, Sigmar Gabriel pledged to keep the party “in the centre” and claimed to re-conquer “intellectual leadership” in a country now ruled by a centre-right government.
