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Germany

Schultz resigns as SPD chairman

German Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz announced on Tuesday he would resign with immediate effect as SPD chairman, according to local media Focus online. The SPD presidium has nominated the SPD parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles as the new Party leader, a decision pending approval. The election will take place on April 22 at a Party conference in Wiesbaden, Schulz said in Berlin.