In a German grand coalition or not, SPD’s survival is at risk
Far-right AfD is winning working-class votes and SPD is becoming less relevant among young and middle-class voters. Andrea Nahles (L) and Olaf Scholz of Social Democratic party (SPD) give a press statement in Berlin. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters When Dietmar Nietan, treasurer of the German Social Democrats, takes the stage at the party’s Berlin headquarters at…