Martin Schulz

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on June 29 condemned remarks by Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), over a potential rally by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who will visit the country as a part of the G-20 summit in Hamburg next week.

Speaking to German daily Bild on June 28, Schulz had called for a ban on a major event by the Turkish president in the country.

President Tayyip Erdoğan's address to the Turkish community in Germany during his visit to country for the G-20 Summit on July 7-8 is "not on his official schedule yet," Turkish presidential sources told the Hürriyet Daily News on June 29.

The German government believes it would be "inappropriate" for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to make public appearances in Germany outside the G20 summit given current tensions between the two NATO allies, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on June 29.

German lawmakers will decide Friday whether to legalize same-sex marriage, according to CNN affiliate NTV. The snap vote comes after Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that she would like to see parliament move towards a "vote of conscience" on the issue.

Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz lashed out June 25 at Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of "arrogance" as he sought to reverse his party's plunging popularity.

At a special congress to decide his party's campaign program for Sept. 24 elections, Schulz accused Merkel and her conservative CDU party of "systematically refusing debate on the future of the country."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a news conference that following the announcement from President Donald Trump, all remaining parties of the Paris climate agreement had to "look to the future'', according to DW.

Germany's Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz acknowledged on May 15 that his party faced a "rocky road" to national elections, after it was soundly beaten in a key state by Chancellor Angela Merkel's party.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 9 ruled out any participation on German soil in a potential Turkish referendum on bringing back the death penalty in the country.

Germany cannot let Turkish expats vote for a potential referendum on reinstating capital punishment in Turkey, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz has said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday welcomed a surprise state poll triumph by her party as "encouraging" for a September general election, as hype around her main rival fizzled in its first test.

With just six months to go until voters decide whether Merkel will have a fourth term, the election in the tiny southwestern state of Saarland Sunday took on outsized importance.