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Germany updates: Lawmakers curb refugee family reunification

Lawmakers have voted to suspend family reunification rights for refugees who do not hold full asylum status. Meanwhile, as Germany faces labor shortages, figures show much of its workforce is untapped.

SPD’s Klingbeil re-elected but not without internal dissent

Lars Klingbeil was re-elected as co-leader at the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) congress in Berlin, receiving 65% support, a significant decrease from the 85.6% he garnered in 2023.

A number of SPD members told DW that Klingbeil made mistakes during the election campaign, which contributed to Germany’s oldest party achieving its worst-ever election result earlier this year.

They say he has still not drawn the right conclusions and accuse him of being too power-hungry.

Klingbeil interpreted the poor result for him today as criticism of his Ukraine-friendly and Russia-critical course.

That’s not the real reason, say many SPD members.

Was tonight an expression of frustration that needed to be vented once? Or will Germany’s finance minister be busy dealing with a party whose full support he does not have for quite some time to come?

The latter could weaken the Social Democrats’ position as the Conservatives’ junior partner in the German government.

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