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German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil announced that the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will hold a federal party conference in December or January where the entire leadership team will face re-election following the resignation of Labour Minister Baerbel Bas. Klingbeil emphasized the need for mutual respect in political discourse after Bas cited public attacks, including those from coalition partners in the CDU/CSU bloc, as reasons for her departure.

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On October 12, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil announced that the Social Democratic Party (SPD) would hold a federal party conference in December or January. At this conference, the entire SPD leadership team will be up for election following the resignation of Labour Minister Baerbel Bas, who cited increasing "public attacks," including from members of the CDU/CSU conservative bloc, as her reason for stepping down. Klingbeil emphasized the need for a culture of mutual respect in politics during his statement to reporters.

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This follows the resignation of Baerbel Bas, Germany's labour minister and co-head of the SPD, who said she had faced increasing "public attacks", including from members of the CDU/CSU conservative bloc, the SPD's coalition partners.

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Germany's SPD will hold party conference with leadership election, Klingbeil says BERLIN, Oct 12 - asserted

Klingbeil → hold → election

German Finance Minister and Social Democratic Party co-leader Lars Klingbeil said on Monday that Germany needs a culture of mutual respect in politics and said the party will hold a federal party conference in December or January. asserted

party → say → December

"We will hold a federal party conference, not a convention but a full federal party conference," Klingbeil said. asserted

Klingbeil → hold → conference

"Following my proposal, the entire SPD leadership team will stand for election there, and a party leadership will be elected. asserted

leadership → follow → election

This follows the resignation of Baerbel Bas, Germany's labour minister and co-head of the SPD, who said she had faced increasing "public attacks", including from members of the CDU/CSU conservative bloc, the SPD's coalition partners. asserted

she → follow → bloc

"We are competitors, and we need a culture of debate. asserted

we → need → debate

But we also need a culture of mutual respect," Klingbeil said speaking to reporters. asserted

Klingbeil → need → reporters

Germany's SPD will hold party conference with leadership election, Klingbeil says

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