Social Democrats (SPD) Hold Federal Party Congress

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 07: Martin Schulz, leader of the German Social Democrats (SPD), after his speach at the SPD federal party congress on December 7, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. SPD delegates are meeting for the three-day congress to elect party leadership and also to vote on whether to pursue coalition negotiations with the German Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU). The CDU and CSU had pursued coalition talks with the German Greens Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), though those talks collapsed in November. Schulz and other SPD leaders had vowed the party would not seek a coalition with the Christian Democrats and would instead remain in the opposition following federal elections last September, though the November coalition talks collapse has led many in the SPD to reconsider. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)