Seclusion of SPD party leadership in Berlin, Germany - 16 Mar 2024
BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 16: A general view of the German Social Democratic Party leadership table with (L-R) German Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Construction, Klara Geywitz (SPD), German Federal Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach (SPD, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Economist and SPD member Achim Truger, co-leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), Lars Klingbeil, of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), Saskia Esken, during the second of a two-day retreat of the SPD leadership on March 16, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. The SPD, the leading member of Germany's three-party Federal Coalition government, is currently faring poorly in polls ahead of upcoming European parliamentary elections in June and three state elections in eastern Germany in September.