The SPD presidium has nominated the SPD parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles as the new Party leader, a decision pending approval. The election will take place on April 22 at a Party conference in Wiesbaden, Schulz said in Berlin.
"For me, this is the last speech as chairman of the SPD," Schulz was quoted by Focus online as saying. "It's a difficult job at times, but I retire without bitterness and resentment."
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