Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, will run for a seat in the German Bundestag next year, he told POLITICO.
Given that he’s set to head the list for the state of Nord-Rhine Westphalia, he is close to guaranteed a seat in the federal parliament — formalizing his ambition to be a contender for Germany’s top job in next year’s election.
“You woke me up. I’m going to make a public statement at 9.30 today,” Schulz said when reached by phone after midnight early Thursday.
He then confirmed a report by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that he’s going run for a …read more
Source: European Voice
