German Greens demand new SPD expulsion procedure for Schröder over Putin visit

Green Party co-leader Franziska Brantner calls Gerhard Schröder's birthday visit to Vladimir Putin 'politically intolerable' and urges the SPD to launch a new expulsion procedure against the former chancellor. The demand escalates intra-German political pressure on Schröder, whose ties to Russia have long been controversial, but the SPD has previously resisted expulsion. The outcome is uncertain and hinges on SPD leadership response.