Photo Gallery The SPD and Günter Grass
Nobel laureate Günter Grass has long been an influential supporter fo the center-left Social Democrats. But his recent poem about Israel has led many SPD members to distance themselves from Grass.
Grass has accompanied leading SPD politicians on the campaign trail for decades. Here, he is seen in 1985 together with SPD head Willy Brandt (center) and Gerhard Schröder (left), who at the time was the SPD's lead candidate in state elections in Lower Saxony.
Foto: Db Bundespresseamt/ dpa/dpaweb
While Sigmar Gabriel agrees that some parts of Günter Grass' recent poem on Israel and Iran were objectionable, he says the debate about the poem has missed the point. Gabriel too is critical of Israel.
Foto: Ariel Schalit/ AP
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