German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, in this January 29, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/Files
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German political landscape is strewn with men who tried to take on Angela Merkel and failed. Sigmar Gabriel, the leader of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), is working hard to avoid the same fate.
Since the SPD's crushing defeat at the hands of Merkel's conservatives in an election last September, no German politician has racked up as many political wins as the 54-year-old economy minister with keen political instincts and a knack for rousing speeches.
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