FILE PHOTO: Germany's Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz holds a speech during an event at the SPD headquarters in Berlin, Germany, July 16, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court said it had ordered the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats to remove a fake tweet issued in the name of top Social Democrat Martin Schulz or face a fine of up to 250,000 euros (223,498.50 pounds).
There has been growing tension between the conservatives and the centre-left SPD led by Schulz, former president of the European Parliament, ahead of Germany's national elections on Sept. 24.
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