Social Democratic Party SPD leader and top candidate Martin Schulz addresses supporters after the federal election at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats vowed to return to the opposition and push themes of social justice as they remake their party after winning less than 21 percent of the vote in Sunday's election, the worst result in their post-war history.
The SPD party swiftly announced it would quit the "grand coalition" in which it has served alongside conservative Prime Minister Angela Merkel for the past four years.
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