German minister quits after death of stepdaughter and political attacks. Fragile coalition suffers another blow as labour minister and co-leader of SPD Bärbel Bas leaves both posts Germany’s labour minister and co-leader of the centre-left ⁠Social Democrats (SPD), Bärbel Bas, has quit both posts, citing the death of her stepdaughter and subsequent political attacks against her, in a stinging blow to the fragile coalition government.

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German minister quits after death of stepdaughter and political attacks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/12/german-labour-minister-co-leader-spd-social-democrats-barbel-bas-quits-death-stepdaughter-political-attacks

Fragile coalition suffers another blow as labour minister and co-leader of SPD Bärbel Bas leaves both posts Germany’s labour minister and co-leader of the centre-left ⁠Social Democrats (SPD), Bärbel Bas, has quit both posts, citing the death of her stepdaughter and subsequent political attacks against her, in a stinging blow to the fragile coalition government. “After my stepdaughter’s death, I re