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epa05844338 Designated Social Democratic Party (SPD) chairman and candidate in the upcoming elections, Martin Schulz (C) and Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (L) pose with other participants at the start of a convention of the Progressive Alliance (PA) at the SPD party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, 12 March 2017. The Progressive Alliance consist of some 140 members of social-democratic parties and organisations. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN