Schulz to quit as EU Parliament chief, enter German politics
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BRUSSELS - Germany's Martin Schulz said on Thursday he would step down as head of the European Parliament and return to national politics in elections next year.
"I will not run as president of the European parliament for a third term next year, I will run for the German Bundestag as the head of the list of my party, the SPD, in North Rhine-Westphalia," Schulz told reporters in Brussels, referring to the Social Democrats.
