Read more Kurt Beck stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34387/kurt-beck.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 19:57:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36874/german-opposition-leader-quits.htmlJason Farago<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=134029&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401003926' border='0' />The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has resigned after the party leaked that it had chosen another leader to face Angela Merkel in next year's general election, reports Der Spiegel . The party's candidate will be Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current foreign minister in Merkel's grand coalition government. Kurt Beck, who has...Kurt Beck, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party, speaks during a news conference at the party's headquarter in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 14, 2008.http://www.newser.com/story/36874/german-opposition-leader-quits.htmlMon, 08 Sep 2008 06:18:07 CDT