a night of celebration in madrid where the match was played. america evans team it s good to have you with us germany s social democrats have lost another leader on today and allah says she s stepping down after just 14 months on the job she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament her announcement comes as her party agonizes over its future following a double election defeat knowledges face pressure after german voters handed the social democrats their worst ever result in last month s european elections and the s.p.d. also lost a state election braman for the 1st time in over 70 years senior party members are due to meet on monday to discuss the party s future direction. all