On 21 January 2018, the SPD held a special party conference in Bonn. The party leader, Martin Schulz, asked the delegates to approve coalition talks with the CDU and CSU. He called the vote a Schlüsselmoment, a key moment. Kevin Kühnert, the 28-year-old leader of the party’s youth organization, led the opposition from the floor. Heute einmal ein Zwerg sein, um künftig wieder Riesen sein zu können. Be a dwarf for once today, so that we can be giants again in the future. The delegates approved the talks by 362 votes to 279.