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15 Facts About SPD

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The SPD is a member of 11 of the 16 German state governments and is a leading partner in seven of them.

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The SPD led the federal government from 1969 to 1982,1998 to 2005 and again since 2021.

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SPD holds pro-EU stances and is a member of the Party of European Socialists and sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament.

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The SPD was a founding member of the Socialist International, but the party left in 2013 after criticising its acceptance of parties they consider to be violating human rights.

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5.

The SPD subsequently founded the Progressive Alliance and was joined by numerous other parties around the world.

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6.

Previously, the SPD was a founding member of both the Second International and the Labour and Socialist International.

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The SPD was the largest Marxist party in Europe and consistently the most popular party in German federal elections from 1890 onward, although it was surpassed by other parties in terms of seats won in the Reichstag due to the electoral system.

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8.

The SPD was sidelined as the Nazi Party gained popularity and conservatives dominated the government, assisted by Hindenburg's frequent use of emergency powers.

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In West Germany, the SPD became one of two major parties, alongside the Christian Democratic Union.

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10.

SPD's government sought to normalise relations with East Germany and the Eastern Bloc, a policy known as Ostpolitik.

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11.

The SPD returned to government under Gerhard Schroder after the 1998 federal election in a coalition with The Greens.

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12.

Under the chairmanship of Kurt Schumacher, the SPD was a socialist party representing the interests of the working class and of trade unions.

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13.

Party platform of the SPD espouses the goal of social democracy, which it envisions as a societal arrangement in which freedom and social justice are paramount.

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SPD is mostly composed of members belonging to either of the two main wings, namely the Keynesian social democrats and Third Way moderate social democrats belonging to the Seeheimer Kreis.

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The list begins after the SPD was formed in 1875, when labour parties unified to form the SPD.

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