Social Democratic Party of Germany

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The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a major center-left political party and one of the country’s oldest democratic parties, historically associated with labor rights, social welfare, and opposition to authoritarianism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf centre-left political party
political party
social-democratic party
abbreviation Social Democratic Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: SPD
associatedWith Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Social Democratic Press Service
Vorwärts
bannedDuring Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi regime
coalitionPartner Alliance 90/The Greens
Free Democratic Party
country Germany
europeanAffiliation Party of European Socialists
europeanParliamentGroup Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
surface form: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
founded 1863
hasWing Arbeitsgemeinschaft 60plus
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Migration und Vielfalt
Social Democratic Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Selbständigen in der SPD

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arbeitnehmerfragen
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bildung
Arbeitsgemeinschaft sozialdemokratischer Frauen
Jusos
headquarters Berlin
historicallyAssociatedWith labour movement
trade unions
welfare state expansion
ideology democratic socialism
social democracy
internationalAffiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
membership over 350000 members
mergedFormation General German Workers' Association
Social Democratic Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany
nativeLabel Social Democratic Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
notableLeader Gerhard Schröder
Helmut Schmidt
Olaf Scholz
Willy Brandt
opposedTo authoritarianism
participatesIn politics of Germany
partOf traffic light coalition agreement 2021
surface form: traffic light coalition
partyColour red
politicalPosition centre-left
precededBy General German Workers' Association
Social Democratic Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany
producedChancellorOfGermany Gerhard Schröder
Helmut Schmidt
Olaf Scholz
Willy Brandt
representedIn Bundesrat
Bundestag
European Parliament
restored post-World War II period
shortName Social Democratic Party of Germany self-linksurface differs
surface form: SPD
youthWing Young Socialists in the SPD

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Otto Grotewohl memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Willy Brandt memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Third Way politics practicedBy Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: Social Democratic Party of Germany under Gerhard Schröder
Britta Ernst memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Britta Ernst spousePoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Wandel durch Annäherung implementedBy Social Democratic Party of Germany
Pöcking mayorParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: SPD
German federal election, July 1932 secondLargestParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Braunschweig mayorParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: SPD
Kapp Putsch opposedBy Social Democratic Party of Germany
Nazi seizure of power opponent Social Democratic Party of Germany
Anita Bose Pfaff politicalAffiliation Social Democratic Party of Germany
Abdication of Wilhelm II participant Social Democratic Party of Germany
Luxemburg memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
subject surface form: Rosa Luxemburg
Egon Bahr politicalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
PES hasMemberParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
subject surface form: Party of European Socialists
PSE hasMemberParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
subject surface form: Party of European Socialists
this entity surface form: German Social Democratic Party
German presidential election, 1932 winnerPartySupport Social Democratic Party of Germany
Herbrechtingen mayorParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: SPD
Weimar National Assembly significantPartyRepresentation Social Democratic Party of Germany
Aschersleben mayorParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: SPD
Franz Neumann memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Otto Klemperer memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Ernst Reuter memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
German Revolution of 1918–1919 participant Social Democratic Party of Germany
Elke Büdenbender memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
National Liberal Party opposed Social Democratic Party of Germany
German People's Party coalitionPartnerOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Clara Zetkin memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Gelsenkirchen mayorParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Grete memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
subject surface form: Grete Hermann
Karl Kautsky memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Eduard Bernstein memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Eduard Bernstein influenced Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: German social democracy
Johann Most politicalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany
Johann Most politicalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
International Socialist Congress of London 1896 hasParticipant Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: German Social Democratic Party
Brunswick, Germany mayorFromParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Free Voters of Bavaria distinctFrom Social Democratic Party of Germany
Politics of Bavaria majorPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
International Socialist Congress of Stuttgart 1907 organizedBy Social Democratic Party of Germany
International Socialist Congress of Copenhagen 1910 participant Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: German Social Democratic Party
International Socialist Congress of Basel 1912 participant Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: German Social Democratic Party
Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic majorParties Social Democratic Party of Germany
Second Schröder cabinet coalitionGovernmentOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Second Schröder cabinet governmentHeadParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
Karl Korsch memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Leonard Nelson memberOf Social Democratic Party of Germany
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein hasParliamentaryGroup Social Democratic Party of Germany
this entity surface form: Social Democratic Party of Germany parliamentary group in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Friedrich Ebert memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany