Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)

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democratic socialist party political party

The Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) was a democratic socialist political party that emerged from the former East German ruling party after reunification and later became a predecessor of the modern party Die Linke (The Left).

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Left (Germany)	3
Left Party.PDS	1
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	democratic socialist party ⓘ political party ⓘ
advocated	peace and disarmament ⓘ social justice ⓘ welfare state policies ⓘ workers' rights ⓘ
aimedTo	reform socialism along democratic lines ⓘ
color	red ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
emergedAfter	German reunification ⓘ
foundedBy	former members of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
hadYouthWing	Young Left (precursor structures) ⓘ
historicalContext	post-reunification transformation of East German politics ⓘ
historicalRole	bridge between East German state party and modern German left ⓘ
ideology	democratic socialism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
legalForm	registered political party in Germany ⓘ
mergedInto	Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Left (Germany)
nativeLabel	Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
notableFor	being main left-wing party in eastern Germany in the 1990s and early 2000s ⓘ
operatedIn	Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
opposed	neoliberal economic policies ⓘ
originatedAs	reformed successor of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
originatedFrom	East Germany ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentation	Bundestag ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ state parliaments in eastern Germany ⓘ
participatedIn	German federal elections ⓘ state elections in eastern German Länder ⓘ
partOf	German party system ⓘ
politicalOrientation	post-communist ⓘ
politicalPosition	left-wing ⓘ
precededBy	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	merger into The Left (Germany) ⓘ
representedGroup	former East German citizens ⓘ left-wing voters in eastern Germany ⓘ
selfDescription	democratic socialist party ⓘ
shortName	PDS ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	German left-wing politics ⓘ
status	defunct political party ⓘ
strongholdRegion	eastern Germany ⓘ
successor	Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Left Party.PDS Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Left (Germany)
wasCriticizedFor	links to former East German ruling structures ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hans Modrow → memberOf → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Left (Germany)

Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) → mergedInto → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Left (Germany)

Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) → nativeLabel → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus

Socialist Unity Party of Germany → reformedAs → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) ⓘ

Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) → successor → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Left (Germany)

Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) → successor → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Left Party.PDS

Socialist Unity Party of Germany → successor → Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) ⓘ