Country | Germany |
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Party name | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Native name | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
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Colorcode | |
Leader | Sigmar Gabriel |
Vice-leaders | Hannelore KraftKlaus WowereitOlaf ScholzManuela Schwesig |
General of party | Andrea Nahles |
Foundation | 23 May 1863 (ADAV)7 August 1869 (SDAP)27 May 1875 (merger) |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Position | Centre-left |
International | Socialist International |
European | Party of European Socialists |
Europarl | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
Colors | Red |
Youth wing | Jusos |
Wing1 title | Women's wing |
Wing1 | Association of Social Democratic Women |
Student wing | Socialist German Student Union (1946-1961), Juso-Hochschulgruppen (since 1973) |
Seats1 title | Seats in the Bundestag |
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Seats2 title | Seats in the Regional Parliaments |
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Seats3 title | Seats in the European Parliament |
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Headquarters | Willy-Brandt-HausD-10911 Berlin |
Website | http://www.spd.de }} |
The current party platform of the SPD espouses the goal of social democracy, which is seen as a vision of a societal arrangement in which freedom and social justice are paramount. According to the party platform, freedom, justice, and social solidarity, form the basis of social democracy. The coordinated social market economy should be strengthened, and its output should be distributed fairly. The party sees that economic system as necessary in order to ensure the affluence of the entire population. The SPD also tries to protect the society's disadvantaged with a welfare state. Concurrently, it advocates a sustainable fiscal policy that doesn't place a burden on future generations while eradicating budget deficits. In social policy, the SPD stands for civil and political rights in an open society. In foreign policy, the SPD aims at ensuring global peace by balancing global interests with democratic means. Thus, European integration is one of the main priorities of the SPD.
The General German Workingmens' Society (1863) and the Social Democratic Workers' Party (founded 1869), merged in 1875, under the name ''Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei''. From 1878 to 1890 the party was banned, but it still gained support in elections. In 1890, when the ban was lifted and it could again present electoral lists, the party adopted its current name. In the years leading up to World War I, the party remained ideologically radical in official principle, although many party officials tended to be moderate in everyday politics. By 1912, the party claimed the most votes of any German party.
Despite the agreement of the Second International to oppose the First World War, the SPD voted in favor of war in 1914. In response to this and the Bolshevik Revolution, members of the left and of the far-left of the SPD formed alternative parties, first the Spartacus League, then the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and later the Communist Party of Germany. After 1918 the SPD played an important role in the political system of the Weimar Republic, although it took part in coalition governments only in few years (1918–1921, 1923, 1928–1930). Adolf Hitler prohibited the party in 1933 under the Enabling Act - some party officials were imprisoned, killed or went into exile. In exile, the party used the name Sopade.
In 1945, the allied occupants in the Western zones initially allowed four parties to be established, which led to the Christian Democratic Union, the Free Democratic Party, the Communist Party of Germany, and the SPD being established. In the Soviet Zone of Occupation, the Soviets forced the Social Democrats to form a common party with the Communists (Socialist Unity Party of Germany or SED). In the Western zones, the Communist Party was later (1956) banned by West Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. Since 1949, in the Federal Republic of Germany, the SPD has been one of the two major parties, with the other being the Christian Democratic Union. From 1969 to 1982 and 1998 to 2005 the Chancellors of Germany were Social Democrats whereas the other years the Chancellors were Christian Democrats.
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He was Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's champion in 1987-8, and four-man champion in 1987-8 and 1988-9. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Appelt won the gold medal in the four-man event at Albertville in 1992. He also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1990 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Appelt retired from bobsledding at the 1992 games.
Appelt became a Member of Tyrolean Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria, but meanwhile he works again as a jeweller and jewellery designer in Fulpmes.
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