Social Democratic Party of Germany

:SPD redirects here. For other uses, see SPD (disambiguation)

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The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is one of the oldest political parties of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. Rooted in the workers' movement, it formerly was more explicitly socialist (and is still a member party of the Socialist International); more recently, under Gerhard Schröder's lead, it has adopted a few tenets of neoliberalism while remaining committed to social democracy. Members of the party who are younger than 35 are organized in the Jusos.

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Political parties - Germany - Socialist - Socialist International - Gerhard Schröder - Neoliberalism - Social democracy - Jusos

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