Social Democratic Party of Germany

...has surprised Germany with his decisions several times over the years. A former German finance minister and former leader of the center-left Social Democratic Party, he resigned from the two positions in 1999 in a shock decision which many in...

In this article: Oskar Lafontaine, Left Party, Cancer, Left Party, Germany, Bundestag, Christian Democratic Union, Free Democratic Party, and Social Democratic Party

...and we are not constantly trying to catch each other out, as was the case with the former coalition government of the CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party. SPIEGEL: Not everyone in your party shares your opinion. Your deputy, Andreas...

In this article: Guido Westerwelle, Free Democratic Party, Social Democrat, Christian Democratic Union, Social Democratic Party, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, and Winston Churchill

...am Dienstag, 10. November 2009, waehrend seiner Rede im Bundestag in Berlin. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) --- The faction leader of the German Social Democratic Party, Frank-Walter Steinmeier is seen during his speech at the German Federal...

In this article: Angela Merkel, Berlin, Bundestag, Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, European Union, and Copenhagen

...like she always wanted to be, but my heart still beats like a socialist. That's a great difference between her and me. Usually I vote the Socialist Party. People from the East concentrate on the small things. We didn't have a lot of big...

In this article: Socialist Party, Berlin, and German Democratic Republic

...former communist ruling party of the GDR. In western Germany, the Left Party got 8 per cent; in eastern Germany, 26 per cent, more than the Social Democratic Party of former chancellors Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt and Gerhard Schroeder.

In this article: History, East Berlin, Germany, Banana, Left Party, Beijing, German Democratic Republic, Angela Merkel, Willy Brandt, and Karl Marx

...about the separation of Germany with a few people who belonged to my political party. In the early 1970s I had become a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany because it felt like a good fit for me politically. At that time...

In this article: Germany, Hamburg, Social Democrats, Stinging nettle, and Social Democratic Party

...but the reader would need to guess at their role in defusing class conflict and drawing the trade unions into a consensus that the Social Democratic Party would sooner or later have to follow. Both had an ideological as well as a pragmatic...

In this article: Konrad Adenauer, History, Hans Globke, Nazism, Germany, Europe, and Theodor Oberlander

...the loss of billions in Germany should be brought to account. But outgoing Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries, a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), has turned down all calls for a tightening of criminal law when it...

In this article: BayernLB, Germany, Conviction, KfW, Frankfurt, Munich, and Social Democratic Party

Angela Merkel is elected German chancellor for a second time Rival Social Democratic Party suffers worst election night since WWII Merkel expected to form coalition with economically liberal Free Democratic Party CNN) -- Re-elected...

In this article: Angela Merkel, CDU, Free Democratic Party, World War II, Social Democratic Party, Bundestag, Christian Democratic Union, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier

...rescued from oblivion have led to new demands for a levy on securities trading. In the run-up to Germany's general election, the Social Democratic Party has called for a global tax on financial transactions to curb the excesses of finance...

In this article: Tax, John Maynard Keynes, Capitalism, Financial Services Authority, Social Democratic Party, Adair Turner, City of London, Wall Street, London, and New York