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Social Democratic Party

noun

  1. History/Historical. a political party in Germany advocating a form of social organization based on the economic and political ideology of Karl Marx.
  2. any of several European political parties advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic processes.
  3. a U.S. political party, organized about 1897, that joined former members of the Socialist Labor party to form the Socialist party.


Social Democratic Party

noun

  1. (in Britain 1981–90) a centre political party founded by ex-members of the Labour Party. It formed an alliance with the Liberal Party and continued in a reduced form after many members left to join the Social and Liberal Democratic Party in 1988
  2. one of the two major political parties in Germany (formerly in West Germany), favouring gradual reform
  3. any of the parties in many other countries similar to that of Germany
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But as the Weimar Republic's economy collapsed, so did the ruling coalition led by the center-left Social Democratic Party.

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In her rare intervention in politics, Merkel said he was breaking a pledge made in November to work with the Social Democratic Party and the Greens to pass legislation, not the AfD.

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But Merkel accused him of breaking a pledge he made in November to work with the Social Democratic Party and the Greens to pass legislation, not AfD.

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Sweden’s Social Democratic Party is set to obtain 30% of the vote in June, and remains the largest party in Sweden, even though a centre-right coalition is in government.

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The main opponent, center-left Social Democratic Party, backed by President Zoran Milanović, got 42 seats while the far-right Homeland Movement was third, with 14 seats, according to the tally released by the State Election Commission.

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