From a Workers' Association to a Major Political Party - 150 Years of the SPD
Politics
May 16, 2013
The Social Democratic Party, or SPD, is Germany's oldest democratic party. On May 23rd it will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. Today the SPD is in the opposition in the Bundestag. However the party has played an important role in German history and produced several of the country's chancellors.