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SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

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The SPD (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) traces its founding to 1863 and is the oldest party in the Bundestag. It holds seats in the Bundestag, the European Parliament and all 16 state parliaments. Since 2025 it has governed at federal level together with the CDU and CSU. As of September 2026.

The SPD has existed since 1863. It is the oldest party in the Bundestag, the German parliament. Its full name is Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. The SPD has seats in the Bundestag and in all 16 state parliaments. It governs Germany together with the CDU and CSU.

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Placement

Based on the program for the 2025 federal election with 129 points.

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conservative
conservative, more stateconservative, more marketprogressive, more stateprogressive, more marketSPD
progressive
more statemore market

Each axis measures one topic. There is no single "left" or "right" for everything here: economy, society, migration and security are kept apart. Only what the program says is placed. How to read the placement

  • Economyleaning more state (-1), from 79 points

    Points per step: 13 clearly more state, 57 leaning more state, 4 balanced, 5 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

  • Civil liberties and securityleaning security and order first (+0.9), from 12 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly civil liberties first, 1 leaning civil liberties first, 1 balanced, 8 leaning security and order first, 2 clearly security and order first

  • Societyleaning progressive (-1.2), from 19 points

    Points per step: 4 clearly progressive, 15 leaning progressive, 0 balanced, 0 leaning conservative, 0 clearly conservative

  • Europeleaning more EU (-1.1), from 20 points

    Points per step: 2 clearly more EU, 18 leaning more EU, 0 balanced, 0 leaning less EU, 0 clearly less EU

  • Climateleaning climate first (-0.8), from 19 points

    Points per step: 1 clearly climate first, 15 leaning climate first, 2 balanced, 1 leaning growth first, 0 clearly growth first

  • Migrationleaning open (-0.7), from 10 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly open, 7 leaning open, 3 balanced, 0 leaning restrictive, 0 clearly restrictive

  • Foreign policybalanced (-0.1), from 16 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly diplomacy first, 7 leaning diplomacy first, 4 balanced, 5 leaning deterrence first, 0 clearly deterrence first

The small columns under the bars show how many points sit on each of the five steps.

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