while the popularity of the opposition Social Democrats declined. The survey found 20 percent of respondents saying they would vote for the NCP if elections were held now, reflecting a 1.2 percentage ...

He entered politics in 1999 by joining the left-wing Social Democrats (SDP), formerly the communist party, and became leader in 2007. Milanovic served as prime minister from 2011 to 2016.

Sources told dpa that Rolf Mützenich, of Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats (SDP), and opposition leader Friedrich Merz, from the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), are expected at ...

The centre-right Croatian Democratic Union faces a bruising test in this May’s elections – but the the main opposition Social Democratic Party is unlikely to profit from the ruling party’s ...

The reality is Democrats will only change in their orientation if they come under enough pressure from strong class-centered social movements, and if enough left-wing and populist politicians ...

Scholz is to be the top candidate for the Brandenburg SPD. Soeren Stache/dpa German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) are gradually making up ground ahead of expected elections in ...

Sharp and eloquent, he won the presidency for the Social Democrats (SDP) in 2020 with pledges to advocate tolerance and liberalism. But he used the office to attack political opponents and EU ...

The ostensibly left-of-centre Social Democratic Party (SDP) ditched its principles in favour of throwing ... The CDU had previously governed in coalition with the Free Democrats - an almost-permanent ...