Social People's Party of Germany

This article is about the political party founded in Berlin in 1984. For the Neo-Nazi party from Mecklenburg Vorpommern, see Social People's Party (Germany).
Social People's Party of Germany
Soziale Volkspartei Deutschlands
AbbreviationSVD
LeaderWolfgang Staschen
Founded18 August 1984; 40 years ago (1984-08-18)
Dissolvedunknown
Membership (1984)~200
IdeologySocial democracy
Anti-Immigration[1]

The Social People's Party of Germany (German: Soziale Volkspartei Deutschlands) short-form: SVD, was a minor German political party which split off from the SPD in 1984. It was led by Wolfgang Staschen, a former local SPD leader in West Berlin.[2]

The SVD was founded on 18 August, 1984 in the Hotel Berlin on Lützowplatz. The event was attended by roughly 200 people, most of which were former members of the SPD.[3][4][5] The main goals of the party were to prevent a perceived left-shift of the SPD as well as its ability to form a Red-Green coalition by establishing a new fifth major political party in Germany.[1][2][5] The SVD only ever participated in the 1985 West Berlin state election, where it received 1,406 votes (0.1%).[6] The dissolution date of the party is unknown, however it likely dissolved not shortly after its electoral defeat.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Die Regierung muß über ihre Ausländerpolitik entscheiden. Gibt es eine gerechte Lösung?: Die Angst vor den Fremden | ZEIT ONLINE". 2016-12-21. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2023-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b Die Welt, 13 August 1984, p. 4 (in German).
  3. ^ ""Ein Buchantiquar, der Bücher sammelt, ist wie ein Wirt, der säuft": Nachbarschaftsheim Schöneberg e. V., Berlin". stadtteilzeitung.nbhs.de. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  4. ^ a b "Berlin: Wolfgang Staschen". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  5. ^ a b Schmollinger, Horst W. (1985). "Die Wahl zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus vom 10. März 1985. Zunehmende Mobilisierungs- und Integrationsschwäche des Parteiensystems". Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 16 (3): 337–354. ISSN 0340-1758. JSTOR 24222410.
  6. ^ Wahlen zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus am 10. März 1985