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October 1, 2009 Berlin Few political institutions anywhere have a nobler history than the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, a.k.a. the German Social Democratic Party, a.k.a. the SPD.

The center-left Social Democrats ran a steady campaign under his leadership and won 26 percent of the vote, a turnaround for a party that started election season in third.

The future of Europe’s Social Democrats will be decided less upon who leads them, and more upon whom they can attract to build a new, lasting base. It’s not about whose faces are on the poster.