When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent, I was not a social democrat.
The Czechs' recent election of a left-leaning Social Democrat government, however, may slow things down.
Many Icelanders have become frustrated with the outgoing Social Democrat government, saying that its austerity policies were too painful.
It now awaits the signature of Germany's president, Johannes Rau, also a Social Democrat, before becoming law.
The reform package was presented to the full parliament in Strasbourg by the German Social Democrat MEP Ulrike Rodust.
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Mr Wowereit, a Social Democrat, strives to channel the city's edginess while reassuring Berliners weary of change.
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German social democrat MEP Constanze Krehl agreed, arguing that it was an example of "poor policy making".
Mr Vande Lanotte, who is also a Flemish Social Democrat, said the parties would have to agree eventually.
Swedish Social Democrat MEP Olle Ludvigsson said existing tax rules had to be adapted to protect the environment.
So far they have responded rather coolly, saying that their place remains in the Social Democrat-led centre-left alliance.
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He described himself as a social democrat who leaned broadly on independence leader Kwame Nkrumah's idea of social welfare.
Nastase served as Romania's premier from 2000 to 2004 and remained an important figure in his Social Democrat Party.
Mr Klima last week abandoned efforts to form a minority Social Democrat administration.
The Social Democrat leader did not give any details over how China might be brought into the G8 process.
He leads the conservative People's Party, the junior partner with Mr Klima's Social Democrat Party in a coalition government.
Under the stifling, consensus-based post-war system, based on a Social Democrat-People's Party duopoly, mentioning the issue smacked of bad manners.
So the Bundesrat's chairman, Klaus Wowereit, a Social Democrat, asked Manfred Stolpe, Brandenburg's Social Democratic premier, to clarify his state's position.
This time, the opposition has been quarrelling for months over who should succeed the (Social Democrat) president, Johannes Rau, in May.
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Social Democrat leader Arni Pall Arnason, while disappointed, refused to acknowledge that the two centre-right parties had been given a major vote of confidence.
Opening the debate, Italian social democrat MEP Francesca Balzani said there was a need for "mathematical increases" in spending in certain areas.
Social Democrat leader Werner Faymann took the job of chancellor, while Michael Spindelegger of the People's Party (OeVP) serves as vice chancellor.
Quite a programme for a Social Democrat whose party badly needs reform and whose country has to shoulder heavy new responsibilities abroad.
Election of a new German president, probably a Social Democrat this time.
Mr Cardoso might have done better to anoint Tasso Jereissati, another leading Social Democrat, who enjoyed broader support among the president's coalition partners.
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And Germans seem to have fallen in love with their new chancellor, not least because she sometimes sounds like a Social Democrat herself.
Friday evening, President Traian Basescu appointed Social Democrat leader Victor Ponta as the new prime minister with the task of forming a new government.
The Parliament's lead negotiator on the budget, Italian social democrat Francesca Balzani said the EU needed to invest more in lifelong learning and research.
The parliament's social democrat and centre-right groups said they wanted to see the agreement ratified, but only if the Ukraine delivers the desired changes.
The agreement was broadly supported by the parliament's centre-right, Social Democrat, liberal and Green groups, who said it would increase transparency and improve market functioning.
He has announced that he will meet Social Democrat leader and caretaker Chancellor Viktor Klima and Mr Schuessel, on Tuesday, to discuss the EU decision.
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