As reported here on Liberal Democrat Voice on Sunday, the election of a new President of the European Parliament took place yesterday and, as expected, Martin Schulz, from the German Social Democrats, was elected with a plurality of votes in the first round of voting. The result was as follows: Martin Schulz      

The centre left is expected to win Croatia’s general election, with 45% of the votes - according to an exit poll - whereas the ruling centre-right has only achieved 22%. The coalition comprises the Social Democrats, the Pensioners Party, the Croatian Peoples Party and a regional party, the Istrian democratic Assembly. The Social Democrats are the

As we move even closer to a double-dip recession, or even a possible 1930′s style depression, what is happening in Greece and to a lesser extent in Ireland should be a warning to British social democrats. Do you remember just a short time ago that Cameron, Osborne and the Tory press were laughing at Ed

We are happy to announce that the result of yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Denmark means that the right wing government of the last 10 years has finally been ousted.  The Social Democrats and the Socialist Peoples Party (SF) will form a new government under the leadership of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, leader of the Social Democrats. These elections are historical: For the first tim...

  Although the incumbent Social Democrats (SPD) have won the regional elections in Berlin, their two-term governing partner - the socialist Left Party - has been voted out of government, raising the prospect that the SPD could reach out to the Greens to form a new coalition. Results show the SPD bringing in 28.3 percent of the vote in the country's capital, which is also one of Germ...

Germany's Social Democrats beat Angela Merkel's conservatives in a regional vote in Berlin yesterday (18 September), handing the chancellor her sixth election defeat this year ahead of a key euro zone vote in parliament in two weeks' time. More »

According to exit polls released by public broadcaster ARD, the SPD was the strongest party, with 37 percent of the vote, a significant gain on their 2006 performance of 30.2 percent. Merkel's Christian Democrats mustered 24.0 only percent of the vote in the northeastern state on the Baltic Sea, a decline from the 28.8 percent they won five years ago. The third-strongest party was the sociali...

The opposition Social Democrats' victory in the general election paves the way for a new centre-right coalition to implement the country's €78bn bail-out programme

Polls ahead of Sunday's ballot give the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD), the main opposition party, an average of 36.6 per cent of the vote

Opinion polls show the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD) taking a lead over the governing socialists as the country prepares approaches a general election on Sunday with a record high unemployment rate