German Social Democratic Party

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The German Social Democratic Party (DSP) was a spin-off from the Saarland Social Democratic Party (short name: SPS), which was founded in 1952 and aimed at unification with the Federal Republic of Germany . After the referendum on the Europeanization of the Saarland in 1956, it became part of the Saarland SPD .

history

The Saarland Social Democratic Party (short name: SPS) was a political party founded in 1946 in the politically autonomous Saarland, which was controlled by France . Together with the CVP , the SPS pursued a policy which was supposed to achieve the advantages of an economic connection between the Saarland and France, but which was supposed to preserve the autonomy of the area. The conflict over the Saar question split the Social Democratic Party. For state elections in Saarland in 1952 no parties were admitted to the union with the Federal Republic of Germany aspired. The Saar Democratic Party (DPS) was therefore banned in 1951, and the Saar CDU was not allowed to vote. The German Social Democratic Party, which was split off from the SPS in 1952 and chaired by Kurt Conrad , was also not admitted.

In the state elections in Saarland in 1952 , the SPS was able to maintain its position and win 32.4% of the valid votes cast and thus again 17 mandates. The turnout was 93.1%; however, 24% of the votes cast were "white" or invalid. The CVP and the SPS formed the Saarland state government. In the course of 1954 negotiations between France and Germany, in consultation with the Saarland government, resulted in a treaty on a European Saar statute .

On October 23, 1955, the referendum on the Europeanization of the Saarland was carried out, in which 67.7 percent of the Saarlanders who voted said no and thus spoke out against the (second) Saar Statute negotiated by the Adenauer government with the French . On the night of October 23, 1955, the previous CVP Hoffmann government ( Hoffmann IV cabinet ) resigned. In the state elections in 1955 , the SPS achieved only 5.8% and moved into the state parliament with only two members. The DSP, on the other hand, achieved 14.3% and 7 seats. The DSP merged with the SPS in the Saarland SPD in the same year .

The result of the vote was interpreted as the willingness of the Saarlanders to join the Federal Republic. The French gave in, and on October 27, 1956, the Saar Treaty was concluded in Luxembourg , whereupon the Saarland became the tenth federal state of the Federal Republic of Germany on January 1, 1957 . The economic incorporation including the takeover of the D-Mark was completed in mid-1959.

literature

  • Johannes Hoffmann : The goal was Europe. The way of the Saar 1945–1955. Günter Olzog Verlag, Munich-Vienna 1963.
  • Wilfried Busemann: Go your own way. The self-discovery of social democracy on the Saar from 1945 to 1968. Röhrig Universitätsverlag, St. Ingbert, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86110-533-6