The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is one of the two big parties in the State of North-Rhine Westfalia, where I live. (The other one is called CDU).The SPD is on power in the State of North-Rhine Westfalia since 39 years. The Ministerpräsident (Premier of a State) is head of the different secretaries and member of the party on power.
Currently this position is filled by Peer Steinbrück (left on photo).
The upcoming State election for the North-Rhine Westfalian parliament will take place on Sunday, 22nd May, 2005. The election date was announced one year before by the State government.
In 2000, the SPD gained 3,143,179 votes. That's 42.8 % of all votes.
The writing on the election poster says:
I don't promise workplaces,
but I fight for them every day.
Well, I'm sure every unemployed will be happy to hear this.
