Social democracy
Political ideology within the socialist movement
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| 2025 | Greg Casar succeeds Pramila Jayapal as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
| 2025 | Mizuho Fukushima and Yuko Otsubaki are up for re-election in the House of Councillors for National Proportional Representation (PR) |
| March 5 2025 |
Pasokification
SPD receives just 16.4% of the vote in the federal election, its worst result since 1887, falling below 20% and representing a historic low point for the party.
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| 2024 |
Socialism in Canada
The International Marxist Tendency announces it will relaunch itself as the Revolutionary Communist International.
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| 2024 | United Kingdom Labour Party won the general election and began ruling nationally with a parliamentary majority. |
| 2024 |
Chunichi Shimbun
Chunichi Shimbun group reported a combined newspaper circulation of 2,274,583, ranking third in Japan behind the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun.
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| 2024 | Projected to gain 4 seats in electoral results. |
| 2024 | Continued to remain in opposition, with minimal electoral representation, led by Mizuho Fukushima. |
| 2024 |
Pasokification
ANC loses its majority in parliament for the first time in South Africa's democratic history, remaining the largest party with under 41% of the vote. The party also loses majority in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Gauteng, and Northern Cape provinces.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
Party dissolves and merges with Meretz to form The Democrats.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
Labour wins a significant parliamentary victory in the general election, securing 411 seats (63.23%) with just 33.7% of the national vote.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania rebounded to 19.32% in the parliamentary election and subsequently formed a government.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
The SDA rebounded to 20.8% in the election, successfully forming a government with Kristrún Frostadóttir becoming prime minister.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
Emmanuel Macron calls snap legislative elections after strong far-right results in European Parliament elections. A new leftist alliance, Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP), emerges and surprisingly becomes the single biggest party.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
In the Austrian legislative election, the far-right FPÖ achieved its best historical result by winning 28.8% of the vote and placing first. The governing ÖVP lost 19 seats, while the coalition partner Greens lost 10 seats. The centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) won only 21.1%, recording its worst-ever result in the National Council. The NEOS party improved, increasing from 15 to 18 seats.
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| 2024 |
Pasokification
Labour Party shows strong performance in polls for the United Kingdom elections, further contributing to discussions about potential reversal of Pasokification.
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| 2024 | Young Fabians relaunched with significant changes: membership restricted to those under 27 years old, under-18s barred from membership, and leadership structure changed to two co-chairs with at least one being a woman. |
| February 21 2024 | Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) left the Congressional Progressive Caucus over disagreements regarding support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war. |
| 2023 | Elfva Barrio assumes the Chairperson position, succeeding Emma Fastesson Lindgren. |
| 2023 | Scottish Conference voted unanimously to re-affiliate Scottish Labour Students, following a campaign by Chair Solomon Cuthbertson. |
| 2023 |
Pasokification
PSOE increased its vote share to 31.7% in the general election, showing a recovery from previous electoral performances.
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| 2023 |
Pasokification
New Left (a merger of Spring and the Democratic Left Alliance) entered Donald Tusk's third cabinet as a junior coalition partner.
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| 2023 |
Pasokification
Labour Party was not the largest party in a national or local election for the first time since 1924. They lost mayoralties in major municipalities including Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Drammen, Fredrikstad, and their traditional stronghold of Sarpsborg.
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| 2023 |
Pasokification
Despite an increase in vote share, the Social Democratic Party lost power to a coalition of the National Coalition Party and Finns Party.
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| 2023 |
Pasokification
PASOK-KINAL performs well in Greek elections, sparking discussions about 'de-Pasokification' or 'Kinalification'.
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| 2023 | Fabian Society suspended all Young Fabians face-to-face activities following a non-public review of culture and practice. |
| December 2023 |
Frankfurter Rundschau
Conflict over uniform pay escalated, with employees demanding a collective agreement. Managing director Max Rempel fired three editors after negotiations with unions broke down.
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| November 20 2023 | Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) left the Congressional Progressive Caucus over disagreements regarding support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war. |
| September 5 2023 | Indivisible Action endorsed President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election bid. |
| May 31 2023 | Representative David Cicilline (RI-1) resigned from the House, leaving the caucus. |
| March 2023 | Representative Jennifer McClellan (VA-4) joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus after assuming office. |
| March 2023 |
Pasokification
Labour Party's support dropped drastically in polls, scoring as low as 15.5%.
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| 2022 | Gastón Soler from the National University of Córdoba was elected as the secretary general of Franja Morada's national leadership. |
| 2022 |
Welfare state
Government expenditure on social security and welfare reached approximately 8.4 percent of GDP, covering health insurances, public hospitals, education, housing grants, financial transfers, public transportation benefits, unemployment support, and social pensions.
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| 2022 | Australian Labor Party began ruling at a national level with a parliamentary majority. |
| 2022 | Increased representation by 5 seats. |
| 2022 |
Nordic model
In Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden were ranked among the top 10 least corrupt countries out of 180 evaluated.
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| 2022 |
Nordic model
Magnus Bergli Rasmussen published a study challenging the traditional narrative of farmers' role in establishing Nordic welfare states, arguing that farmer MPs often opposed generous welfare policies.
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| 2022 | In the House of Councillors elections, the party cleared the minimum two percent voter share, maintaining its legal political party status under party president Mizuho Fukushima. |
| 2022 |
Pasokification
Barely passes electoral threshold with 4 seats, demonstrating continued political fragility.
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| 2022 |
Pasokification
The Australian Labor Party recorded its lowest primary vote (32.58%) in decades during the federal election, despite winning a plurality of seats and forming the government.
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Pasokification
Following the formation of the Labor government, subsequent opinion polling showed the party's support continuing to decline.
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| 2022 |
Pasokification
Boris Johnson steps down as prime minister following 'Partygate' and other scandals.
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| 2022 |
Pasokification
Socialist Party candidate Anne Hidalgo receives only 1.7% of the vote in the presidential election.
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| November 2022 | Received an A grade for funding transparency from Who Funds You?, the highest possible rating in their transparency assessment. |
| November 29 2022 | The Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act with a 61-36 vote, with 49 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting in favor, providing federal recognition and protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. |
| November 16 2022 | The Senate invoked cloture on the Respect for Marriage Act with a 62-37 vote, with all 50 Democratic senators and 12 Republicans supporting the motion to proceed. |
| November 14 2022 | A bipartisan group of senators, including Rob Portman, Kyrsten Sinema, Thom Tillis, Tammy Baldwin, and Susan Collins, announced a compromise amendment to the Respect for Marriage Act, adding religious protections and clarifying the bill's scope. |
| October 2022 | 30 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus urged the Biden administration to seek a negotiated, diplomatic end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine while maintaining economic and military support to Ukraine. |
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