Angela Merkel, SPD 160 Jahre Geburtstag
Photo of Matthias Platzeck Chancellor Angela Merkel and Edmund Stoiber at the event and celebration of the SPD for its 160th anniversary under the motto progress needs justice in front of the statue of Willy Brandt in the Willy-Brandt-Haus of the SPD party headquarters in Berlin Germany . On May 23, 1863, Ferdinand Lassalle founded ADAV, the first national German workers' party, with the General German Workers' Association. It was the first forerunner of the SPD and May 23 is therefore considered the 160th birthday of today's Social Democratic Party in Germany
