| > Yes, but these parties use 'social democratic' after a split of socialist parties in 1920s Depends on the country: The parties are still called 'socialist' to this day in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain. > The modern meaning of 'socialism' is to describe economic system in countries of soviet communist bloc. Quote German Wikipedia on Sozialismus[1], which views Sozialdemokratie as one of its branches: > Demzufolge wird auch grob zwischen den Ausrichtungen von Kommunismus, Sozialdemokratie oder Anarchismus differenziert. > Hence one differentiates roughly between the strains of Communism, Social Democracy or Anarchism. Quote Wikipedia on Sozialdemokratie[2]: > Sozialdemokratie ist eine politische Bewegung und politische Ideologie der Linken, die sich selbst – mal mehr, mal weniger stark ausgeprägt – als Form eines reformistischen demokratischen Sozialismus betrachtet. > Social Democracy is a political movement and political ideology of the left, which views itself - sometimes to a greater, sometimes to a lesser extent - as a form of reformist democratic socialism. Quote Hamburger Programm, the German SPD's party platform[3]: > The end of the soviet type state socialism did not disprove the idea of democratic socialism but it clearly confirmed the orientation of social democracy towards core values. In our understanding democratic socialism remains the vision of a free and fair society in solidarity. Its realization is a permanent task for us. The principle for our actions is social democracy. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozialismus [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozialdemokratie [3] https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Grundsatz... |