No Left Turn - Is Social Democracy over?

No Left Turn - Is Social Democracy over?

52m 30s

SAP (swedish party)

Partito Democratico

Parti Socialiste

Social democracy

Political party

Europe in crisis. A moment of glory for Europe’s social democracy parties? On the contrary: Social democrats suffer catastrophic election results and poll ratings. In a political road movie we follow six social democratic politicians in six countries in search for answers: Germany, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy and Slovakia. Despite all national differences, they all face questions of greater importance than national issues – questions important for the future of social democracy itself.

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