Social Democratic Party

The **Social Democratic Party of Weimar** (German: *Sozialdemokratische Partei Weimars,* Ghearmynraeg:, Stylandsk: *Sotialdemokratisk Partij op Vijmar*), abbreviated as **SDP**, is a social-democratic political party in Weimar. It is one of the largest parties and the oldest party in the Weimar Republic. It has historically led the government in three different coalitions, with three out of four Prime Ministers being from the SDP. The party was one of the original parties in Weimar alongside the likes of the Weimarian People's Party and Zentrum.

## Ideology

The SDP is a broadly social-democratic, pro-European and progressive party. The party is quite large tent with some members leaning more left or right. Noticeable centre/right leaning members are Ash and Madness being closer to liberals, while some noticeable left leaning members are Floof and Gray being closer to socialists. The SDP has ties to ULSA, Liberal Forum and Weimar Left and Centrist group.

## Internal Structure

The SDP is lead by 1 President and 2 Vice Presidents. So far 3 presidents of the SDP - JDW, Matt and Zagor - have been Prime Minister.

A council of Director Generals, from which a Chair of Internal Affairs is elected who will investigate claims of corruption, bribery, and/or treason, including investigating the Leader if necessary. The Speaker of the Party hosts all meetings and is the official voice of the administration. The Chief of Staff is responsible for oversight of new members of the Party through their trialist period.

Other staff members are the 3 Media Team Managers (MTM), who run party media channels; Delegates, who act as diplomats to other parties; and The Chief Whip, who informs MPs how to vote

## Party Internal Elections

After the establishment of the Second Republic of Weimar the SDP chose an Interim Leadership to help transition the party to its first internal elections. The interim leadership was: Matt, Jack, Ronan, Aiden and Soul.

#### First internal elections - January, February.

* Leader: Jack
* Deputy Leaders: Matt, Ronan
* Speaker of the Party: Ash
* Executives: Leo, Aaron, Luk, Ash and Soul.
* Delegates: Zagor, Georgi, Danny
* MTM: Calvin, Matylda, Samu and Tashin

#### Second internal elections - February, March

* Leader: Jack
* Deputy Leaders: Matt, Ronan
* Speaker of the Party: Ash
* Chief Whip: Zagor
* Executives: Ash, Jacy, Major, Anish, Rodrigo and Soul
* Delegates: Dani, Danny and Georgi
* MTM: Calum, Rice and Tashin

#### Third internal elections - March, April

* President: Zagor
* Vicepresidents: Jacy, Lenny
* Speaker of the Party: Ash
* Chief Whip: Georgi
* Chief of Staff: Rodes
* Director Generals: Ash, Major, Rodrigo, Ronan, Calvin and Soul
* Delegates: Dani, Danny and Georgi
* MTM: Calum, Eli and Anish

#### Fourth internal elections - April, May

* President: Zagor
* Vicepresidents: Jacy and Lenny
* Speaker of the Party: Ash
* Chief Whip: Major
* Chief of Staff: Rodes
* Director Generals: Ash, Ronan, Calvin, Gray, Anish and Soul
* Delegates: Rodes, Major
* MTM: Matt, Eli, Rodrigo

#### Fifth internal elections - May, June

* President: Lenny
* Vicepresidents: Anish and Rodrigo
* Speaker of the Party: Ash
* Chief Whip: Major
* Chief of Staff: Rodes
* Director Generals: Ronan, Calvin, Gray, Jacy, Major and Soul
* Delegates: Rodes, Madness and Georgi
* MTM: Matt and Eli

#### Sixth internal elections - June, July

* President: Lenny
* Vicepresidents: Anish and Rodrigo
* Speaker of the Party: Madness
* Director Generals: Major, Ash, Ronan, Jacy and Bichoto
* Delegates: Rodes, Zagor and Major
* MTM: Matt, Eli and MapleSpace

#### Seventh internal elections - August, September

* President: Ash
* Vicepresidents: Kirk and Ronan
* Speaker of the Party: Zagor
* Chief of Staff: Joseph
* Director Generals: Jacy, Anish, Lenny, Madness, Zagor
* Delegates: Georgi, Joseph, Milo
* MTM: Matt

## Coalitions

More details about the SDP coalitions soon.

* Progressive Alliance
* Democratic Alliance
* Advance-PLUGS
* Solidarity

## Bills proposed to Parliament

The SDP is well-known for its extensive parliamentary work and highly detailed bill. The MPs form the SDP are always working to improve the life of all Weimarians. Some of the approved bills are:

* Former Convicts Reintegration Bill - MP Rodes. This bill creates educational programs inside prisons, creating a "hire and help" program to help former convicts insert themselves back into the job market, and establish group meetings with former convicts
* Cultural Heritage Act - MP Ronan. This bill regulates controversial cultural monuments and landmarks by creating a non-partisan regulatory board to review contested landmarks while securing the input of minority groups and settling conflicts between interest groups and national committees. This act also directs local authorities to assist interest groups in completing the process to file a complaint to the board, as well as requesting the Minister of Culture, Religion, Art, Tourism and Sports to draft a standardized criteria for committees to judge the status of contested statues.
* Immigration Act - MP Elichevo, MP Lenny and MP Jazac. This act regulates orderly immigration and open arms. To do this, it stipulates the creation of aid funds, educational programs for immigrants and regulates deportation cases, among other things. This is a great step forward in promoting the SDP ideals of believing in an intercultural society, where respect, union and empathy prevail
* National Library and Literacy Bill - MP Calvin. This bill stipulates the establishment of the Weimar National Library, also its branches in all states, library cards, access to public schools and establishment of Literacy Day. This bill exists and is written to guarantee and grant all citizens of the Weimar Republic access and information to the National Government Library and also their literacy.
* Homeless Housing Bill - MP Lenny. This bill ensures a home for everyone, crucial in the country with the worst homeless crisis in Europe and provides everyone in trouble with individually tailored support. Also, general housing allowance will make people have an easier time when it comes to housing costs. All in all, the bill benefits everyone in society and is a great step towards equal opportunities.
* Training of Teachers in Virtual Teaching Bill - MP Elichevo. This bill helps teachers, so that they can adapt their teaching methods to virtual teaching and thus can do a better job. Also stipulates the creation of a training program directed by the Ministry of Education and the creation of a virtual tutoring program for older teachers employing young education students as a joint measure to combat youth unemployment.
* Anti-Discrimination Resolution - MP Lenny. This resolution is a practical implementation of the protection of minorities mentioned in the Constitution. It offer aid for victims of hate crimes by creating offices and granting them access to experts. In doing so emphasize that such discriminative acts against other citizens are a violation of a person’s dignity and cannot remain without consequences.
* Marriage Equality Bill - MP Rodrigo. This bill gives every couple the same rights and obligations under the law, allowing divorce on the same grounds for both partners and guaranteeing equal parental leave for biological and adoptive children.
* Workers Right´s Bill - MP Rodrigo. This bill contains a comprehensive regulation on workplace conditions, workers’ rights and protections against employer abuse. The bill also regulates and protects workers from sexual harassment. Moreover the bill stipulates a thirteenth pay for every worker and it clarifies overtime work pay and holiday pay.
* Constitutional Amendment on the Abolition of the Death Penalty - MP Lenny. This constitutional amendment is a long overdue step and finally needs to be protected in the Constitution. The death penalty is inhumane and deserves nothing else than a total abolition.
* Constitutional Amendment on the Abolition of Peerage System and Nobility Titles - MP Rodrigo. This constitutional amendment abolish any remaining peerage system in Weimar and ban nobility or hereditary distinctions.

## Social Democrat MPs

This is the current list of Members of Parliament of the Social Democratic Party in the Third Weimarian Parliament:

1. MP Lenny (BW)
2. MP Rodrigo (RL)
3. MP Anish (BE)
4. MP Major R. Sole (RL)
5. MP Ash (PR)
6. MP Jacy (AS)
7. MP Rodes (RL)
8. MP Elichevo (TH)
9. MP Zagor (RL)
10. MP Calvin (BW)
11. MP Floof (NA)
12. MP Madness (BY)
13. MP Georgi (BE)
14. MP Kirk (RL)
15. MP Bichoto (RL)

Also, Chris is the Social Democratic Supreme Court Justice.

## SDP Manifesto

#### Healthcare

* SDP will commit to invest in a strong and swift response to Covid-19, increase the PPE and testing distribution to public facilities, limiting the spread of Covid-19 in every community and promote the importance of basic social distancing measures.
* SDP will work in collaborations with other nations for quicker roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines, ensuring that all qualified citizens get vaccinated by early-2022.
* SDP will expand our free and universal healthcare system for every person in Weimar to all kinds of medical options with free prescription drugs for people under the age of 18 and over 65, and revitalise mental healthcare to ensure every person in Weimar has access to the services they need, especially to teenagers and veterans.Period products and birth control options will be completely free and widely available.
* SDP will make period products and birth control options completely free and widely available to everyone, especially to teenagers.
* SDP will fight to maintain free access to abortion on request for up to 16th week with no restriction, and introduce an assistance program for people in the situation of choosing abortion.

* SDP will increase funding for care homes, introduce complete revitalisation of childcare, social care, and care for the elderly and veterans.
* SDP will promote and provide funding for HIV researches, cancer researches, and mental disorder researches.
* SDP will investigate formation of an organisation similar to the CDC, and major investment into hospitals and healthcare technology and research.

#### Economy and Jobs

* SDP will implement a mixed-economy of both private and public sectors, with state-owned industries like water, energy, public transport, and major investments in public infrastructure and urban and rural development.
* SDP will maintain careful management of the government's budgets and finances and keep debt under control with strong delivery focus and budget analysis.
* SDP will extend our progressive tax brackets to ensure a fairer society development for all Weimarians.
* SDP will strengthen a retraining program for all marginalised minority groups, people living with unemployment and risk of facing poverty, as well as people who risk losing their jobs thanks to mechanisation.
* SDP will extend our support for small businesses and family-owned companies within Weimar by investigating growing financing and fundings for small businesses.
* SDP will enforce implementation of a stronger minimum wage, increase income support and address debt, with support and encouragement of workers unions, and we will introduce double payment method for additional worked hours, making holiday permission annually, and a thirteenth salary.
* SDP will protect Net Neutrality and freedom of internet usage, which is crucial in economic development in the modern age of technology and growing virtual communications.

#### Environment

* SDP will invest in and transit to renewable energy sources for all sectors and aim to completely phase out of reliance on fossil fuels by 2035.
* SDP will fund for the improvement of environmentally-friendly public transportation all across Weimar, and improve the accessibility of public transits to all cities and towns of Weimar, educating and encouraging people to use more public transits for commute, especially students and essential workers.
* SDP will create incentives for the usage of environmentally-friendly vehicles, and complete the elimination of non-electric vehicles.
* SDP will investigate incentives, regulations, and gradual restrictions for corporations to increase the uptake of clean energy.
* SDP will complete net carbon neutrality by 2030.
* SDP will continue the incentives for the general public and corporations to recycle more.
* SDP will push Weimar into joining Paris Climate Agreement.

#### Education

* SDP will kickstart a Recovery Plan for all education sectors in Weimar to ensure the sector is being rebuilt follwing the impact of Covid-19, and we will commit to huge allocation of funding to educational institutions to ensure the highest quality of education is provided to all learners both during and after the pandemic.
* SDP will commit to free 15-year public school system, with free public universities and colleges up to graduate level, and Master and PhD degrees focusing on research, with major curriculum reform to boost all skills children and students need for the future, including investment into practical skills and extra-curriculum.

* SDP will expand the 'One Laptop per Children' initiative and 'German and Foreign Languages Accessibility' initiative, and create the 'Free and Healthy School Lunch' Program once students return back to real-life classes.
* SDP will guarantee pay rise for teachers and professors, and invest into promoting technology and robotic subjects in all public institutions.

#### Welfare

* SDP will promote social and integrated educational programmes for and include every marginalised and minority groups, working with state and local governments to ensure that all people are included in the decision-making processes which are able to represent everyone equally and fairly.
* SDP will work toward greater accessibility for disabled people, with infrastructure and local plans to make cities and towns fully accessible and safe, introduction of closed captions availability in movie theatres and on TV, and introduce wage supplement to ensure disabled people are paid at least to the minimum wage.
* SDP will introduce stimuli for people who have become unemployed during the pandemic and elderly people, which covers basic necessities, and we will introduce programmes to allow people of working ages back into the workforce post-pandemic.

* SDP will continue our housing programmes for workers and minorities residing in Weimar, implement state-owned housing for students based on their incomes and grades, limit rent on lower-class families with special loans for house purchase, implement our Homeless Housing Bill, and increase investments in shelters for people escaping hardships back home.
* SDP will improve and increase parental leaves, which will include both parents, and cover adopted children, as well as providing resources and needing supports for raising children.
* SDP will issue a dignified retirement for those who have helped build our society, especially social workers and veterans, with larger pensions and a fair retiring age.
* SDP will implement the Immigration Act, which include aid funds for young immigrant, national grant system in which immigrants aged 18-30 receive EUR250/month, and integration and language courses.

#### Foreign Affairs

* SDP will support International Cooperation for Development, with a focus on triangular and scientific cooperation with both developed countries and less developed countries. - SDP will continue and strengthen the relations and promote deeper economical and social ties between the Weimar Republic and the international community, both inside Europe and all around the world.
* SDP will pursue more ambitious goals on treaties regarding climate change and human rights all around the world, and establish stronger relations with other nations and international communities which heavily respect human rights, democracy, and their citizens' freedom.

* SDP will stand by the government and our beliefs of human rights, democracy, and freedom of speech, and condemn China's actions against the Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities, the expansion of the Xinjiang internment camps, as well as other human rights' violations, suppression of freedom of expressions, and authoritarian regime which can not be labelled as progressiveness.
* SDP will remain neutral in armed foreign conflicts while promoting diplomatic and peaceful resolutions.
* SDP will allow any proposals of applications for the membership of the European Union and NATO to be put into referendums.
* SDP will continue to pursue high quality trade deals with other nations while denouncing Bilateral Investment Treaties.

#### Diversity

* SDP will reintroduce our Marriage Equality Bill, assuring a fair and equal treatment to any partners wanting to marry regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill will grant equal rights on marriage and divorce and equal parental leave for their children, both biological and adopted.
* SDP will continue to extend legal protections in every field of life for marginalised and minority groups experiencing hate speech and discrimination of service for reasons of ethnicity, sexuality, disability, religion, or gender identity, including workplaces and healthcare treatments, and ensure public safety for the marginalised groups.
* SDP will continue to promote fair representations in the workplaces, pushing for more women and non-binaries in the workplaces and leading positions, and we will make it easier for women to gain pay equity.

* SDP will call for the official recognition of third-gender option for non-binaries and promote inclusive environments.
* SDP will commit to major police reform, including demilitarisation, training and recognising police brutality and systematic racism, and funding into community safety causes.
* SDP will tackle the concerning increase of attacks based on one's ethnicity, especially on black Weimarians and Asian-Weimarians, pushing the parliament to acknowledge the issues of racism still prevalent in Weimarian society.
* SDP will protect religious minorities, ensuring they have the freedom to practice their beliefs in Weimar free of threats and discrimination, and protect religious minorities' places of worship.
* SDP will allocate funding for the healthcare system to provide health, hormonal treatments, sex surgeries, and professional mental helps for LGBTQ+ people, mainly trans and non-binary people.
* SDP will enforce ban on conversion therapy and any other type of treatment that aims to portray sexual orientations and gender identities as diseases.
* SDP will promote fair immigration and intake of refugees in need of helps while maintaining robust controls at the border.

#### Arts & Culture

* SDP will support and invest in academic researches with increased scholarships and extended programmes.
* SDP will investigate fundraising for local, state, and digital libraries, and reassert the importance of reading from childhood to every children in school and at home.
* SDP will employ and support local artists (i.e. traditional and modern musicians, sketch and digital artists, professional dancers, clothes designers, etc.), as well as kickstarting and promoting cultural festivals with both local and immigrant artists who have been deeply involved in the enrichment of Weimarian culture and society.
* SDP will invest in local and state museums of all kind and other cultural and heritage institutions, such as theatres and seasonal shows, to promote their uses and the major importance of culture and art in our modern society.
* SDP will Create a National Book Fund and a National Music Fund to provide funding for local writers and musicians.
* SDP will Heavily invest in the acquisition of books for public libraries.

## Party Composition

The SDP is a very diverse party with members from North America, South America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia.