The SPD was ejected in 2009, but voters chose to keep Mrs Merkel on.

2009年大选中虽然社民党落败为在野党，选民却依旧支持默克尔。

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It is far from being a broad-based Volkspartei like the CDU and SPD, but it is happy in its expanding niche.

它与经验老道的基民盟以及社民党相比尚有很大差距，然而他们在自己扩张的领域中自得其乐。

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In the Social Democratic Party (SPD) it would be an insult to siezen a “comrade”.

在社民党里，对一位同志使用尊称会被认为是对人的侮辱。

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There are very few of those in the SPD plan.

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The CDU has a seven-point lead over the SPD in the polls.

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Like all parties, the Greens tend to change their tune when they get closer to power, just as they did when they went into coalition with the SPD in the federal government of 1998.

ECONOMIST: Power may change the Greens. That would be a good thing