Godesberg Program
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| Godesberg Program | |
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| Original title | Godesberger Programm |
| Ratified | 15 November 1959 |
| Location | Bad Godesberg |
| Signatories | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Subject | Social democracy |
| Purpose | a fundamental change in the orientation and goals of the SPD |
The Godesberg Program (German: Godesberger Programm) of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was ratified in 1959 at a convention in the town of Bad Godesberg near Bonn. It represented a fundamental change in the orientation and goals of the SPD endorsing social democratic policies, while adopting a commitment a mass party orientation that appealed to ethical rather than class-based considerations. It also rejected nationalization as a major principle of socialism.