Party of Democratic Socialism (East Germany) (1990: Two Germanies)

The Party of Democratic Socialism (German: Partiei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, PDS) is an East German socialist political party founded in 1989 as the succsessor of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. During the democratization of East Germany, the Socialists had to make many changes, and move themselves away from Communism.

Since 1990, the party have been one of the most vigilant defender of East German independence and want a East Germany built on the values of the Socialist one-party state, while also embracing democracy. The party was the third biggest in the 1990s, but suffered loss of support to both the centre and the right-wing, with the East German patriots dividing into new and different groups.

While the party have been for East German independence, it have supported collaboration with West Germany and other European countries. It does also have contacts with the Putin regime in Russia, and while being mostly a socially progressive party, through the 1990s, it was more conservative.

Today, the party is weak, partially because of the division between East German patriots, and partially because of the party's past in the SED. The party have been helpful in West Germany by helping the foundation and rise of a socialist party there.

The party leader, Katja Kipping, is a relatively young East German politician, who have strengthen the party's socialist ideas, weakening its East German patriotism.