The Social Democrats have helped rule Germany for all but four of the past 28 years. Yet rarely has the party known such gloom https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/03/26/germanys-social-democrats-gaze-into-the-abyss?taid=69c6c0faf7ed800001b22d87&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter