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German election: Cast as the party that time forgot, the social democrats are back after narrow victory

The social democrats had a miserable time in recent years, consistently beaten at the polls by Angela Merkel's election-winning machine, and cast as the party that time forgot. But now the SPD is back after winning the biggest share of the vote in Germany's election.