The centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is pushing for a strong leadership role for Germany in the world, fairer taxation and an acceleration of digitalization and the energy transition. At a debating event in Berlin on Sunday, delegates unanimously adopted a key motion entitled “A decade of new beginnings. A decade of social democracy,” with which the party wants to prepare for social upheavals. “Our social democratic idea of a good society is a society of respect,” it said. In an additional resolution, the party strongly condemned the Iranian government’s actions against the protest mo…