Abstract
The adaptation strategy of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) appears at odds with previous theoretical attempts to understand party change. The PDS Foundation for Civic Education was subsidized by Parliament in 1999, following eight consecutive years of being denied funding. Coinciding with the perestroika-related activities of groups of artists and other intellectuals in the SED, there emerged in the party a grassroots movement which later led to the PDS. The PDS has clearly broken with the communist SED and has adapted to new circumstances. However, the orientation the PDS takes in capitalizing upon these resentments will also produce certain problems. A coalition between the CDU and PDS seems unthinkable due to the political differences stemming from the time of the Cold War. As a regional party the PDS has to function as the main political representative of the losers of the transition.
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