List of political parties in Germany

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This is a list of political parties in Germany.

The Parliament of Germany has a plurality system of parties, with two major parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union (with its sister party, the Christian Social Union in the same parliamentary group). Furthermore, it has three minor parties, the Free Democratic Party, The Left, and Alliance '90/The Greens. The federal government of Germany always consists of a coalition made up of one of the two major parties with one of the three minor parties represented in the Parliament of Germany.

Contents 1 The parties 2 Minor parties 2.1 More than 0.1% of the vote at the last federal elections 2.2 Others 2.3 Defunct parties 3 Historical parties 3.1 Parties existing before World War II 3.2 Defunct parties in (former) West Germany 3.3 Parties in (former) East Germany 3.3.1 As a socialist state 3.3.2 During transition 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] The parties

The following parties currently participate in the German parliament, the Bundestag, sorted by the number of seats (refer to the following links for details):

Name (English)	Name (German)	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Position	International organizations	Votes (2005)	Seats in Bundestag	Notes
Social Democratic Party	Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	SPD	Franz Müntefering	Social democracy	centre-left	Socialist International	34.2%	222
Christian Democratic Union	Christlich Demokratische Union	CDU	Angela Merkel	Christian democracy and conservatism	centre-right	Centrist Democrat International and International Democrat Union	27.8%	177	Is part of the common CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag
Free Democratic Party	Freie Demokratische Partei	FDP	Guido Westerwelle	(Economic) Liberalism	centre	Liberal International	9.8%	61
The Left	DIE LINKE		Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine	Democratic Socialism	left-wing	Party of the European Left	8.7%	53	merger of the The Left Party.PDS and WASG
Alliance '90/The Greens	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	GRÜNE	Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir	Green Politics	centre-left	Global Greens	8.1%	51	merger of Die Grünen and Bündnis 90
Christian Social Union	Christlich-Soziale Union	CSU	Horst Seehofer	Christian democracy and conservatism	centre-right	International Democrat Union	7.4%	46	Is part of the common CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag

Other parties. In addition to those parties that won representation in the Bundestag in 2002, a variety of minor parties won a cumulative total of 3.0% of the vote, down from 5.9% in 1998. 22 other parties were on the ballot in one or more states, but not qualified for representation in the Bundestag. The far-right-wing (eg. neo-Nazi) parties remained fragmented and ineffectual at the national level.

[edit] Minor parties

[edit] More than 0.1% of the vote at the last federal elections

• National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD): 1.6% extreme right-wing
• The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP): 0.6% right-wing
• Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei): 0.4% center
• Human Environment Animal Welfare (Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz): 0.2% green-conservative
• Party of Bible-abiding Christians (Partei Bibeltreuer Christen - PBC): 0.2% religious

[edit] Others

• Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
• Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
• Communist Party of Germany (Red Dawn) Marxist-Leninist Hoxhaism
• Communist Party of Germany (1990) Marxist-Leninist Stalinism
• German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM) centre-right/right-wing (catholic) ) the party was in many parliaments before 1933)
• German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP) Marxist-Leninist
• Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte - CM) right-wing
• Citizens Make Politics (Bürger machen Politik)
• Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
• Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP) right-green
• Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
• Free Voters (Freie Wähler)
• German People's Union (DVU) - Nationalist
• Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD) Marxist-Leninist Maoism
• Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative - Die PARTEI), party created by editors of the satirical magazine titanic
• Piratenpartei Deutschland (PIRATEN)
• Social Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit - PSG)
• South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW) - this is the party of the Danish and frisian minorities in Germany
• The Violets (Party) (Die Violetten - für spirituelle Politik)

[edit] Defunct parties

• The Grays – Gray Panther (Die Grauen - Graue Panther - GRAUE)
• Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)

[edit] Historical parties

[edit] Parties existing before World War II

• Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - Bavarian Regionalist (1920-1933)
• The Anarchy Party (TAP) (between 1933 and 1932/45 a Social Democratic Party left of the TAP)
• Centre Party - Christian Democrat/Conservative (1871-1947/today)
• Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
• Communist Party Opposition (KPO)- Communist
• Conservative People's Party (KVP)
• Free Conservative Party (FKP)
• General German Workers' Association (ADAV)
• Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) - Socialist (1917-1922)
• German Conservative Party (DKP) - Conservative (before 1918)
• German Democratic Party (DDP) - Left-Liberal (1918-1930, became the German State Party, which lasted until 1933)
• German National People's Party (DNVP) - Nationalist-Conservative (1918-1933)
• German People's Party (DVP) - National-Liberal (1918-1933)
• German Progress Party (DFP) - Left-Liberal (before 1918)
• German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP) - anti-semitic (early Weimar period)
• German Workers' Party (DAP) - precursor to the Nazi Party (1919)
• National Liberal Party - Right Liberal (before 1918)
• National Socialist German Workers' Party - aka the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
• Progressive People's Party
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, same as the current SPD)
• Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
• Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
• Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (between 1931 and 1941/45 a Social Democratic Party left of the SPD)

[edit] Defunct parties in (former) West Germany

• German Party (DP) - Conservative
• German Empire Party (DRP) - Far right (1949-64)
• German Right Party (DReP) - Far right (1946-51)
• Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
• Socialist Reich Party (SRP) - National Socialist

[edit] Parties in (former) East Germany

[edit] As a socialist state

• Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
• Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
• Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
• Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)

[edit] During transition

• Alliance 90
• Alliance for Germany
• Association of Free Democrats
• Democracy Now
• Democratic Awakening
• East German Green Party
• Free Democratic Party
• German Forum Party
• German Social Union
• Initiative for Peace and Human Rights
• New Forum

[edit] See also

• Lists of parties by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals; categories by country and ideology.
• History of Germany since 1945
• Liberalism in Germany

[edit] External links

• Political Parties (Germany) - List of German political parties since 1949

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