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List of political parties in Germany

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This is a list of political parties in Germany.

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The Parliament of Germany, the Bundestag, has a plural multi-party system, with two major parties, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) in the same parliamentary group, also known as CDU/CSU or the Union.

Germany also has a number of minor parties, most importantly The Left, and Alliance '90/The Greens. The federal government of Germany usually consisted of a coalition of a major and a minor party, most typically CDU/CSU and Free Democratic Party (FDP), or a 'red-green alliance' of the SPD and Greens. From 1966 to 1969, from 2005 to 2009 and again since 2013, the federal government consisted of a Grand Coalition. In 2013, the FDP was voted out of the national Parliament, and in the following months also out of some state Parliaments such that it is not participating in any governments any longer.

Coalitions in the Bundestag and state legislators are often described by party colors. Party colors are the Social Democratic Party being red, the Alliance '90/The Greens green, the Free Democratic Party yellow, the Left dark red, red or purple, and the CDU/CSU black or blue.

Parties represented in the Bundestag or the European Parliament

One German MEP is independent, member of the GUE-NGL-group in the European Parliament and was elected as a candidate of the Human Environment Animal Protection-party (better known as Tierschutzpartei).

Minor parties

  • Alliance C – Christians for Germany (Bündnis C)
  • Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (APPD)
  • Bavaria Party (BP)
  • Bergpartei, die "ÜberPartei" (B)
  • Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (BüSo)
  • German Centre Party (ZENTRUM)
  • Communist Party of Germany (1990) (KPD)
  • Feminist Party of Germany (DIE FRAUEN)
  • German Communist Party (DKP)
  • German Social Union (DSU)
  • Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutzpartei)
  • Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD)
  • New Liberals (Neue Liberale)
  • Party for Franconia (DIE FRANKEN)
  • Party of Reason (pdv)
  • Revolutionary Socialist League (RSB)
  • Social Equality Party (PSG)
  • The Friesen
  • The III. Way
  • The Republicans (REP)
  • The Right
  • pro Germany Citizens' Movement
  • Parties in Weimar Republic

  • Bavarian People's Party (BVP)
  • Centre Party (Zentrum)
  • Christian Social People's Service (CSVD)
  • Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
  • Communist Party of Germany (Opposition) (KPO)
  • Conservative People's Party (KVP)
  • German Democratic Party (DDP)
  • German National People's Party (DNVP)
  • German People's Party (DVP)
  • German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP)
  • German State Party (DStP)
  • German Workers' Party (DAP)
  • Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)
  • National Socialist German Workers' Party aka Nazi Party (NSDAP)
  • Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAPD)
  • Defunct parties in (former) West Germany

  • Alliance of Germans (BdD)
  • German Party (DP)
  • German Conservative Party - German Right Party (DKP-DRP)
  • German Reich Party (DRP)
  • All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE)
  • All-German People's Party (GVP)
  • Communist Party of Germany (Roter Morgen)
  • Parties banned by the Constitutional Court

  • Socialist Reich Party (SRP), banned in 1952
  • Communist Party of Germany (KPD), banned in 1956
  • Bloc parties in the socialist state (1949–1989)

  • Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), "Leading Role" per 1968 Constitution
  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDUD)
  • Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
  • Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
  • National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
  • During transition (1989–90)

  • Alliance 90
  • Democracy Now
  • Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (IFM)
  • New Forum
  • Alliance for Germany
  • Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
  • Democratic Awakening (DA)
  • German Social Union (DSU)
  • Association of Free Democrats (BFD)
  • Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
  • Free Democratic Party (FDP)
  • German Forum Party (DFP)
  • Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
  • Green Party (Greens)
  • National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
  • Social Democratic Party in the GDR (SDP)
  • Socialist Unity Party of Germany—Party of Democratic Socialism (SED-PDS)
  • United Left (VL)
  • Parties founded from 1989

  • The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE)
  • Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (Offensive D)
  • Statt Party
  • The Freedom - Civil rights Party for more Freedom and Democracy
  • References

    List of political parties in Germany Wikipedia


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