Family Party of Germany

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Family Party of Germany
Familienpartei Deutschlands
Leader Helmut Geuking
Founded1981
Headquarters Lensahn
Ideology Conservatism (German)
Social conservatism [1]
Christian democracy
Familialism
Political position Centre-right to right-wing
European affiliation European Christian Political Party
European Parliament group ECR Group (2014-2017, 2019-2021)
EPP Group (since 2021)
Colours  Orange [2]
Bundestag
0 / 630(0%)
State Parliaments
1 / 1,855
European Parliament
1 / 96(1%)
Website
https://www.xn--whlefamilie-l8a.de/

The Family Party of Germany (German : Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative [3] political party in Germany. The party is represented in the European Parliament by one MEP, Niels Geuking. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guardians.

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Ideology and Platform

The Family Party is a firmly right-wing party that is socially conservative. It was formerly part of the ECR group and now is part of the EPP group. However, the party claims to be a party of the political center in its federal election platform. The party also calls for equal treatment of family work and paid work, and wants to create political framework conditions to enable women and men to start families without economic, political or social disadvantages. [4]

Election results

Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

Election yearNo. of
constituency votes
No. of
party list votes
% of
party list votes
No. of
overall seats won
+/–
1987 130-0.0
0 / 631
1998 8,13424,8250.1
0 / 631
2002 15,13830,0450.1
0 / 631
2005 76,064191,8420.4
0 / 631
2009 17,848120,7180.3
0 / 631
2013 4,4787,4490.0
0 / 631
2017 506--
0 / 709
2021 1,817--
0 / 736

European Parliament

Family party support in the 2009 European Parliament election in Germany European Parliament election 2009 votes FAMILIE.svg
Family party support in the 2009 European Parliament election in Germany
ElectionVotes%Seats+/–EP Group
1994 2,7810.01 (#27)
0 / 99
New
1999 4,1170.02 (#23)
0 / 99
Steady2.svg 0
2004 268,4681.04 (#10)
0 / 99
Steady2.svg 0
2009 252,1210.96 (#10)
0 / 99
Steady2.svg 0
2014 202,8030.69 (#12)
1 / 96
Increase2.svg 1 ECR
2019 273,8280.73 (#12)
1 / 96
Steady2.svg 0
2024 243,9750.61 (#14)
1 / 96
Steady2.svg 0 EPP

References

  1. William T Daniel (2015). Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN   978-0-19-871640-2.
  2. "Kreuzchen - Das Landtagswahlkampf-Blog der Frankfurter Rundschau". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. Daniele Caramani (2013). The Europeanization of Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN   978-1-107-11867-6.
  4. "Familien-Partei Deutschlands" (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-04.