National Democratic Party of Germany (2023)

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National Democratic Party of Germany
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands
AbbreviationNPD
Leader Lennart Schwarzbach
Founded3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)
Split from The Homeland
Ideology Neo-Nazism
Völkisch nationalism
Antisemitism
Political position Far-right
Colors  Dark red
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Party flag
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Website
npd-voran.de

The National Democratic Party of Germany (German : Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands), short-form: NPD, is a minor political party in Germany that was founded by dissidents that had split from the original NPD after it renamed to The Homeland. The founders of the NPD feared that The Homeland would moderate and integrate itself into mainstream politics and instead opted to re-found the NPD in order to provide people with a radical anti-system alternative that could continue the old NPD's legacy. [1] [2]

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History

After the renaming of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) to The Homeland in June 2023, Lennart Schwarzbach, at the time leader of the NPD's Hamburg state branch, posted on Facebook that the Hamburg NPD would leave The Homeland. [3] It was followed by other state- and regional branches that officially founded the new NPD under Schwarzbach's leadership at a federal congress in Lower Saxony on 26 November 2023. [2] The party views itself as the legitimate successor to the old NPD. [4] The party was registered with the Federal Returning Officer on 24 March 2024. [5]

After The Right had dissolved in 18 March 2025, many of its members, including its former leader Christian Worch, joined the NPD. [6] [7]

Organisation

The leader of the NPD is Lennart Schwarzbach, other members of the party committee include Tim Belz, Otfried Best, and Uwe Meenen. It has four registered state branches: Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, and Saarland; [8] in addition to several local branches. [2] The state branch in Hamburg has around 90 members. [9]

Ideology

The 2023 NPD is considered far-right. According to the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Hamburg, the party is "considerably more neo-Nazi" and "even closer to traditional neo-Nazi ideology" than its predecessor. [9] [10] [11]

Election results

State elections

Year HH
Votes%
2025 [12] 1,6800.0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Achtung: Falsche NPD wieder unterwegs!". npd-voran.de. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  2. 1 2 3 ""Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands" (NPD (2023)) als Abspaltung der Partei "Die Heimat" (vormals NPD)". www.bige.bayern.de. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Rechtsextremistische Parteien - hamburg.de". www.hamburg.de. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  4. ↑ Verfassungsschutzbericht 2024 (PDF) (in German). 2025. p. 96.
  5. ↑ BW, Verfassungsschutz (2024-05-29). "Neugründung der NPD". www.verfassungsschutz-bw.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Rechtsextreme Kleinpartei versinkt in Bedeutungslosigkeit und löst sich auf". TAG24 (in German). 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  7. ↑ "NPD-Landesverband Niedersachsen - Gründung des Landesverbandes". npd-voran.de. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  8. ↑ "Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD" (PDF). bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  9. 1 2 Eicke-Diekmann, Claudia (2025-02-26). "Neonazis in Hamburg: NPD hält Reden am U-Bahnhof Wandsbek Markt". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  10. ↑ Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische (2025-01-30). "Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Landesverband Hamburg". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  11. ↑ Verfassungsschutzbericht Hamburg 2024 (PDF) (in German). 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ergebnisse Bürgerschaftswahl 2025 in Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg". www.wahlen-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
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