The Blue Party (Germany)

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The Blue Party
Die blaue Partei
Leader Frauke Petry
Deputy Leaders
  • Thomas Strobel [1]
  • Hubertus von Below [1]
  • Michael Muster
FounderMichael Muster (legally)
Founded17 September 2017 [1]
Dissolved31 December 2019
Split from Alternative for Germany
Headquarters Berlin, Germany [1]
Think tank The Blue Change
(Die Blaue Wende)
Ideology
Political position Right-wing
Colours  Blue
Website
www.dieblauepartei.de (Archived copy)

The Blue Party (German: Die blaue Partei) was a minor political party in Germany that existed from 2017 to 2019. It was founded by Frauke Petry after resigning as leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD). [4] It entered candidates in elections to German state parliaments, but received few votes. [5] The party dissolved itself at the end of 2019. [6]

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History

The party was registered with the Federal Returning Officer in September 2017 [7] and published its program in the following month. [1] Its policies were intended to attract voters who believed that the Christian Democratic Union of Germany had become too liberal under Angela Merkel and that the Alternative for Germany had become too nationalist. [5]

The Blue Party first stood for election in the 2019 Saxony state elections [5] with Petry as its lead candidate. The party received 7,786 votes, which corresponds to 0.4% of the valid votes. [8] In the 2019 Thuringian state elections, the party received 857 votes, 0.1% of all valid votes. [9]

Petry announced on 5 November 2019 that the party would dissolve by the end of the year due to its results in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. [6] [10] It formally ceased to exist from 31 December 2019. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Die blaue Partei" (PDF). Bundeswahlleiter.de (in German). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ↑ "Neue konservative Partei: Petry bekennt sich öffentlich zur Gründung der "Blauen Partei"". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Programmatik". Blaue Wende (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  4. ↑ Staudenmaier, Rebecca (13 October 2017). "Ex-AfD chief Frauke Petry unveils new conservative 'Blue party'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Debski, Andreas (14 April 2019). "Blaue Partei macht Frauke Petry zur Spitzenkandidatin –in Abwesenheit". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Frauke Petry kündigt Ende ihrer "Blauen Partei" an". Der Spiegel (in German). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Petry-Vertrauter bestätigt Gründung der "Blauen Partei"". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Moritz, Tino (2 September 2019). "Blaue Partei von Frauke Petry erhält landesweit nur 7786 Stimmen". Freie Presse (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Landtagswahl 2019 in Thüringen –endgültiges Ergebnis". Wahlen im Freistaat Thüringen (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Germany: Frauke Petry's Blue Party dissolves after election routs". Deutsche Welle. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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