The Christian Party of Austria (German: Christliche Partei Österreichs, CPÖ; formerly the Christians – German: Die Christen) is a minor political party in Austria, founded on 15 October 2005.^[2]

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Christian Party of Austria Christliche Partei Österreichs
Leader	Alfred Kuchar
Founded	15 October 2005
Ideology	Christian right Conservatism Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Religion	Christian fundamentalism[1]
European affiliation	European Christian Political Movement
Colours	Yellow
Slogan	"Life. Values. Future."
National Council:	0 / 183
Federal Council:	0 / 62
European Parliament:	0 / 19
Website
www.christlicheparteioesterreichs.at
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It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, to avoid the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party.^{[citation needed]}

The party was registered on 23 January 2006, and presented to the public on 27 September 2007, when it announced a popular initiative ("Volksbegehren") on the topic of children and families and that it would contest the 2008 election in Lower Austria.

In the 2008 parliamentary election, the party received 0.64% of the vote.

Rudolf Gehring, the party's chairman, announced he would run for president in the 2010 election. He received 5.44% of the vote for third place, the party's highest vote percentage in a national election to date.

The party is oriented mainly on Christian politics, advocating, for example:

• Revoking the recognition of same-sex unions
• Giving parents the right to vote for their children
• Maintaining Christian symbols in schools
• Outlawing (or maintaining the illegality of) abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research and artificial insemination
• Protection of the belief in a Creator God, stating that the importance of this belief "demands respect from other creeds and atheists"^{[citation needed]} as well
• A rejection of further EU centralization
• A rejection of illegal immigration