Family_Party_of_Germany

Family Party of Germany

Family Party of Germany

Political party in Germany


The Family Party of Germany (German: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative[4] political party in Germany. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. In the 2005 federal elections, the Family Party received 0.4% of the popular vote and no seats. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guardians.

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In the 2014 European parliament elections, the Family Party received 0.69% of the national vote (202,871 votes in total) and elected one Member of the European Parliament - Arne Gericke,[5] however he later went on to join Freie Wähler in June 2017.[6] In the 2019 European Parliament election, the Family Party slightly increased their vote share, reaching the threshold and electing lead candidate Helmut Geuking as an MEP.

Election results

Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

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European Parliament

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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. "Übersicht". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  5. "Schwerin: Gericke von der Familienpartei wechselt zu Freien Wählern". FOCUS Online (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

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