List of political parties in Germany

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This is a list of political parties in Germany.

Germany has a multi-party system, with two large parties, three substantial smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.

1 The parties
2 Minor parties
- 2.1 More than 0.1 % of the vote at the last federal elections
- 2.2 Others
3 Historical parties
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The parties

The following parties currently participate in the German parliament, the Bundestag, sorted by the number of seats (refer to the following links for details):

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) / Christian Social Union (CSU) – conservative, right of center: 27.8 %, 180 seats and 7.4 %, 46 seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) – social democrat, left of center: 34.2 %, 222 seats
Free Democratic Party (FDP) – liberal (currently neo-liberal): 9.8 %, 69 seats
The Left Party (a coalition of the Party of Democratic Socialism and Labour and Social Justice Party) – left-socialist: 8.8 %, 54 seats
Alliance '90/The Greens – green: 8.1 %, 51 seats

Other parties. In addition to those parties that won representation in the Bundestag in 2002, a variety of minor parties won a cumulative total of 3.0% of the vote, down from 5.9% in 1998. 22 other parties were on the ballot in one or more states, but not qualified for representation in the Bundestag. The right-wing parties (e.g. neo-Nazi) remained fragmented and ineffectual at the national level.

[edit] Minor parties

[edit] More than 0.1 % of the vote at the last federal elections

National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD): 1.6 %
The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP): 0.6 %
Grey Panthers Party of Germany (Die grauen Panther - GRAUE): 0.4 %
Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei): 0.4 %
Animal Welfare Party of Germany (Tierschutzpartei): 0.2 %
Party of Bible-Abiding Christians (Partei bibeltreuer Christen - PBC): 0.2 %

[edit] Others

Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM)
German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP)
Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte - CM)
Citizens Make Politics (Bürger machen Politik)
Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
The Violet - for spiritual politics (Die Violetten – für spirituelle Politik)
Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP)
Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
Free Voters (Freie Wähler)
Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)
Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD)
Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative - Die PARTEI), party created by editors of the satirical magazine titanic
Social Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit - PSG)
South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW) - this is the party of the danish and frisian minorities in Germany