Alliance for Germany
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Alliance for Germany Allianz für Deutschland | |
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Abbreviation | AFD |
Leader | Lothar de Maizière |
Founded | 5 February 1990 |
Dissolved | 2 October 1990 |
Merged into | Christian Democratic Union |
Ideology | Christian democracy Conservatism Anti-communism Anti-socialism German unionism |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
Member parties | Christian Democratic Union German Social Union Democratic Beginning |
Colours | German national colours: Black Red Yellow Blue (customary) |
Slogan | "Freedom and Prosperity" (German: "Freiheit und Wohlstand") "Never again Socialism" (German: "Nie wieder Sozialismus") |
Volkskammer | 192 / 400 |
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The Alliance for Germany (German: Allianz für Deutschland) was an opposition coalition in East Germany. It was formed on 5 February 1990 in Berlin (then West Berlin) to stand in the East-German Volkskammer elections.[1]
It consisted of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Democratic Awakening (DA) and the German Social Union (DSU). The German Forum Party was invited to join, but declined.[2]
The Alliance won the most votes in the 1990 East German general election, winning 48.2% of votes cast (CDU 40.9%; DSU 6.3%; DA 0.9%), and would control 192 of 400 seats in the Volkskammer. It formed the government in East Germany until German Reunification. Lothar de Maizière from the CDU was minister-president.
See also
References
- ^ "18 March: Alliance for Germany (Poster) | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "Angela Merkel | Biography, Political Career, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Austro-German-Alliance
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/greatwar/g2/backgroundcs1.htm
Heather Grabbe and Wolfgang Münchau (6/2/02) "Germany and Britain: an alliance of necessity" The Centre for European Reform and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung