List of political parties in Germany

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This is a list of political parties in Germany.

The Parliament of Germany, the Bundestag, has a plural multi-party system, with two major parties, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) in the same parliamentary group, also known as CDU/CSU or the Union.

Furthermore, Germany has three minor parties, the Free Democratic Party (FDP), The Left, and Alliance '90/The Greens. The federal government of Germany usually consists of a coalition of a major and a minor party, most typically CDU/CSU and FDP, or a 'red-green alliance' of the SPD and Greens. From 1966 to 1969, and again from 2005 to 2009, the federal government consisted of a Grand Coalition.[1]

Coalitions in the Bundestag and state legislators are often described by party colors. Party colors are the Social Democratic Party being red, the Alliance '90/The Greens green, the Free Democratic Party yellow, the The Left dark red or purple, and the CDU/CSU black.[2][3]

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[edit] The parties

[edit] Parties represented in the Bundestag or the EP

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology MPs MEPs Notes
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 CDU Angela Merkel Christian democracy and Liberal conservatism 193 (-1) 34 [A]
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern		 CSU Horst Seehofer Christian democracy and Social conservatism 44 (-1) 8
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 SPD Sigmar Gabriel Social democracy 146 23
Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 FDP Philipp Rösler Classical liberalism 93 12
The Left
Die Linke		 LINKE Gesine Lötzsch and Klaus Ernst Democratic socialism 76 8 [B]
Alliance '90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 GRÜNE Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir Green Politics 68 14
A Common CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag; CSU runs only in Bavaria, CDU elsewhere.

B Merger of PDS and WASG

[edit] Parties represented in state parliaments

[edit] Minor parties

[edit] Defunct parties

[edit] Historical parties

[edit] Parties existing until the end of World War I

[edit] Parties in Weimar Republic

[edit] Defunct parties in (former) West Germany

[edit] Parties banned by the Constitutional Court

[edit] Parties in (former) East Germany

[edit] As a socialist state

[edit] During transition

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1647406,00.html
  2. ^ "Political parties form colorful spectrum in Germany". Deutsche Welle. 2009-08-18. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4541120,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-12. 
  3. ^ The Green party: Getting used to opposition, Deutsche Welle, 2009-08-24, http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4582700,00.html, retrieved 2009-10-12, "This made a so-called [[Jamaica coalition (politics)|]] with the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party impossible." 
  4. ^ http://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/abgeordnete/a_bis_z/,cms_id,51,abgeordneten_id,31.html

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