Christian Party of Austria

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Christian Party of Austria Christliche Partei Österreichs

Leader	Alfred Kuchar
Founded	October 15, 2005
Ideology	Christian right Social conservatism Euroscepticism Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Religion	Christianity
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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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.

It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, partially due to concerns by the Catholic Church over the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party.^{[citation needed]}

History

The party was registered on January 23, 2006, and presented to the public on September 27, 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.

Goals

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

Election results

National Council

National Council of Austria
Election year	# of total votes	% of overall vote	# of seats	Government
2008	31,080	0.64%	0 / 183	Extra-parliamentary
2013	6,647	0.14%	0 / 183	Extra-parliamentary
2017	425	0.01%	0 / 183	Extra-parliamentary
2019	260	0.00%	0 / 183	Extra-parliamentary

President

Election	Candidate	First round result			Second round result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result	Votes	%	Result
2010	Rudolf Gehring	171,668	5.43%	3rd place
2016	No candidate

External links

Official homepage

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