Family Party of Germany
The Family Party of Germany (German: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative[3]political party in Germany. The party is represented in the European Parliament by one MEP, Niels Geuking. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guardians.
Ideology and platform
The Family Party is a right-wing party that is socially conservative. It was formerly part of the ECR group and now is part of the EPP group. However, the party claims to be a party of the political center in its federal election platform. The party also calls for equal treatment of family work and paid work, and wants to create political framework conditions to enable women and men to start families without economic, political or social disadvantages.[4]
Election results
Federal Parliament (Bundestag)
| Election year | No. ofconstituency votes | No. ofparty list votes | % ofparty list votes | No. ofoverall seats won | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 130 | - | 0.0 | 0 / 631 | |
| 1998 | 8,134 | 24,825 | 0.1 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2002 | 15,138 | 30,045 | 0.1 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2005 | 76,064 | 191,842 | 0.4 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2009 | 17,848 | 120,718 | 0.3 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2013 | 4,478 | 7,449 | 0.0 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2017 | 506 | - | - | 0 / 709 | |
| 2021 | 1,817 | - | - | 0 / 736 |
European Parliament
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2,781 | 0.01 (#27) | 0 / 99 | New | – |
| 1999 | 4,117 | 0.02 (#23) | 0 / 99 |  0 | |
| 2004 | 268,468 | 1.04 (#10) | 0 / 99 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 252,121 | 0.96 (#10) | 0 / 99 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 202,803 | 0.69 (#12) | 1 / 96 |  1 | ECR |
| 2019 | 273,828 | 0.73 (#12) | 1 / 96 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 243,975 | 0.61 (#14) | 1 / 96 | 0 | EPP |
References
- ↑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.
- ↑"Kreuzchen - Das Landtagswahlkampf-Blog der Frankfurter Rundschau". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑Daniele Caramani (2013). The Europeanization of Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-107-11867-6.
- ↑"Familien-Partei Deutschlands" (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
External links
- Official website
(in German)
- 1981 establishments in West Germany
- Christian democratic parties in Germany
- Conservative parties in Germany
- European Christian Political Party
- European Conservatives and Reformists Group member parties
- Parties related to the European People's Party
- Parties represented in the European Parliament
- Political parties established in 1981
- Socially conservative parties
- German political party stubs