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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox political party Free Voters (Шаблон:Lang-de, FW) is a centre-right[1] political party in Germany. The party originates as an umbrella organisation of several Free Voters Associations (Шаблон:Lang), associations of people which participate in an election without having the status of a registered party. These associations are usually locally-organised groups of voters in the form of a registered association (eV). In most cases, Free Voters campaign only at local government level, standing for city councils and for mayoralties. Free Voters tend to achieve their most successful electoral results in rural areas of southern Germany, appealing most to conservative voters who prefer local decisions to party politics. Free Voter groups are active in all of the states of Germany.

History

In the 2008 Bavaria state election, the FW association obtained 10.2% of the vote and gained their first 20 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria.[2] FW may have been helped by the presence in its list of Gabriele Pauli, a former member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).[3][4] Others suggested that it was the other way round.[5] Unlike in the other German states, the Free Voters of Bavaria have also contested state elections since 1998.Шаблон:Citation needed In the state election of 2013 FW repeated its success, gaining 19 seats.

In the 2014 European parliament elections in Germany, the Free Voters list received 1.46% of the national vote and returned a single MEP, Ulrike Müller,[6] who sits with the ALDE Group.[7] The federal Free Voters association joined the European Democratic Party in October 2015.[8]

In June 2017, Arne Gericke, who sits with European Parliament's European Conservatives and Reformists group and was elected in 2014 on the Family Party of Germany list, joined the federal association.[9] Gericke left it 15 months afterward for Alliance C – Christians for Germany.

In the 2018 Bavarian state election, the Free Voters won a record 27 seats, entering into a coalition government as junior partner to the CSU.

Following the 2019 European Parliament election in Germany, the Free Voters sit in the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament with two MEPs.[10][11]

In the European Committee of the Regions, the Free Voters sit in the Renew Europe CoR group with one alternate member for the 2020–2025 mandate.[12]

In the 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, the FW entered the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time, amassing 5.4% of the vote and six seats.[13]

Ideology, platform and policies

The Free Voters are a conservative party,[14] supporting devolving more power to the local level.[15] The party is in opposition to the European Union's financial policies.[16]

Ideologically, on the political spectrum, it has been described by some sources as being between the Free Democratic Party and the Party of Bible-abiding Christians,[16] and by others as between the Christian Social Union and the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[17] Europe Elects described it as centrist.[18] Politico has described the party as conservative and right-wing, noting the similarities between their rhetoric and the statements of the AfD.[19]

Federal election results

Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats +/– Government
Votes % Votes %
2009 Manfred Ehlert (FWD) 11,243 0.0 (#22) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:No2
2013 Hubert Aiwanger 431,640 1.0 (#10) 423,977 1.0 (#10) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Шаблон:No2
2017 589,056 1.3 (#8) 463,292 1.0 (#8) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Шаблон:No2
2021 1,334,093 2.9 (#8) 1,127,171 2.4 (#8) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Шаблон:No2

State Parliaments (Länder)

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In light orange are the regions where FW is represented in the state parliament, in dark orange are the regions where FW is in the state government. (2023)

The Free Voters do not contest state elections in Brandenburg due to the close cooperation with the BVB/Free Voters, who only compete in the state elections in Brandenburg.

State parliament Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
Baden-Württemberg 2021 146,259 3.0 (#6) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Bavaria 2023 2,163,353 15.8 (#2) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 10 Шаблон:Yes2
Berlin 2023 3,923 0.26 (#16) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Bremen 2019 14,205 1.0 (#9) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Hamburg 2020 16,357 0.4 (#?) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Hesse 2018 85,465 3.0 (#6) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Lower Saxony 2022 30,453 0.8 (#10) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2021 10,075 1.1 (#9) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
North Rhine-Westphalia 2022 49,985 0.7 (#10) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Rhineland-Palatinate 2021 103,619 5.4 (#6) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Increase 6 Шаблон:No2
Saarland 2022 7,636 1.7 (#9) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Saxony 2019 72,897 3.4 (#7) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Saxony-Anhalt 2021 33,288 3.1 (#7) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Schleswig-Holstein 2022 8,190 0.6 (#11) Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Thuringia 2019 n/a - Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary

References

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External links

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