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Family Party of Germany Familienpartei Deutschlands | |
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Leader | Helmut Geuking |
Founded | 1981 |
Ideology | Conservatism Social conservatism[1] Christian democracy Familialism |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists[2] (until 2021) European People's Party (since 2021) |
Colours | Orange[3] |
Bundestag | 0 / 709
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State Parliaments | 1 / 1,855
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European Parliament | 1 / 96
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http://www.familien-partei.de/ | |
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The Family Party of Germany (‹See Tfd›German: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative[4] political party in Germany. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. In the 2005 federal elections, the Family Party received 0.4% of the popular vote and no seats. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guardians.
In the 2014 European parliament elections, the Family Party received 0.69% of the national vote (202,871 votes in total) and elected one Member of the European Parliament - Arne Gericke,[5] however he later went on to join Freie Wähler in June 2017.[6] In the 2019 European Parliament election, the Family Party slightly increased their vote share, reaching the threshold and electing lead candidate Helmut Geuking as an MEP.