V-Partei3

V-Partei³
Chairperson	Roland Wegner
Founded	30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
Headquarters	V-Partei³ Bundesgeschäftsstelle Zinnkrautweg 8 22395 Hamburg
Membership (2023)	1,200[1]
Ideology	Animal rights[2] Environmentalism
Colors	Green
Bundestag	0 / 630
State Parliaments	0 / 1,821
European Parliament	0 / 96
Website
v-partei.de
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V-Partei3, known officially as V-Partei³ – Party for Change, Vegetarians and Vegans (German: V-Partei³ – Partei für Veränderung, Vegetarier und Veganer), is a German political party that was founded in April 2016 in Munich, Bavaria.^[3] The principal focus of the party is animal rights and environmentalism. It is the sole political party in Germany devoted to encouraging the adoption of a plant-based diet. The party took part in the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections in 2017, and received 10,013 votes or 0.12% of the vote, far below the 5% threshold required to enter the State Landtag.^[4] Notable members of the party were actress Barbara Rütting and Axel Ritt, guitarist of the band Grave Digger, who joined in May 2017.