Family Party of Germany
Template:Expand German Template:Infobox political party Template:Conservatism in Germany The Family Party of Germany (Template:Langx) is a minor conservative<ref name="Caramani2013">Template:Cite book</ref> 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 firmly 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Election results
Federal Parliament (Bundestag)
| Election year | No. of constituency votes |
No. of party list votes |
% of party list votes |
No. of overall seats won |
+/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 130 | - | 0.0 | Template:Composition bar | |
| 1998 | 8,134 | 24,825 | 0.1 | Template:Composition bar | |
| 2002 | 15,138 | 30,045 | 0.1 | Template:Composition bar | |
| 2005 | 76,064 | 191,842 | 0.4 | Template:Composition bar | |
| 2009 | 17,848 | 120,718 | 0.3 | Template:Composition bar | |
| 2013 | 4,478 | 7,449 | 0.0 | Template:Composition bar | |
| 2017 | 506 | - | - | Template:Composition bar | |
| 2021 | 1,817 | - | - | Template:Composition bar |
European Parliament
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2,781 | 0.01 (#27) | Template:Composition bar | New | – |
| 1999 | 4,117 | 0.02 (#23) | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 | |
| 2004 | 268,468 | 1.04 (#10) | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 | |
| 2009 | 252,121 | 0.96 (#10) | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 | |
| 2014 | 202,803 | 0.69 (#12) | Template:Composition bar | Template:Increase 1 | ECR |
| 2019 | 273,828 | 0.73 (#12) | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 | |
| 2024 | 243,975 | 0.61 (#14) | Template:Composition bar | Template:Steady 0 | EPP |
References
External links
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