Family Party of Germany

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Key Information

Family Party of Germany Familienpartei Deutschlands

Leader	Helmut Geuking
Founded	1981
Headquarters	Lensahn
Ideology	Conservatism (German) Social conservatism^[1] Christian democracy Familialism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
European affiliation	European Christian Political Party
European Parliament group	ECR Group (2014-2017, 2019-2021) EPP Group (since 2021)
Colours	Orange^[2]
Bundestag	0 / 630 (0%)
State Parliaments	1 / 1,855
European Parliament	1 / 96 (1%)
Website
https://www.xn--whlefamilie-l8a.de/
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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

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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.^[4]

Election results

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Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

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Election year	No. of constituency votes	No. of party list votes	% of party list votes	No. of overall 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

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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	ECR
2024	243,975	0.61 (#14)	1 / 96	0	EPP

References

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^ 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

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Official website (in German)

Political parties in Germany

Represented in the Bundestag
(630 seats)

CDU (164)
AfD (152)
SPD (120)
The Greens (85)
The Left (64)
CSU (44)
SSW (1)

Represented in the
European Parliament
(96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	CDU (23) AfD (15) SPD (14) The Greens (12) CSU (6) BSW (6) FDP (5) The Left (3) FW (3)
Minor parties	Volt (3) Die PARTEI (2) PMUT (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) Party of Progress (1)

Represented in the
16 state parliaments
(1,891 seats)

Major parties	SPD (450, 16/16) CDU (531, 15/16, not in Bavaria) AfD (285, 15/16) The Greens (285, 13/16) FDP (66, 8/16) The Left (85, 7/16) BSW (46, 5/16) FW (44, 3/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein)
Minor parties	BD (7; in Bremen) Values Union (1; in Lower Saxony)

Minor parties
(without representation
at the state level or above)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in state elections in Bavaria, an associated party CSU participates here.
AfD: is currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Greens: are currently not in the state parliaments of Brandenburg, Saarland and Thuringia.
FDP: is currently only in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
BSW: is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, and Thuringia.
FW: is currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony; does not participate in state elections in Brandenburg, an associated party BVB/FW participates here.

European Christian Political Party

National parties

Member parties (EU)	CPÖ VIA AUF & PBC, FAMILIE Jobbik HDA IDeA SV, LPV LKDP, KS ABBA CU, SGP UPR, PR PPM UDSCR, PNȚ-CD, PNCR KÚ Mas, Valores KV
Associated parties (non-EU)	EVP