The election campaign in Germany: what do the parties want? With the Bundestag elections coming up on 23 February 2025, Germany’s political parties are in the midst of the election campaign, vying for voters with their manifestos We briefly present their stances on the major issues Business and the economy The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is in favour of a “Germany fund” that would finance power and heating grids, electric vehicle
The GDR - what life was like for people in East Germany The SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) was the leading party in the GDR and largely determined the state’s political and social orientation Foundation: The SED was founded in 1946 when the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) and the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) was forced to merge in the Soviet occupation zone
Parties and political foundations in Germany - deutschland. de Go to this portals to find out more about the programs and the issues of all the political parties and their factions currently representing the citizens of Germany With just one click you can also access the pages of the party-affiliated foundations
The two German states - deutschland. de It made a decisive contribution to class and religious differences being eliminated, to the attraction of radical parties being curbed, and to the major democratic parties, initially the Christian Democrat (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) becoming major popular parties
The FDP | Parties in the German Bundestag - deutschland. de The party: FDP Free Democratic Party of Germany Established: 1948 Members: 72,000 MPs in the Bundestag in the period: - Historic figures: Theodor Heuss, first Federal President from 1949-1959 Walter Scheel, Foreign Minister (1969-1974) and Federal President (1974-1979) Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Foreign Minister from 1974-1992 (longest-serving minister) Profile: The FDP was founded in keeping
Germany: The first federal government comprising the SPD, Greens and FDP The classic coalition of one big and one small partner The two conventional main parties in Germany are the CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) and the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) Since 1949, one of the two has always provided the federal chancellor