Citizens for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern explained

Country:Germany
Native Name:Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Leader:Michael Bertram
Foundation:20 January 2018
Dissolution:9 December 2018
Seats1 Title:Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Ideology:Conservatism[1]
Regionalism[2]
National:Free Voters[3]
Merged:Free Voters
Position:Centre-right
Website:http://bmv-partei.de

Citizens for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BMV) was a regionalist political party in Germany based in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They were founded from a split in the faction of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state parliament.[4] They had described themselves as a "conservative & regional party" and had compared themselves to the Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria.[5] They had four seats in the regional parliament before merging into the Free Voters.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neue Partei "Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" gegründet | SVZ . 11 May 2022 .
  2. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/AfD-Aussteiger-gruenden-neue-Partei-,bmv100.html AfD-Aussteiger gründen neue Partei
  3. Web site: Nachrichten aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
  4. Web site: Landtag: Spaltung der AfD-Landtagsfraktion. focus.de.
  5. https://www.svz.de/regionales/mecklenburg-vorpommern/neue-partei-buerger-fuer-mecklenburg-vorpommern-gegruendet-id18863476.html Neue Partei „Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern“ gegründet