New Liberals (Germany) Explained

The Social Liberals
Native Name:Die Sozialliberalen
Native Name Lang:de
Leader Title:Chairman
Leader Name:Christian Bethke
Founded:14 September 2014
Dissolved:7 June 2021 (As political party)
Fields:Social liberalism
European federalism[1]
Services:Bipartisan think tank
Headquarters:Oldenburger Str. 6
D-10551Berlin
Location:Germany
Website:https://sozialliberal.de/

The Social Liberals (German: Die Sozialliberalen), formerly New Liberals (German: Neue Liberale), is an association and a former minor political party in Germany based in Berlin.[2]

The former party was created as a split from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) operating in multiple states,[3] and was founded on 28 September 2014 in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg.[4] [5]

The association states its distance from the FDP and its economic liberalism, and aims to create a programme based on social liberalism.[6]

The New Liberals form a parliamentary group in the district of Harburg (part of Hamburg) and currently have 3 seats in the assembly.[7]

On 6 January 2015, the Liberal Democrats, the New Liberals and another small party declared their intent to cooperate with the objective of an eventual merger. The LD still features this prominently, while the New Liberals had since restructured.[8]

On 20 April 2016, a new "group of members and sympathisers of Liberal Democrats and New Liberals in the Saar area"May 2017. formed as a joint regional representation.

On 7 June 2021, the Social Liberals leadership announced their recommendation to dissolve as a party and to recommend its members to join Volt Deutschland, the German branch of the pan-European party Volt Europa.[9]

Views

The preliminary founding program states that the former party aims for classic social liberal positions. The aim is a “free society, in which every human being is valued in their individuality and is able to unfold”. New central motives of the New Liberals are the introduction of a basic income as well as improvements for “refugees, immigrants, people with disabilities, elderly people, increasingly also families but also job starters”.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahl-o-mat.de/europawahl2019/Positionsvergleich-Europawahl2019.pdf „Wahl-O-Mat Europawahl 2019 – Vergleich der Positionen“, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
  2. Web site: The Social Liberals join Volt: A strong sign for the progressive center. 2021-07-20. de. Volt Deutschland. 2021-09-15.
  3. Web site: Ex-Mitglieder der FDP gründen neue Partei - ZEIT ONLINE. 30 August 2014. de. ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. ZEIT ONLINE. 16 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Neue Liberale bereiten Gründungsparteitag vor. Ndr.de. de. NDR. 16 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Neue Partei in Hamburg: Liberaler als die Liberalen?. Handelsblatt.com. de. 16 December 2014.
  6. Web site: Liberalismus: Neue Partei geht auf Distanz zur FDP - DIE WELT. 13 September 2014. de. Günther Lachmann. DIE WELT. 16 December 2014.
  7. Web site: Neue Liberale Fraktion. 29 January 2019. de. 29 January 2019.
  8. Web site: Sozialliberale sammeln sich. 6 January 2015. de. 4 May 2016.
  9. Web site: Vereinte Kräfte für ein vereintes Europa – die Sozialliberalen planen, sich Volt in Deutschland anzuschließen. 7 June 2021. 8 June 2021. Christian. Bethke. Sozialliberale. German.