| Country: | Germany |
| PETO – The young alternative | |
| Native Name: | PETO – Die junge Alternative |
| Logo Alt: | Labour logo |
| Leader: | Lydia Hannawald [1] |
| Leader1 Name: | Malte Franke [2] |
| Leader1 Title: | Deputy Leader |
| Headquarters: | Monheim am Rhein |
| Membership: | Approx 400 [3] |
| Membership Year: | 2013 |
| Website: | www.peto.de |
PETO – Die junge Alternative (Shorter name: PETO, lat.: „I postulate“) is one of the first youth parties in Germany. Established in 1999, the political party is based in Monheim am Rhein in North Rhine-Westphalia.
PETO made overwhelming gains in the Town Council and Mayoral elections in 2014. Daniel Zimmermann (the incumbent mayor of Monheim) won with 94.64% of the vote, against Manfred Poell (Bundnis 90/Grüne - 5.36%).[4] In the Town Council elections, PETO received 65,64% of the vote, compared with 17.80% for Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU).[4]