Party of Reason explained

Country:Germany
Party of Reason
Native Name:Partei der Vernunft
Colorcode:
  1. FEED01
Leader:Friedrich Dominicus
General Secretary:Dirk Hesse
Leader1 Title:Deputy leaders
Leader1 Name:Enrico Pietzsch,
Charles Krüger
Leader2 Title:Executive director
Leader2 Name:Maria Zanke
Leader3 Title:Treasurer
Leader3 Name:Alexander Malchow
Leader4 Title:Additional executive committee members
Leader4 Name:Georg Semmler, Stefanie Kaiser, Lilia Kalaschnikova
Slogan:"Wir lieben Freiheit."
(We love liberty.)
Headquarters:Markgrafenstr. 15
76646 Bruchsal
Germany
Membership Year:2011
Membership:> 1,000[1]
Ideology:Austro-libertarianism
Euroscepticism
Right-libertarianism
International:International Alliance of Libertarian Parties,[2]
Interlibertarians[3]
European:European Party for Individual Liberty (EPIL)[4]
Colors: Yellow & Black Blue (formerly)
Seats1 Title:Bundestag
Seats2 Title:Regional Parliaments
Seats3 Title:European Parliament
Website:www.parteidervernunft.de

The Party of Reason (de|Partei der Vernunft, PdV) is a libertarian political party in Germany founded in May 2009 by Oliver Janich.[5] [6]

The party's policies are based on the Austrian School of economics. It campaigns for libertarian positions, including a minimal state, and free markets.[7] It supports various positions such as not believing in anthropogenic global warming.[8]

In September 2013, the PDV, together with libertarian parties from Spain (Party of Individual Freedom), France (Liberal Democratic Party) and the Netherlands (Libertarian Party) signed the Utrecht Declaration and Covenant of European Classical Liberal and Libertarian Parties, establishing the European Party for Individual Liberty (EPIL).[9] [10]

Elections

In 2011, the PDV participated in the local elections in Lower Saxony, winning one seat in the Flecken Harsefeld municipal council, two seats in the Samtgemeinde Harsefeld municipal council, and a further seat in the Bremervörde municipal council.[11] [12] [13]

Harald Ebert, member of the City council of Erding, and former member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), joined the PDV in 2012.[14] [15] [16]

The party's first participation in German state elections was in the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election on 13 May 2012, but it did not secure any seats in the Landtag.[17] [18]

The PDV participated 2013 federal election on 22 September 2013,[19] attaining ballot access in four states (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate),[20] and winning almost 25,000 second votes (0.1%).[21] The party also fielded a number of direct candidates.[22]

Election results

European Parliament

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stimme.de/heilbronn/nachrichten/stadt/sonstige-Partei-der-Vernunft-gegruendet;art1925,2171705 Partei der Vernunft" gegründet
  2. Web site: IALP Members . 2015-06-21.
  3. Web site: Interlibertarians Members . Interlibertarian.altervista.org . 2013-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131210224257/http://interlibertarian.altervista.org/INTERLIBERTARIANS/Germany.html . 2013-12-10 . dead .
  4. Web site: The Utrecht Declaration and Covenant of European Classical Liberal and Libertarian Parties . . 2013-10-05.
  5. http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36679/1.html Erben der FDP?
  6. http://www.presseanzeiger.de/meldungen/politik/283668.php 30. Mai im Hambacher Schloß: Partei der Vernunft wird gegründet
  7. http://alt.parteidervernunft.de/sites/default/files/manifesto.pdf Manifesto - Partei der Vernunft
  8. Web site: Überwältigende Zustimmung: Vorstände und Delegierte der Landesverbände verabschieden Entwurf für ein freiheitliches Grundsatzprogramm . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204105224/http://www.parteidervernunft.de/grundsatzprogramm-verabschiedet . 2012-02-04 . 2017-02-15.
  9. https://www.facebook.com/notes/european-party-for-individual-liberty-epil/the-utrecht-declaration-and-covenant-of-european-classical-liberal-and-libertari/1421256691422684/ The Utrecht Declaration and Covenant of European Classical Liberal and Libertarian Parties
  10. Web site: Libertäre Parteien aus ganz Europa schließen sich zusammen | Partei der Vernunft . 2013-10-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104210628/http://www.parteidervernunft.de/epil . 2013-11-04 .
  11. http://www.harsefeld.de/harsefeld/politik/wahlen/kwahl/kwahl2011/ergebnisse/wahl-sg2011.htm Election results of the 2011 local elections in Lower Saxony – Fleckenrat Harsefeld – Samtgemeinderat Harsefeld
  12. http://www.harsefeld.de/harsefeld/politik/wahlen/kwahl/kwahl2011/ergebnisse/wahl-fl2011.htm Election results of the 2011 local elections in Lower Saxony – Fleckenrat Harsefeld
  13. http://www.bremervoerde.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=502&Itemid=260 Election results of the 2011 local elections in Lower Saxony – Stadtrat Bremervörde und Ortsräte in den einzelnen Ortsteilen
  14. http://www.merkur-online.de/lokales/erding/grosse-stuehleruecken-erdinger-stadtrat-1428107.html Das große Stühlerücken im Erdinger Stadtrat
  15. http://www.erding.de/index.cgi/198 Stadtrat
  16. http://pdv-bayern.de/partei/landesvorstand Landesvorstand Bayern
  17. http://www1.wdr.de/themen/politik/sp_neuwahl/programme/neuwahl188.html Parteien mit Landesliste im Überblick (3)
  18. http://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw.de/landtagswahlen/2012/index.html Preliminary results
  19. Web site: Die Partei der Vernunft beschließt einstimmig die Teilnahme an der Bundestagswahl 2013 . de . Parteidervernunft.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121028005044/http://www.parteidervernunft.de/bundesparteitag-2012 . 2012-10-28 .
  20. Web site: Kandidaten zur Bundestagswahl am 22. September 2013 . de . Parteidervernunft.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102084158/http://www.parteidervernunft.de/bundestagswahl-2013 . 2013-11-02 .
  21. Web site: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2013 . de . www.bundeswahlleiter.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206054056/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_13/ergebnisse/bundesergebnisse/ . 2015-02-06 .
  22. Web site: Kandidaten zur Bundestagswahl am 22. September 2013 . de . Parteidervernunft.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102084158/http://www.parteidervernunft.de/bundestagswahl-2013 . 2013-11-02 .

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