Political parties in Germany lists political parties in Germany.

Germany has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.

The parties

Ways to browse Wikipedia for political parties are by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals and through the category system: especially by country and ideology.

The following parties currently participate in the German parliament, the Bundestag, sorted by the number of seats (refer to the following links for details):

• Social Democratic Party (SPD) – social democrat, left of center
• Christian Democratic Union (CDU) / Christian Social Union (CSU) – conservative, right of center
• Bündnis 90/Die Grünen – green
• Free Democratic Party (FDP) – liberal
• Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) – socialist

Other parties. In addition to those parties that won representation in the Bundestag in 1998, a variety of minor parties won a cumulative total of 5.9% of the vote, up from 3.5% in 1994. 16 other parties were on the ballot in one or more states, but not qualified for representation in the Bundestag. The right-wing parties remained fragmented and ineffectual at the national level.

Minor Parties

• Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
• Animal Welfare Party of Germany (Tierschutzpartei)
• Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
• German Center Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM)
• Christian Center Party (Christliche Mitte - CM)
• Citizens make politics (Bürger machen Politik)
• Civil liberty movement solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
• Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP)
• Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei)
• Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
• Free Voters Union (Freie Wähler)
• German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP)
• Grey Panthers Party of Germany (Die grauen Panther - GRAUE)
• Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)
• Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD)
• Party of bible-abiding christians (Partei bibeltreuer Christen - PBC)
• The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP)
• South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW)

Historical parties

• Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - Bavarian Regionalist (1920-1933)
• Centre Party - Christian Democrat/Conservative (1871-1947)
• Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
• Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) - Socialist (1917-1922)
• German Conservative Party (DKP) - Conservative (before 1918)
• German Empire Party (DRP) - Far right (1949-64)
• German National People's Party (DNVP) - Conservative (1918-1933)
• German People's Party (DVP) - National-Liberal (1918-1933)
• German Progressive Party (DFP) - Left-Liberal (before 1918)
• German Democratic Party (DDP) - Left-Liberal (1918-1930, became the German State Party, which lasted until 1933)
• German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP) - anti-semitic (early Weimar period)
• German Workers' Party (DAP) - precursor to the Nazi Party (1919)
• National Liberal Party - Right Liberal ( before 1918)
• National Socialist German Workers' Party - aka the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
• Socialist Reich Party (SRP) - National Socialist
• German Party (DP) - Conservative

East German

• Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
• Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
• Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
• Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)

Related articles

• History of Germany since 1945
• Liberalism in Germany