ON - Party for Work, Environment and Family

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ON - Party for Work, Environment and Family
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founding 2008
Place of foundation Berlin
fusion 2015 with PBC to Alliance C
Alignment Christian Democracy
Conservatism
Christian Fundamentalism
Number of members 400
European party ECPM
Website www.auf-partei.de

The UP - Party for Work, Environment and Family - Christians for Germany (short name: UP ) was a small German party founded in 2008 that saw itself politically as Christian. In March 2015 it became part of Alliance C - Christians for Germany .

Content profile

In terms of content, the party, which describes itself as Christian, had a social and economic profile in terms of both program and personnel: in particular, basic values ​​of the social market economy such as personal responsibility, motivation, decentralization and entrepreneurial creativity were to be strengthened. The party also campaigned for more “flexibility” in the “normal labor market” such as protection against dismissal or collective bargaining conditions . She called for a more attractive design for business start-ups and a basic income through a combination wage model.

She also advocated a parenting salary with a pension entitlement in order to equate non-employed parents financially with employed persons . By reducing non-wage labor costs, employers should be incentivized to create jobs. Business start-ups should be encouraged and simplified.

In its political orientation, the AUF emphasized the standards of "Judeo-Christian ethics", since their lack contributes to the loss of social and economic responsibility as well as "endangering the natural foundations of life and the ecological balance [...] through the ruthless exploitation of natural resources " bring with it. AUF advocated making Germany independent of fossil fuel imports by 2030 . She rejected the expansion of nuclear energy . The Federal Working Group "Right to Live" of the AUF party was a member of the Federal Association of Right to Live , which, among other things, campaigns against abortion .

According to Eike Sanders, Ulli Jentsch and Felix Hansen, the AUF party was shaped by “ Christian fundamentalist ”. She stood for a “rigid anti-abortion policy” and represented “homophobic and trans-hostile positions against gender equality policy and sex education ”. During election campaigns she was regularly supported by "better-known life protectors " such as Gabriele Kuby and Martin Lohmann .

history

In 2006 there were three small Christian parties in Germany - the  Bibeltreuer Christians Party (PBC), the German Center Party (ZENTRUM), and the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) - an effort to work together, which the “Aufbruch 2009” steering committee officially expressed. Here the concept was pursued to found a new Christian-social party with the named parties and other individuals and groups. A merger was not supported by the center and the ÖDP and was rejected at the PBC party congress in December 2007.

On January 26, 2008, the “Party for Work, Environment and Family - Christians for Germany” (AUF) was founded in Berlin. The previous federal chairman of the PBC, Walter Weiblen, was elected as federal chairman; one deputy federal chairman was previously active in the Center Party and the ödp . The German Center Party (ZENTRUM) and the Christian faithful party (PBC) initially took a regretful position on the establishment of the competing party. According to their history, the majority of the functionaries of the AUF initially consisted of former members of the PBC, the Center Party and the ÖDP; There were also some former members of the CDU at the state association level , for example Andreas Weidling, the chairman of the Baden-Württemberg state association.

Walter Weiblen resigned in November 2008. On January 17, 2009, Peter Schneider , who previously held leading positions at the ÖDP, was elected as his successor. The ordinary federal party congress on 4th / 5th January 2010 in Fulda elected the previous federal treasurer Dieter Burr as the new federal chairman. The Nuremberg entrepreneur Mathias Scheuschner and the chemist Markus Widenmeyer from Schönaich were elected as his deputies .

Since 2010, there has been increased work towards a cooperation between AUF and PBC ("Alliance C"), as both parties hardly differ in terms of content and want to combine forces. The merged party should be named Alliance C carry. In November 2013, the planned merger was postponed until further notice. In this context, a spin-off under the name Aufbruch C took place in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2013 . In the meantime, talks with the Center Party took place again. The joint federal party conference of AUF and PBC on March 28, 2015 in Fulda paved the way for an Alliance C - Alliance Christians for Germany .

Participation in nationwide elections

Eva Herman , most prominent speaker at election events

For the 2009 European elections , the party formed an electoral alliance with Libertas and organized election events with Eva Herman and the publicist Martin Lohmann . It achieved a result of almost 38,000 votes, which corresponds to a share of 0.1% of the votes.

The party did not run in the 2009 and 2013 federal elections .

Another prominent supporter of the party was the journalist Franz Alt .

In the 2014 European elections , the party with top candidate Christa Meves achieved a result of 50,953 votes and 0.2%.

Participation in state elections

On March 30, 2010 the state list of the AUF party was approved for the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 9, 2010 . It was the first time the AUF party had taken part in a state election. Nationwide, a total of 5,243 voters (0.1%) gave the AUF party their second vote. In the constituency of Lippe III , Jens Köhler, city councilor of the AUF party in Detmold, stood as a direct candidate and received 1.5% of the first votes; 1.2% of the second vote went to the AUF party in his constituency.

For the state elections in Baden-Württemberg on March 27, 2011 , the AUF party was approved in 15 of 70 constituencies, in which it achieved 0.6 to 1.6% of the vote. In all of these 15 constituencies, AUF achieved better results than the small parties from which it emerged. The overall result of the UP party was 0.2% at the state level with 10,421 votes.

In the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 4, 2011 , AUF received 0.2% of the votes and thus positioned itself at a low level in front of their home parties PBC and ÖDP, which each achieved 0.1%. The AUF party in the constituency of Güstrow I performed best with a result of 1.1%.

For the early state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 13, 2012 , AUF was approved on April 14, 2012; it could therefore be elected across the board with the second vote. The state list was headed by the deputy state chairman Horst Schulze. In five of the 128 constituencies, AUF - in the areas of Bielefeld and Lippe - also ran with direct candidates. Here it achieved between 0.5 and 1.4% of the first votes and between 0.4 and 1.8% of the second votes. Nationwide, the party won 10,224 votes and again 0.1%.

Election results

European elections

European election results
year Number of votes Share of votes
2009 37,894 0.1%
2014 51,048 0.2%

State elections

Election year Baden-Württemberg Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania North Rhine-Westphalia
2010 0.1%
2011 0.2% 0.2%
2012 0.1%

Representation in local parliaments

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AUF party had a district council mandate in the district of Güstrow in 2008 , which was held in 2011 in the newly tailored, enlarged district of Rostock . In addition, from 2009 the party had three seats in municipal councils in the above-mentioned district: 2 seats in the municipality of Kuchelmiß (19.9%) and one seat in the municipality of Langhagen (8.3%). In Saarland, one seat in the municipal council of Mettlach was achieved in the local elections in 2009 , and one or four seats in the local council in the Mettlach districts of Tünsdorf (8.8%) and Wehingen (43.3%). In the local council of Wehingen, the UP party was the strongest party. In 2014, the party held the local council seat and the four seats in the local council of Wehingen.

In the Hessian community of Groß-Zimmer in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg , the AUF won a seat in the election to the local council in March 2011 with 2.2% of the votes.

Federal Chairperson

Period Surname
January 26, 2008 - November 2008 Walter Weiblen
January 17th, 2009 - 4th / 5th January 2010 Peter Schneider
4th / 5th January 2010 - January 17, 2015 Dieter Burr
January 17, 2015 - March 28, 2015 vacant

Spin-offs

Departure C

In March 2013 the party Awakening C - Christian Values ​​for Human Politics was founded. According to its own statements, it pursues the same goals as the UP party. The federal chairman is Jens Köhler, who was elected to the Detmold city council for the AUF party .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b UP - Party for Work, Environment and Family, Christians for Germany (UP). In: bpb.de. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Theses and reasons for an educational salary . ( Memento from April 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ UP basic program (preamble). ( Memento of November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 206 kB) accessed on May 10, 2011.
  4. ^ UP - Party for Work, Environment and Family, Christians for Germany (ed.): Basic program . January 26, 2008 ( maik-foerster.de [PDF]).
  5. ^ Bundesverband Lebensrecht ( Memento from October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Eike Sanders, Ulli Jentsch, Felix Hansen: "Germany drifts off". Organized »protection of life«. Christian fundamentalism. Anti-feminism . Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-89771-121-1 , pp. 82, 84 f.
    See also Ulli Jentsch: The "Lebensschutz" movement and the AfD . In: Alexander Häusler (Ed.): The Alternative for Germany: Program, Development and Political Location . Springer-Verlag, 2016, p. 102
  7. ↑ German Center Party: - Joint statement on the founding of the UP party of the PBC and the German Center Party (PDF; 379 kB) January 24, 2008; Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  8. ↑ a b Small parties want to unite . Evangelical News Agency Idea ; accessed on May 16, 2018
  9. ^ UP: Introductory speech by Peter Schneider on the election of the federal chairman at the federal party conference ( memento of April 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on January 17, 2009 in Berlin; Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  10. ↑ Setting signs for life together - Christian Politics Forum in Berlin on September 18, 2010 . ( Memento from December 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Further bundling of Christian parties . ( Memento of April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); Meeting of PBC and AUF . pbc.de; Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  12. ↑ Christian parties set the course for merger.
  13. ↑ auf-partei.de ( Memento from December 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ^ New Christian strength in Germany: www.aufbruch-c.de
  15. ↑ auf-partei.de ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ^ UP party and Libertas form alliance for EU elections in June ( Memento from July 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ^ Christian UP party: Europe rally with celebrities . Kath.net, April 16, 2009; Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  18. ↑ a b Results of the 2014 European elections . Federal Returning Officer; accessed on May 27, 2014
  19. ^ Party for Work, Environment and Family, Christians for Germany (AUF) Entrepreneur and family-friendly . Bayerischer Rundfunk , May 6, 2014
  20. ↑ NRW election results ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  21. ^ State elections in Baden-Württemberg 2001–2016 . statistik-bw.de. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  22. ^ Baden-Württemberg. State Statistical Office (Ed.): Election to the 15th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg on March 27, 2011. Preliminary results (=  Statistical Analysis Series, 1/2011 ). March 28, 2011, ISSN  1860-1197 ( statistik-bw.de [PDF]).
  23. ↑ Election to the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 4, 2011 - final result . service.mvnet.de. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  24. ↑ Press release of the regional returning officer of North Rhine-Westphalia from April 14, 2012. ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 27 kB) accessed on April 14, 2012
  25. ^ Homepage of the UP party NRW, accessed on April 14, 2012 ( Memento from May 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ^ The State Returning Officer of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ed.): State Parliament Election 2012 Final Results in North Rhine-Westphalia . No. 3 . Information and technology North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf June 2012 ( nrw.de [PDF]).
  27. ↑ Results of the European elections ( Memento of July 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  28. ^ Statistical Office Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Ed.): Elections of the district assemblies of the districts. Elections of the district administrators. Citizens' decisions on the names of the districts in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 4, 2011 - final result - . 9th year, 2012, election booklet 2. Schwerin 2012 ( laiv-mv.de [PDF]).
  29. ↑ Allocation of seats in the 2009 municipal council elections in Saarland. (PDF; 214 kB) Saarland.de, accessed on May 16, 2018 .
  30. ↑ Election Results 2009. Auf-saar.de, archived from the original on 17 May 2018 ; accessed on May 16, 2018 .
  31. ↑ mettlach.de ( Memento from May 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  32. ^ Website of the community of Groß-Zimmer . gross-zimmer.de. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  33. ↑ facebook.com
  34. ↑ idea.de