German motorist and citizens' interest party

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The German Motorists and Citizens' Interest Party (short name: APD ) was a small German party .

history

It was founded on October 10, 1988 as the Motorists Party (AFP). Its first chairman was Anton K. Marth . On December 5, 1992, it was renamed the German Motorists and Citizens' Interest Party. In the European elections in 1994 she ran for the first time and received 0.7%; in the 1994 Bundestag election 0.046%. Apart from a few regional elections, this result could only be exceeded in the 1995 elections to the Berlin House of Representatives (0.9%). In the district of Limburg-Weilburg , Joachim Reinhold Königstein ran as an APD candidate in the direct election of the district administrator on January 22, 1995 and achieved 4.06%.

In 1995 Jürgen Reichenbach took over the party chairmanship for one year, from 1996 Erhard Hörber and Günther Schill jointly led the party. The APD last ran in 1999 when it received 0.4% in the European elections . Due to a lack of membership and financial difficulties, it stopped its work in 2000 and dissolved in 2002.

program

According to its own statement, the main objective of the APD was to make “ mobility for everyone” affordable. She also advocated an expansion of the road network , the creation of additional parking spaces and an unrestricted flow of traffic .

literature

  • Melanie Haas: Motorists and Citizens' Interest Party of Germany (APD). In: Frank Decker, Viola Neu (Ed.): Handbook of German political parties. Wiesbaden 2007, pp. 164/165.
  • Demand everything . In: Der Spiegel . No. 1 , 1989 ( online - about party foundations in Germany, including the APD).
  • Lush green . In: Der Spiegel . No. 7 , 1992 ( online - about the goals of the APD).