Free citizens' initiative
| Free citizens' initiative | |
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| Party leader | Dr. Thomas Kernebeck |
| vice-chairman | Harald Kayser, Dirk Tegethoff |
| State Treasurer | Helga Walecki |
| founding | 1994 |
| Place of foundation | Paderborn |
| Headquarters | Paderborn |
| Number of members | about 550 |
The Free Citizens' Initiative (short name: FBI ) has been an amalgamation of electoral associations in Germany since 2008 in order to be able to take part in European or federal elections. Even before that, municipal voter communities of the same name had won city council mandates in Dortmund , Paderborn and Xanten .
The organization took part in the 2009 European elections and achieved a nationwide result of 30,913 votes (0.1% share of the vote). The party also took part in the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2009 , and achieved 0.1% of the vote nationwide.
In 2010 a regional association " Free Citizens' Initiative Free Voters " (abbreviation FBI / Free Voters ) was founded, which in May 2010 had 350 members. The chairman is Hans Josef Tegethoff. The state association entered the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2010 with a state list of 13 candidates . The term “Free Voters” was used without the consent of the Free Voters of North Rhine-Westphalia (short name FREE VOTERS ).
program
Direct democratic elements and the abolition of mandatory parliamentary groups are intended to "shake off party rule" in Germany. Since there are no regional associations, the individual constituencies focus on local issues. Typical demands include "those for the introduction of free family cards in local public transport (Xanten) or for the socialization of the energy supply (Paderborn)". In Dortmund the FBI organized "Citizens' petitions against the expansion of an airport and the construction of minarets ".
The electoral community distinguishes itself from “right-wing extremist organizations”. She sees the threat to the rule of law democracy in “extremism” and “xenophobia” as well as in “parallel societies, social abuse, party affiliation and increasing crime”. It calls on "fundamental issues of European integration" referendums in Germany and rejects an EU -membership of Turkey from. In addition, German is to be used as the working language alongside English and French in the European institutions and Germany is to receive a higher proportion of votes.
Web links
- FBI website for the 2009 European elections ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Information from the Federal Agency for Civic Education on the FBI , accessed on May 14, 2009.
- ↑ Press release of the Federal Returning Officer on the authorized parties ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated April 20, 2009.
- ↑ Election results ( memento from June 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), www.bundeswahlleiter.de
- ↑ 25th Mar. 2010: receipt is missing! Please explain in more detail where and in what context.
- ^ Website of the regional returning officer of North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento from June 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Free Citizens' Initiative Free Voters (FBI). bpb , April 11, 2012, accessed January 2, 2013 .
- ↑ http://www.freiewaehler.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Bundesvereinigung/Europawahl_2014/Europa_bist_Du.pdf#page=16
