List of campaign slogans from the German federal election campaigns
This list of campaign slogans from the German Bundestag election campaigns shows the campaign slogans of the most important parties in the Bundestag election campaigns since 1949.
1949
- "It should be all of Germany"
- "To the undivided Germany through the CDU"
- "Freedom - Justice - Peace"
- "1947 - Hunger! Need! Misery! 1949 - Forward! Upward! The success of the CDU"
- "Millions of Christians vote for CDU"
- "Who does not vote, votes communist and with it his and his people's downfall"
- "And again CSU - because: It should get even better"
- "For a free Germany in a new Europe"
- "Equality in price and wages for the rural population FDP"
- "War victims! Displaced bombs, what have the CDU and SPD as rulers done for you so far? Give them the answer - choose the FDP"
- Healthy competition through socialization - SPD
- Even more so: socialization! SPD
- For peace, freedom, socialism
1953
CDU
- All roads of Marxism lead to Moscow ! That's why the CDU
- Daily bread in peace for all - CDU
- For you Bauer - CDU Adenauer
CSU
- We are electing CSU again
FDP
- If you choose the FDP, you will choose Germany
- It dawns on me, I choose FDP
- Further forward FDP, with Blücher for Germany's rise
SPD
- Prof. Erhard - CDU is ruining the economy!
- Whoever votes SPD, chooses the structure!
- Choose where the heart beats on the left! Vote Social Democrats!
- Peace and security through understanding - not the risk of war through the arms race!
- Transfer of the basic industries into common ownership - not rule of the managers and major shareholders
- Ollenhauer instead of Adenauer
1957
CDU
- Think of Hungary: be vigilant! CDU
- No experiments - CDU
- Prosperity for everyone - CDU Ludwig Erhard
CSU
- Let's continue to build Adenauer CSU
- Nothing better comes after - that's why CSU list 1 again
FDP
- Don't let yourself be kidnapped! Therefore FDP - it depends
- Citizens! Only a strong FDP can help you
- Taxpayer! Less government spending. Less taxes. Choose FDP
SPD
- Away with compulsory military service Out of NATO An end to the profit-price spiral - hence the SPD
- More apartments instead of barracks - that's why the SPD
1961
CDU
- Live safely tomorrow too - CDU
- Live in freedom tomorrow too - CDU
- No experiments tomorrow either - CDU
- Success and experience - CDU
CSU
- Freedom, security, prosperity. The way for us all - CSU
FDP
- A modern people needs a policy of progress
- A healthy people needs a healthy center
- Erich Mende: A free people needs free democrats - FDP
- Those who think further choose the FDP
SPD
- Hand in hand - it's better together!
- We are a family - SPD
- Prosperity is there for everyone! SPD
- Germany needs a new government that brings together all capable minds of our people - that is why Willy Brandt has to become Federal Chancellor! SPD
1965
CDU
- It's about Germany - CDU
- Our security - CDU
- CDU in federal and state - tested and recognized
CSU
- It's about you and Germany - CSU
FDP
- Dare to take new paths, that's why the FDP
- No more sole rule of one party! FDP - more necessary than ever
SPD
- Better safe than sorry - SPD!
- New brooms sweep well - SPD
- The time is ripe for a changing of the guard - SPD
1969
CDU
- Safe in the 70s - CDU
- Our future in good hands - CDU
- CDU - It depends on the Chancellor
CSU
- CSU - think modern, act decisively, live better
FDP
- FDP We are getting rid of the old braids
- FDP The driving force
SPD
- SPD - the best future you can choose
- We create modern Germany SPD
- We have the right men
- So that you can live in peace tomorrow too. SPD
1972
CDU
- We build progress on stability - CDU
- Moscow elects Brandt ... and you?
CSU
- We need stability and common sense again - hence CSU
FDP
- Right of way for reason - FDP
SPD
- Willy Brandt must remain Chancellor! Therefore SPD social democrats
- Germans, we can be proud of our country - Elect Willy Brandt - SPD Social Democrats
- Whoever wants to live safely tomorrow must fight for reforms today - SPD
1976
CDU
- For love of Germany: freedom instead of socialism
- CDU - safe, social and free
- Black is beautiful - CDU
- Come from your left corner - CDU: social, safe and free
- Helmut Kohl - the man you can trust
CSU
- Trust in Ostrich - choose Ostrich - CSU
FDP
- Performance choose FDP The Liberals
- Hans Dietrich Genscher - Freedom, Progress, Achievement
SPD
- Get involved: Vote Schmidt - SPD
- Model Germany - Freedom - Security - Social Democracy
- Further work on the Germany - Social Democrats model
1980
CDU
- Franz Josef Strauss - Chancellor for Peace and Freedom
- CDU safe social and free
- With optimism against socialism
- Stop socialism - vote for the CDU
CSU
- So that a Bayer becomes Chancellor - CSU
- The end of the popular front It is time for a change: Strauss has to become Chancellor - CSU
FDP
- This time it's all about it - this time FDP the Liberals
- Our country should also be liberal tomorrow
SPD
- Security for Germany - SPD
- Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt: You can do something for your country. Give your vote to my party - SPD
1983
CDU
- This chancellor creates trust
- Now choose the upswing - CDU
FDP
- Germany needs the FDP The FDP needs its second vote.
- Every day a piece of nature dies. The industry makes cash
- We only borrowed the earth from our children.
SPD
- In the German interest - SPD
- The better man must become Chancellor - Hans Jochen Vogel - SPD
1987
CDU
- Keep it up, Germany. CDU - the future
- We are on a good way. Therefore: keep it up, Germany. CDU - the future
- Stop - Germany must not turn red-green - CDU
CSU
- Unity and law and freedom for the German fatherland - CSU. Consistent for Germany
FDP
- FDP The Liberals - future through performance
Green
- Green breaks through
SPD
- The best for Germany: Johannes Rau
- So that peace remains secure and German interests count - SPD
- SPD - majority for more jobs
- So that our children can live: Pack environmental offenders hard - SPD
- Instead of Star Wars, Peace on Earth - SPD
1990
CDU
- Chancellor for Germany
- Freedom - Prosperity - Security
- Together we can make it
CSU
- Decision for Germany - CSU
FDP
- Vote Genscher - Vote FDP. The liberal
The green
- Everyone is talking about Germany. We're talking about the weather. For a better climate ( The Greens )
- Without us everything turns black, red, and gold. (The green)
- A strong opposition for the weak
SPD
- The new way SPD - socially, ecologically, economically strong ( West )
- The new way SPD - secure jobs, clean air, economically strong ( East )
- Votes for Oskar
1994
CDU
- So that things continue to improve - CDU
- It's about Germany - CDU
- Politics without a beard - safe in the future - CDU
- To the future - but not in red socks
CSU
- So that Germany remains stable - elect the CSU on October 16
FDP
- Dare the future - vote liberally - FDP Die Liberalen
GREEN
- Solidarity instead of elbows - only with us
PDS
- Change begins with opposition
SPD
- Look forward to the change, Germany - SPD
- Together we are strong - SPD
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.wahlen-98.de
- ↑ Sven Felix Kellerhoff: The Greens were the "Against Party" as early as 1990.
- ^ Election campaign newspaper "Grüne Zeiten", November 1990, in Armin Burkhardt: Political language change under the sign of "Wende" and "Vereinigung". Walter de Gruyter, 1992. ISBN 3110136139 , ISBN 9783110136135 . ( Excerpts online at Google Books )