Saxon People's Party (2006)

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Saxon People's Party
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Party leader Mirko Schmidt (until 2018)
founding March 19, 2006
Place of foundation Meissen
resolution February 9, 2019
Alignment Right-wing extremism , nationalism
Number of members 30 (as of July 2017)
Website sächsische-volkspartei.de

The Saxon People's Party (short name: SVP ) was a right-wing , nationalist regional party in the state of Saxony .

history

In January 2005, Mirko Schmidt , who entered the Saxon state parliament in 2004 via the NPD state list and was a non-attached member of the state parliament until 2009 , resigned from the NPD and the NPD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony . He justified this with the fact that the NPD “abandoned democratic principles”. The Saxon People's Party (SVP) was founded on March 19, 2006. The initial additional name "The Democratic Rights" was dropped in 2008, and the abbreviation "SäVP" was changed to SVP. In 2009 the SVP took part in the state elections in Saxony and received 4401 votes, which corresponds to 0.2% of the valid votes. Originally a joint list with Republicans and DSU was planned, but this did not materialize. An application by the party to integrate itself fully into the DSU was rejected.

In February 2011, the SVP participated in the establishment of the pro-Saxony electoral alliance . The SVP chairman Schmidt became deputy chairman of the alliance. Schmidt was involved in the party citizens' movement for Germany , in which the SVP should be absorbed.

On December 19, 2015, the SVP was formally dissolved and re-established with eleven members. For the 2017 federal election , the party wanted to run with a direct candidate. The federal electoral committee denied her recognition as a party. After the federal election, the SVP received its party status.

On October 6, 2018, Heiko Lorenz (born June 27, 1971 in Meißen ) was elected as the new party chairman, and in 2015 he was one of the party's new founders. In 2018 he stood as candidate for mayor of the SVP in Meißen and received 2.2 percent of the votes in the election. Mirko Schmidt had left the party executive and was active as a consultant in the SVP.

On February 9, 2019, the SVP disbanded in favor of the Awakening German Patriots party .

Program

In the election manifesto for the state elections in 2009, the party called for the "protection of the Saxon homeland": mineral resources are national assets, the economy must be protected from cheap imports. The security in border areas should be guaranteed by a more police presence. The SVP also called for a minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour and the abolition of one-euro jobs and temporary work. Demands for more citizen initiatives and referendums, as well as the abolition of the five-percent hurdle in state and federal elections also stood in the election program.

The SVP demanded a decision on asylum applications within 48 hours. Furthermore, she demanded that “asylum seekers” (own language usage) had to leave Saxony if their political persecution was no longer given in their respective home country. Basically, a ban on immigration of "foreign citizens" was called for, provided they are not of German descent or politically persecuted. Social benefits for “foreign citizens” are rejected, and the right to stay is linked to the “recognition of German customs”. The SVP sought a substantial increase in the number of police stations and a more public police presence. She called for serious criminals to be kept under "stricter detention conditions" for life. Economic policy should be designed “for the benefit of the German people” with a strong regional and local emphasis. The SVP demanded an aggregated carrier for the statutory health insurance in Saxony. Furthermore, the introduction of uniform school clothes and the maintenance of “traditional” cultural and sports facilities were required.

Structure and party members

The Saxon People's Party consisted only of the State Association of Saxony, which was divided into two regional associations. Expansion to other federal states was not planned. According to its own statements, the SVP still had 128 members in 2009 with 38% women and an average age of 42 years.

In addition to the chairman, his two deputies and the treasurer, the party executive also included three assessors; most recently these were Peter Klein, Marion Kelz and Dietmar Stenzel.

Election results and mandates

In August 2009, the SVP ran for the state elections and, with a result of 0.24% of the votes cast, clearly failed to make it into the Saxon state parliament. Until June 2009 it was represented by three members in the Meissen district council and two members in the Meissen city council. This means that it did not have any MPs from 2010 until its dissolution in February 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Federal Constitutional Court decides on parties entitled to make proposals for the election to the 19th German Bundestag In: bundesverfassungsgericht.de , July 25, 2017, accessed on October 19, 2018.
  2. Election to the 5th Saxon State Parliament on August 30, 2009
  3. Stephan Braun , Alexander Geisler, Martin Gerster : Strategies of the extreme right: Backgrounds - Analyzes - Answers ; VS Verlag 2009, p. 124. online here
  4. DSU threatens to drift to the right Freie Presse of June 4, 2010
  5. ^ Right-wing conservatives found new electoral alliance ( memento of March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) - mdr.de.
  6. ^ History - Saxon People's Party ( Memento from February 9, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) - sächsische-volkspartei.de
  7. SZ-Online: From OB candidate to party leader In: sz-online.de , October 10, 2018, accessed on October 19, 2018.
  8. ^ The smaller parties MDR of August 31, 2009
  9. Party program of the SVP ( Memento from July 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - svponline.de.
  10. About us: Party statistics ( Memento from October 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) - svponline.de.
  11. ^ Election results for the state election of Saxony in 2009 , State Statistical Office of Saxony, accessed on November 11, 2010.

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