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Bündnis Deutschland
Bündnis Deutschland (BD, lit. 'Alliance Germany')[3] is a minor German political party founded in November 2022. It is led by Steffen Grosse, the former leader of the Free Voters of Saxony and a former Christian Democratic Union member. It describes itself as politically between the Christian Democrats and the Alternative for Germany.[7][8] HistoryBündnis Deutschland was first formed in a party conference on November 20, 2022 in Fulda. Steffen Grosse would be elected as party leader. In January 2023, member of the Bavarian Landtag Markus Plenk would join BD. Plenk was elected as an AfD member, but had left the party in 2019. Plenk would leave BD in October 2023.[9] Also in January 2023, a Member of the European Parliament Lars Patrick Berg left the Liberal Conservative Reformers party and joined Bündnis Deutschland.[10] Grosse announced plans to run in the May 2023 state-level elections in Bremen,[1][11] but later decided to support the local Citizens in Rage party instead,[12] who in turn later merged into the former.[13] In 2024, both Wir Bürger[14] and Values Union started to discuss mergers with BD.[15] The party first contested the 2024 European parliament election. It received 0.4% of the national vote (164,477 votes in total).[16] Former independent Bundestag member Uwe Witt, who was elected from the Alternative for Germany in 2017, joined BD in late December 2024, making him his new party's first federal legislator.[17] In the 2025 federal election, BD will run in all federal states and candidates in 84 constituencies. The leading candidate for this election will be Kay-Achim Schönbach. [18] Ideology and PlatformWhen BD was founded, the party declared that it would, among other things, support a social market economy, lower taxes and levies, and secure and affordable energy. In addition, according to its contract, it rules out a coalition with extremist parties.[19] The party supports a more balanced, affordable energy mix that includes modern, safe nuclear energy as well as renewable energies and future technologies. They also call for more German energy independence. Furthermore, BD wants more local agriculture production.[20] BD supports for the preservation of Germany's "Christian-Jewish" roots and strongly backs freedom of speech. The party also opposes cancel culture.[20] BD supports greater resources for law enforcement, and believes that court rulings should occur faster.[20] They also calls for more direct democracy, including expanded opportunities for referendums. [19] Relationship with the AfDAs it was co-founded by former AfD members, Alliance Germany is said to have a latent closeness to that party. Some top officials of Alliance Germany (as of August 2023) are former members, elected officials and officials of the AfD, including the party's only member of the Bundestag, Uwe Witt. [21][22] On November 22, 2022, party leader Steffen Große stated that former AfD members can also be accepted if they meet the requirements for party membership. However, former members of the right-wing extremist wing are explicitly excluded. Federal Executive Board member Jonathan Sieber distanced himself from the “populist and denigrating tone” of the AfD and made it clear that his party would not “denigrate or despise” any population groups.[23]Regarding the cordon sanitaire with the AfD, Steffen Große said that “bridges instead of firewalls” were needed.[24][25] Election resultsEuropean Parliament
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