Alliance Germany Bündnis Deutschland | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | BD |
| Chairperson | Steffen Grosse |
| General Secretary | None |
| Presidium | Kay-Achim Schönbach,Carsten Schanz,Markus Schröder |
| Founded | November 2022 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[4] |
| Regional affiliation | Alliance for Thuringia[5] (2024) |
| Slogan | Freiheit, Wohlstand, Sicherheit ('Freedom, Prosperity, Safety') |
| Bundestag | 0 / 733 |
| State Parliaments | 7 / 1,891 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 96 |
| Website | |
| buendnis-deutschland | |
Bündnis Deutschland (BD,lit. 'Alliance Germany')[6] is a minorGerman political party founded in November 2022. It is led bySteffen Grosse, the former leader of theFree Voters of Saxony and a formerChristian Democratic Union member. It describes itself as politically between the Christian Democrats and the Alternative for Germany.[7][8]
Bündnis Deutschland was first formed in a party conference on November 20, 2022 inFulda. Steffen Grosse would be elected as party leader.
In January 2023, member of theLandtag of Bavaria 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, aMember of the European ParliamentLars Patrick Berg left theLiberal Conservative Reformers party and joined Bündnis Deutschland.[10]
Grosse announced plans to run in the May 2023 state-level elections inBremen,[2][11] but later decided to support the localCitizens in Rage party instead,[12] who in turn later merged into the former.[13] In 2024, bothWir Bürger[14] andValues Union started to discuss mergers with BD.[15]
The party first contested the2024 European parliament election. It received 0.4% of the national vote (164,477 votes in total).[16] Former independent Bundestag memberUwe Witt, who was elected from theAlternative for Germany in 2017, joined BD in late December 2024, making him his new party's first federal legislator.[17]
In the2025 federal election, BD ran in all federal states and candidates in 84 constituencies. The leading candidate for this election wasKay-Achim Schönbach.[18] The party obtained 0.16% of the vote, failing to win a seat.
When BD was founded, the party declared that it would, among other things, support asocial 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 balanced, affordable energy mix that includes modern, safenuclear energy as well as renewable energies and future technologies. They also call for more German energy independence.[20]Furthermore, BD wants more local agriculture production.[21][22][23][24]
BD supports for the preservation of Germany's "Christian" roots and strongly backsfreedom of speech. The party also opposes "cancel culture".[21]
BD supports resources for law enforcement, and believes that court rulings should occur faster.[21] They also calls for moredirect democracy, including expanded opportunities for referendums.[19]
As it was co-founded by formerAfD 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.[25][26]
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 theright-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.[27] Regarding thecordon sanitaire with the AfD, Steffen Große said that "bridges instead of firewalls" were needed.[28][29]
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | +/– | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 2025 | Steffen Grosse | 88,046 | 0.18 (#12) | 79,012 | 0.16 (#14) | 0 / 630 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lars Patrick Berg | 164,477 | 0.41 (#18) | 0 / 96 | New | – |
| State | Year | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxony | 2024 | 6,718 | 0.29 (#13) | 0 / 120 | N/A | Extra-parliamentary |
| Thuringia | 2024 | 5,508 | 0.46 (#12) | 0 / 88 | N/A | Extra-parliamentary |
| Hamburg | 2025 | 2,956 | 0.07 (#15) | 0 / 88 | N/A | Extra-parliamentary |
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