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Family Party of Germany Familienpartei Deutschlands | |
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| Leader | Helmut Geuking |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Lensahn |
| Ideology | Conservatism (German) Social conservatism[1] Christian democracy Familialism |
| Political position | Centre-right toright-wing |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Party |
| European Parliament group | ECR Group (2014-2017, 2019-2021) EPP Group (since 2021) |
| Colours | Orange[2] |
| Bundestag | 0 / 630 (0%) |
| State Parliaments | 1 / 1,855 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 96 (1%) |
| Website | |
| https://www.xn--whlefamilie-l8a.de/ | |
TheFamily Party of Germany (German:Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minorconservative[3]political party in Germany. The party is represented in theEuropean Parliament by oneMEP,Niels Geuking. It has elected members to several local councils in the state ofSaarland. The party wants to introduce a right to vote for children carried out by the legal guardians.
The Family Party is a firmlyright-wing party that issocially conservative. It was formerly part of theECR group and now is part of theEPP group. However, the party claims to be a party of the political center in its federal election platform. The party also calls for equal treatment of family work and paid work, and wants to create political framework conditions to enable women and men to start families without economic, political or social disadvantages.[4]
| Election year | No. of constituency votes | No. of party list votes | % of party list votes | No. of overall seats won | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 130 | - | 0.0 | 0 / 631 | |
| 1998 | 8,134 | 24,825 | 0.1 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2002 | 15,138 | 30,045 | 0.1 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2005 | 76,064 | 191,842 | 0.4 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2009 | 17,848 | 120,718 | 0.3 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2013 | 4,478 | 7,449 | 0.0 | 0 / 631 | |
| 2017 | 506 | - | - | 0 / 709 | |
| 2021 | 1,817 | - | - | 0 / 736 |

| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2,781 | 0.01 (#27) | 0 / 99 | New | – |
| 1999 | 4,117 | 0.02 (#23) | 0 / 99 | ||
| 2004 | 268,468 | 1.04 (#10) | 0 / 99 | ||
| 2009 | 252,121 | 0.96 (#10) | 0 / 99 | ||
| 2014 | 202,803 | 0.69 (#12) | 1 / 96 | ECR | |
| 2019 | 273,828 | 0.73 (#12) | 1 / 96 | ||
| 2024 | 243,975 | 0.61 (#14) | 1 / 96 | EPP |
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