The Republicans (Germany)

The Republicans

Die Republikaner
The Republicans Die Republikaner
Leader	Tilo Schöne
Founded	26 November 1983
Split from	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Headquarters	Munich, Bavaria
Membership (2014)	4,533
Ideology	National conservatism; Right-wing populism; Hard Euroscepticism;
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Black Red Yellow; (German Republic colours); Blue (customary);
Website
	www.rep.de
	Politics of Germany; Political parties; Elections;

The Republicans (German: Die Republikaner, REP) is a far-right, national-conservative political party in Germany. The primary plank of the programme is opposition to immigration. The party tends to attract protest voters who think that the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) are not sufficiently conservative. It was founded in 1983 by former CSU members Franz Handlos and Ekkehard Voigt, and Franz Schönhuber was the party's leader from 1985 to 1994. The party had later been led by Rolf Schlierer, until 2014. The Republicans had seats in the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994, Abgeordnetenhaus of West Berlin in 1989–1990 and in the parliament of the German state of Baden-Württemberg between 1991 and 2001.

The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution between 1992 and 2006 said that the Republicans were a "party with partially extreme-right tendencies" although the Republican leadership did rebuff an electoral alliance with more openly extreme-right parties such as the National Democratic Party of Germany, losing members to these more successful parties. The Republicans' strongholds tended to be in relatively affluent South Germany rather than the more economically depressed Eastern Germany where the more radical right-wing parties tended to do well.

In the 2013 federal elections, the Republicans received only 0.2 percent of the total national vote.

^ (in German) Rechenschaftsbericht der Parteien über das Jahr 2014. (PDF; 75,8 MB) 2. Teil: Übrige anspruchsberechtigte Parteien. Bundestagsdrucksache 18/8475, S. 269
^ Baumgartl, Bernd (1995). New Xenophobia in Europe. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 139.
^ Jorgensen, Knud (2015). The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy. SAGE. p. 536. ISBN 9781473914438.
^ Carls, Paul (2022). Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict. Taylor & Francis. p. 37. ISBN 9781000726923.
^ Mannewitz, Tom; Rudzio, Wolfgang (2023). The Political System of Germany. Springer Nature. p. 176. ISBN 9783658413712.
^ Szczerbiak, Aleks; Taggart, Paul (2008). Opposing Europe?: Case studies and country surveys. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780199258307.
^ "Bavarian bell-wether". The Economist.
^ Gunlicks, Arthur (2003). The Länder and German federalism. Manchester University Press. p. 311. ISBN 0719065321.
^ Karapin, Roger (2010). Protest Politics in Germany: Movements on the Left and Right Since the 1960s. Penn State Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780271045504.

[1] (in German) Rechenschaftsbericht der Parteien über das Jahr 2014. (PDF; 75,8 MB) 2. Teil: Übrige anspruchsberechtigte Parteien. Bundestagsdrucksache 18/8475, S. 269

[2] Baumgartl, Bernd (1995). New Xenophobia in Europe. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 139.

[3] Jorgensen, Knud (2015). The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy. SAGE. p. 536. ISBN 9781473914438.

[4] Carls, Paul (2022). Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict. Taylor & Francis. p. 37. ISBN 9781000726923.

[5] Mannewitz, Tom; Rudzio, Wolfgang (2023). The Political System of Germany. Springer Nature. p. 176. ISBN 9783658413712.

[6] Szczerbiak, Aleks; Taggart, Paul (2008). Opposing Europe?: Case studies and country surveys. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780199258307.

[7] "Bavarian bell-wether". The Economist.

[8] Gunlicks, Arthur (2003). The Länder and German federalism. Manchester University Press. p. 311. ISBN 0719065321.

[9] Karapin, Roger (2010). Protest Politics in Germany: Movements on the Left and Right Since the 1960s. Penn State Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780271045504.

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