Die PARTEI

Die PARTEI Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative
Leader	Martin Sonneborn
General Secretary	Thomas Hintner
Vice-Leader	Peter Mendelsohn
Founded	2 August 2004
Headquarters	Kopischstr. 10 DE-10965 Berlin
Youth wing	Hintnerjugend
Membership (July 2021)	51,078
Ideology	Political satire Humanism[1] Anti-fascism[2] Environmentalism[2] Pro-Europeanism[3]
Political position	Left-wing[2]
European Parliament group	Non-Inscrits (2014–) Greens/EFA (2019–2021)
Colors	Grey, White, Red
Anthem	Lied der PARTEI
Bundestag	0 / 736
State Parliaments	0 / 1,889
European Parliament	1 / 96
Website
www.die-partei.de
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Die Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative (Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative), or Die PARTEI (The PARTY), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazine Titanic. It is led by Martin Sonneborn. In the 2014 European Parliament election, the party won a seat, marking the first time that a satirical party has won a seat to the European Parliament. With the 2019 European Parliament election, the party gained a second seat, held by Nico Semsrott.