For Citizens - Service Finder
Founding of a political party
A political party is an association of citizens who want to influence the formation of political will satand and participate in the representation of citizens in the German Bundestag or a Landtag for a long time at the federal or state level. It is a party if, according to the overall picture of the actual circumstances, in particular the
- according to the scope and strength of their organisation,
- according to the number of its members and
- after their emergence in public
provides sufficient assurance that this objective is serious. Members of a party can only be natural persons.
If you want to start a new party, you must invite you to a founding meeting. At least three persons are required to form a party (prerequisite for a secret ballot).
In the assembly, the parties are first decided by the persons present to establish the party. Subsequently, the founding assembly decides on the party program and the statutes. In order to represent the party to the outside world, a board must be elected (statutory appointment of the land executive board). The Board of Directors must consist of at least three members.
A minutes of the founding meeting must be drawn up. The protocol must include:
- Members present
- Place
- Date
- Time of assembly
- Agenda of the Assembly with the resolutions
- to the founding of the party
- to the Articles of Association and
- to the program as well as
- the democratic and secret election of the Board of Directors
The minutes should be signed by hand by the party chairman or deputy and by two other members of the Executive Board, as well as by the recorder.
After the founding meeting, the real work for the party begins: recruiting new members, building structures, establishing local, county or state associations and participating in elections. The party interferes in current political debates, gives its views, drafts solutions and sets up an election manifesto.
A party loses its legal status as a party if it has not participated in a Bundestag or a landtag election with its own nominations for six years. Before an election, the respective election committees check whether the party can be admitted to the upcoming election (European, Bundestag, Landtag or local elections).
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Land Returning Officer
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)