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Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern

Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern
Abbreviation CSU
President Horst Seehofer
Founded 1945; 72 years ago (1945)
Preceded by Bavarian People's Party
(not legal predecessor)
Headquarters Franz-Josef-Strauß-Haus
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1
80807 Munich
Newspaper "Bayernkurier"
Youth wing Young Union
LGBT wing LSU – Lesbians and Gays in the Union
Membership  (December 2015) Decrease 145,000
Ideology Bavarian regionalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation CDU/CSU
European affiliation European People's Party
International affiliation International Democrat Union
European Parliament group European People's Party
Colours      Blue
Bundestag
56 / 630
Landtag of Bavaria
101 / 180
European Parliament
5 / 96
Ministers-president of states
1 / 16
Website
www.csu.de

The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (About this sound CSUChristlich-Soziale Union in Bayern ) is a Christian democratic and conservativepolitical party in Germany. The CSU operates only in Bavaria, while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), operates in the other fifteen states of Germany. The CSU has 56 seats in the Bundestag making it the smallest of the five parties represented.

The CSU was founded in some ways as a continuation of the Weimar-era Catholic Bavarian People's Party (BVP). At the federal level, the CSU forms a common 'CDU/CSU' faction in the Bundestag with the CDU, which is frequently referred to as the Union Faction (die Unionsfraktion). Until the 2013 federal election, the CDU/CSU formed federal government in coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

In the state of Bavaria, the CSU has governed alone with an absolute majority since 1966 until 2008-2013, when it was the leading party of a coalition government with the FDP. The CSU differs from their partners, the CDU, by being somewhat more conservative in social matters while the CSU is economically a bit more pro-interventionist.


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