Die PARTEI
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Die PARTEI
Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative |
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DIE PARTEI logo
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| Leader | Martin Sonneborn |
| General Secretary | Thomas Hintner |
| Vice-Leader | Peter Mendelsohn |
| Founded | August 2, 2004 |
| Headquarters | Kopischstr. 10 D-10965 Berlin |
| Youth wing | Hintner Jugend |
| Membership |
 22,900 (March 2017) |
| Ideology |
Satire (Political) Dadaism Self-described: Grassroots democracy Wage labour Animal welfare Elitism with Rule of law |
| Political position | Apolitical |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| Colors | Black, White, Red |
| Anthem | Lied der PARTEI |
| Bundestag |
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| State Parliaments |
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| European Parliament |
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| http://www.die-partei.de | |
Die PARTEI (English: The [Political] Party), formally Partei für Arbeit, Rechtstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative ("Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative"), is a German political party that 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.
Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative ("Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative") is a backronym for PARTEI, the German word for party. The phrase die Partei ("the party") is evocative of totalitarian parties—such as the SED (the former ruling party of East Germany) or the Nazi Party—and is thus a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ostensibly totalitarian ambitions of its founders. This is exploited and parodied in advertising in which the SED party hymn, Die Partei hat immer recht (English: The Party is always right) is played.
Amongst other things, the PARTEI parodies existing parties' features and election tactics and its parody events sometimes include visiting other parties' events.
The PARTEI refers to itself as a haven for voters disappointed by other parties. It plans to engage in a (self-declared) "populist campaign" centering on:
Sonneborn explains this as follows: "Better that we get those votes than some sort of neo-Nazis". In order to achieve its majority, the PARTEI is willing to form a coalition with any other party other than the Free Democratic Party because "We don't form coalitions with joke parties".
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