German Social Union (East Germany)
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German Social Union
Deutsche Soziale Union |
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| Leader | Roberto Rink |
| Founded | 20 January 1990 |
| Headquarters | Dorfstraße 43 08233 Treuen |
| Membership (2015) | 100 |
| Ideology |
National conservatism, Social conservatism, Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Blue and green |
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The German Social Union (German: Deutsche Soziale Union, DSU) is a small conservative political party mainly active in the new states of Germany. It was founded in 1990 as a right-wing opposition group during the Wende transition to democracy in East Germany, when it was part of the Alliance for Germany electoral coalition. In 2015 it has about 100 members.
According to its 2006 basic programme, the DSU refers to itself as a conservative, democratic and social party. Ideologically, the party's goals are to preserve and uphold Western-Christian civilization, and to dismantle the welfare state.
The party can thus be seen as right-wing (anti-socialistic) national-conservative. It strongly differentiates itself from the National Democratic Party (NPD) and German People's Union (DVU), who tend more towards national-socialism. Its closest ideological ally among the right-wing parties is The Republicans. Historically, and as its name implies, it is modelled after the CSU in Bavaria, the more rightist of the two Union "sister parties", yet it was not possible for it to join them, as CDU and CSU nowhere compete and did not change that policy.
In the chaotic world of 1989–1990 East German politics, several long-suppressed cultural and political movements (re)emerged, and numerous small parties sprang up. The German Social Union was one of these, then several comprising conservative, Christian-democratic and liberal opposition groups.
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