Action Party for Animal Welfare
Action Party for Animal Welfare Aktion Partei für Tierschutz | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Thomas Schwarz |
| Founded | 28 February 2017 |
| Membership | 35[1] |
| Ideology | Animal welfare |
| Political position | Single-issue |
| Bundestag | 0 / 709
|
| Bundesrat | 0 / 69
|
| State Parliaments | 0 / 1,884
|
| European Parliament | 0 / 96
|
| Düsseldorf City Council | 1 / 90
|
| Website | |
| https://www.tierschutz-hier.de | |
The Action Party for Animal Welfare (German: Aktion Partei für Tierschutz) is a minor political party in Germany.
On 28 February 2017, the party was formed by independent candidates in the state of Düsseldorf under the name "Animal Protection List". The party leader is Thomas Schwarz, who was previously chairman of Human Environment Animal Protection.[2][3] The party participated in the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, and received 0.7% of the vote [4][5]
The party ran for the 2019 European Elections where it received 0.3% of the vote.[6] In 2020, the party won a seat in the Düsseldorf City Council with 1.4% of the vote.[7]Also in 2020, the party would run a candidate for Mayor of Dusseldorf, receiving 1,939 votes and 0.8%.
References[edit]
- ^ "Bekanntmachung von Rechenschaftsberichten politischer Parteien für das Kalenderjahr 2020" (PDF). Bundestag (in German). p. 146. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
Am 31. Dezember des Rechnungsjahres 2020 waren 35 Personen Mitglieder der Partei.
- ^ Balters, Jörg (11 April 2017). "Neu gegründete Partei für Tierschutz tritt zur Landtagswahl an". Lokalkompass.de (in German). Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.
- ^ Decker, Frank; Neu, Viola (2018). Handbuch der deutschen Parteien (in German) (3rd ed.). Springer VS. p. 153. ISBN 978-3-658-17994-6.DNB-IDN 1131816188
- ^ "Parteigründung Tierschutzliste" (Press release) (in German). Action Party for Animal Welfare. 1 March 2017.
- ^ Führer, Alexander (29 June 2019). "Aktion Partei für Tierschutz – TIERSCHUTZliste gegründet". Lokalkompass.de (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Ergebnisse Deutschland". Die Bundeswahlleiterin (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Ratswahl - Kommunalwahlen 2020 in der kreisfreien Stadt 'Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf' - Gesamtergebnis". ITK Rheinland (in German). Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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