Human Environment Animal Protection Party
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Animal Protection Party Tierschutzpartei | |
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| Chairpersons | Paula López Vicente, Marcel Krohn, Robert Gabel |
| Founded | 13 February 1993 |
| Headquarters | Schreiersgrüner Str. 5 08233Treuen |
| Membership(2024) | 2,400[1] |
| Ideology | Animal rights Animal welfare Environmentalism Veganism[1] |
| Political position | Left-wing[2] |
| European affiliation | Animal Politics EU |
| European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL[3] |
| Colours | Teal |
| Bundestag | 0 / 630 |
| State Parliaments | 0 / 1,855 |
| European Parliament | 1 / 96 |
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TheHuman Environment Animal Protection Party(German:Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz,short form:Animal Protection Party,German:Tierschutzpartei) is apolitical partyinGermany,founded in 1993. In 2014, one of the party's candidates was elected to theEuropean Parliament,and one candidate was elected again in 2019. The party's only EU representative resigned from the party in February 2020 and since this date the party has had no members in the European Parliament. The party has never had any members in any of the German state parliaments, nor has it ever had any members of theBundestag.
Overview
[edit]The party aspires to turn away from theanthropocentricview of life. Its main goal is the introduction of moreanimal rightsinto theGerman constitution.Those include the right to live and the protection from physical and psychological damages. The Tierschutzpartei also demands prohibition ofanimal testing,bullfighting,hunting,the production offurs,circusanimalsand agriculturalanimal husbandry,as well as the adaptation of the people toveganism.The party supports a ban ongenetic engineeringand wants a reduction of cartrafficand an immediate exit fromnuclear energy.Economically it supports more social justice, a stamp duty and a freebasic income.[4]
In the2014 European parliament elections,the Animal Protection Party received 1.25% of the national vote (366,303 votes in total) and returned oneMEP,Stefan Eck,who sat with theEUL-NGL.[5]In December 2014 Eck left the party and became an independent MEP in the EUL-NGL-group.
In the2019 European parliament elections,the Animal Protection Party received 1.45% of the national vote (541,984 votes in total) and returned one MEP,Martin Buschmann.[6]Buschmann resigned from the party in February 2020 after it was revealed that from 1992 to 1996 he was a member of and a chairman in the far-rightNational Democratic Party of Germany(NPD).[7]
In the2021 federal election,the Animal Protection Party received 1,5 % of the national vote (675,353 votes in total), which is the best result in a national election since the party has been founded.[8]
The party took an anti-war position towards the 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine,arguing that neither NATO or EU should "develop into a military global player", and condemning the militaristic and anti-Russian rhetoric. The party condemns the Russian invasion, but states that the European Union also bears responsibility for it. It supports a complete ban on arms exports to areas outside the EU, and argues that the EU should be forbidden from direct or indirect participation in foreign military actions, listing the wars in Middle East, Turkish conflict with Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish areas, as well as "the heated up conflict in Kosovo and also to the war in Ukraine" as examples. The Animal Protection Party also calls for dialogue with Russia and China, and believes that the Russian invasion should not lead to breakdown of diplomatic relations.[9]
The party holds 37 seats in municipality and county assemblies[10]and one seat in the Bezirkstag Oberbayern.[11]
Sebastian Everdingwas elected for the party in the2024 European Parliament election in Germany.[12]
Election results
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[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
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| 1999 | 185,186 | 0.68 (#8) | 0 / 99
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| 2004 | 331,388 | 1.29 (#8) | 0 / 99
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| 2009 | 289,694 | 1.10 (#9) | 0 / 99
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| 2014 | 366,598 | 1.25 (#10) | 1 / 96
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| 2019 | 542,226 | 1.45 (#10) | 1 / 96
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| 2024 | 570,498 | 1.43 (#12) | 1 / 96
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abHoppe, Friederike (7 June 2024)."Europawahl 2024: Mit diesen Plänen werben die kleinen Parteien".Norddeutscher Rundfunk(in German).
- ^Schumacher, Elizabeth (28 January 2020)."German EU lawmaker resigns over neo-Nazi past".Deutsche Welle.
Martin Buschmann of the small left-wing Animal Protection Party has apologized following revelations he once was a member of Germany's ultranationalist NPD party.
- ^Terkildsen, Thor."Tierschutzpartei party mandate's".tierschutzpartei.Retrieved29 March2022.
- ^"Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen".Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz(in German).Retrieved2021-09-25.
- ^BundesergebnisArchived2015-07-05 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Nach der Wahl: Ergebnis Tierschutzpartei Europawahl 2019".Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz(in German). 2019-05-27.Retrieved2019-06-01.
- ^"NPD-Vergangenheit: EU-Abgeordneter Martin Buschmann verlässt Linksfraktion".spiegel.de(in German). 28 January 2020.
- ^"2021 Federal Election".27 August 2021.
- ^Edmundts, Corinna (7 May 2024)."Wie die Parteien die Sicherheit der EU wahren wollen".Tagesschau(in German).
- ^"Unsere Mandate".27 March 2023.
- ^"Mitglieder".Bezirk Oberbayern(in German).Retrieved2023-02-15.
- ^Everding, Sebastian (2023-07-30)."Aus NRW für das Europäische Parlament".PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ(in German).Retrieved2024-06-10.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in German) - Euro Animal 7(in English)
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