Christian Party of Austria

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Christian Party of Austria Christliche Partei Österreichs
Leader
Founded	October 15, 2005
Ideology	Christian right Social conservatism Euroscepticism Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Religion	Christianity
Colours	Yellow
Slogan	"Life. Values. Future."
National Council:	0 / 183
Federal Council:	0 / 62
European Parliament:	0 / 19
Website
www.christlicheparteioesterreichs.at
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The Christian Party of Austria (German: Christliche Partei Österreichs, CPÖ; formerly the Christians – German: Die Christen) is a minor political party in Austria, founded on 15 October 2005.

It changed its name under its new chairman in late 2009, partially due to concerns by the Catholic Church over the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

The party was registered on January 23, 2006, and presented to the public on September 27, 2007, when it announced a popular initiative ("Volksbegehren") on the topic of children and families and that it would contest the 2008 election in Lower Austria.

In the 2008 parliamentary election, the party received 0.64% of the vote.

Rudolf Gehring, the party's chairman, announced he would run for president in the 2010 election. He received 5.44% of the vote for third place, the party's highest vote percentage in a national election to date.

Goals[]

The party is oriented mainly on Christian politics, advocating, for example:

• Revoking the recognition of same-sex unions
• Giving parents the right to vote for their children
• Maintaining Christian symbols in schools
• Outlawing (or maintaining the illegality of) abortion, euthanasia, stem cell research and artificial insemination
• Protection of the belief in a Creator God, stating that the importance of this belief "demands respect from other creeds and atheists"^{[citation needed]} as well
• A rejection of further EU centralization
• A rejection of illegal immigration

Election results[]

National Council[]

President[]

External links[]

• Official homepage

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