Team Todenhöfer

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Team Todenhöfer – The Justice Party
LeaderJürgen Todenhöfer
Founded12 November 2020
HeadquartersMunich
Membership (Sep. 2021)7,800[1]
IdeologyAnti-militarism[2]
Populism[3]
Website
https://www.teamtodenhoefer.de

Team Todenhöfer – The Justice Party (German: Team Todenhöfer – Die Gerechtigkeitspartei) is a political party in Germany, founded in 2020 by former Christian Democratic Union politician Jürgen Todenhöfer. The party opposes foreign missions by the Bundeswehr, proposes two-term limits for the Bundestag and government ministers, and supports the reduction of the public service and cutting taxes.[1][2]

Todenhöfer terminated his CDU membership and launched the party on 12 November 2020, his eightieth birthday. Team Todenhöfer ran in the federal election as well as state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, all of which took place on 26 September 2021.[1] Ahead of the elections, Todenhöfer declared himself Chancellor candidate and claimed that his party had "the youngest candidate list and the highest proportion of women".[2] Der Spiegel classified Team Todenhöfer as a minor populist party.[3]

Team Todenhöfer received support from organisations associated with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey, including the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation and the pro-Erdoğan German political party the Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG).[4]

Team Todenhöfer ran in fifteen out of sixteen states in the federal election, and was the twelfth most-popular overall, winning 214,535 votes (0.5%) and no seats.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Team Todenhöfer - The Justice Party". Federal Agency for Civic Education (in German). 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Team Todenhöfer: Self-promotion - so what?". Teller Report. 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Right-wing fringe parties: The small populists". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Opinion: Erdogan's influence on the German election". Deutsche Welle. 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Bundestag election 2021". Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 16 October 2021.


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