New Liberals
New Liberals Neue Liberale | |
|---|---|
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| Chairman | Christian Bethke |
| Founded | 14 September 2014 |
| Headquarters |
Hansastr. 40 D-20144 Hamburg |
| Ideology |
Social liberalism Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| Colors | Teal, Yellow |
| Website | |
| http://neueliberale.org | |
The New Liberals (German: Neue Liberale) is a minor political party in Germany based in Hamburg.
The party was created as a split from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) operating in the state of Hamburg,[1] and was founded on 28 September 2014 in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg.[2][3]
The party states its distance from the FDP and its economic liberalism, and aims to create programme based on social liberalism.[4]
On 6th January 2015, the Liberal Democrats, the New Liberals and another small party declared their intend to cooperate with the objective of an eventual merger. The LD still features this prominently, while the New Liberals had since restructured. [5]
On 20th April 2016, a new "group of members and sympathisers of Liberal Democrats and New Liberals in the Saar area" formed as a joint regional representation.
Views
The preliminary founding program states that the party aims for classic social liberal positions. The aim is a “free society, in which every human being is valued in their individuality and is able to unfold”. New central motives of the New Liberals are the introduction of a basic income as well as improvements for “refugees, immigrants, people with disabilities, elderly people, increasingly also families but also job starters”.
References
- ↑ ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (30 August 2014). "Ex-Mitglieder der FDP gründen neue Partei - ZEIT ONLINE". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ NDR. "Neue Liberale bereiten Gründungsparteitag vor" (in German). Ndr.de. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Neue Partei in Hamburg: Liberaler als die Liberalen?" (in German). Handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ Günther Lachmann (13 September 2014). "Liberalismus: Neue Partei geht auf Distanz zur FDP - DIE WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Sozialliberale sammeln sich" (in German). 6 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
