gb-003348-wl1456
type: RecordSet
conditions of access: Open
has beginning date: 1989-01-01
has end date: 1989-01-31
has or had holder: gb-003348
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Collection
history: The German People's Union (Deutsche Volksunion, DVU) is a far-right political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. Financially, it is largely dependent on Frey. The party is monitored by the Verfassungsschutz. As of 2005, the party has never reached the five-percent minimum in federal elections that is necessary to enter the Bundestag. The DVU has however gained seats in several state parliaments. In 2004, the DVU entered a non-competition agreement with the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) for the state elections in Brandenburg and Saxony. Both parties passed the five-percent threshhold in their respective states. The DVU reached 6.1 percent in the Brandenburg state elections, and the NPD won 9.2 percent in the Saxony state elections. After this relatively successful election, the parties formed an electoral alliance for the 2005 federal elections. The joint NPD-DVU slate, which ran under the NPD's ballot line, won 1.6 percent of the total votes nationally.
identifier: WL1456
record resource extent: 1 folder
scope and content: This collection consists of two questionnaires for an opinion poll of the"Deutsche Volksunion (DVU), January 1989, directed against the European Community and the right to vote for non-Germans in Germany, and a printed circular letter from the DVU head, Gerhard Frey.
title: Deutsche Volksunion: leaflet and questionnaire