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The German Communist Party (German: Deutsche Kommunistische Partei, DKP) is a communist party in Germany.[2] The DKP supports left positions and was an observer member of the European Left. At the end of February 2016 it left the European party.[3][4]
The DKP considered itself a reconstitution of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), which had been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1956 for its aggressively militant opposition to the West German constitution. The new party was formed on September 25, 1968.[5]
The foundation was preceded by talks between former KPD functionaries and Gustav Heinemann, the West German minister of justice, who explained to them that while a refounding of a banned party was not legally possible, Communists were free to form an entirely new party.[6] Even though the close links to the banned KPD made the new party liable to be declared illegal, no such declaration was requested by the German government as West German authorities were liberalizing the attitude towards the communist bloc and East Germany in particular.
The DKP remained on the political fringe, never winning more than 0.3% of the total votes in federal elections.[7] It had relatively greater local support in the 1970s: it achieved up to 2.2% of the vote in Hamburg, 3.1% in Bremen and 2.7% in the Saarland. Following German reunification, the DKP entered a steady decline.[2]
The DKP received national public attention in early 2008 when Christel Wegner, elected to the state parliament of Lower Saxony on the list of the Left Party as the first DKP member of a state parliament, allegedly endorsed the Berlin Wall, the Stasi and other aspects of the East German state in an interview. This caused embarrassment to the national Left Party leadership.[2] Despite denying that she made the controversial statements (at least in the form that was reported) she was expelled from the Left Party faction a few days later.[8]
^ [ "30 Jahre DKP: Eine Veranstaltung in der Offenbacher Stadthalle" ("30 years DKP: An event in the Offenbach town hall"), by Rudi Hechler, September 30, 1998, DKP of Hesse website
^Helmut Bilstein et al, Organisierter Kommunismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Opladen 1977, p. 16.
^Deutsche Welle - Wahl 2005 6 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
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For the former party see Communist Party of Germany For other uses see Communist Party of Germany disambiguation You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German November 2014 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 8 915 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Deutsche Kommunistische Partei see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Deutsche Kommunistische Partei to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The German Communist Party German Deutsche Kommunistische Partei DKP is a communist party in Germany 2 The DKP supports left positions and was an observer member of the European Left At the end of February 2016 it left the European party 3 4 German Communist Party Deutsche Kommunistische ParteiLeaderPatrik KobeleFounded25 September 1968 55 years ago 1968 09 25 Preceded byCommunist Party of GermanyHeadquartersHoffnungstrasse 18 45127 EssenNewspaperUnsere ZeitYouth wingSocialist German Workers YouthMembership 2021 2 850 1 IdeologyCommunism Marxism LeninismPolitical positionFar leftRegional affiliationSocialist Unity Party 1968 1989 European affiliationEuropean Anti Capitalist LeftInternational affiliationIMCWPColors RedBundestag0 709European Parliament0 96Websitewww wbr dkp wbr dePolitics of GermanyPolitical partiesElections Contents 1 History 2 Media 3 Election results 3 1 Bundestag 3 2 European Parliament 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 External linksHistory editThe DKP considered itself a reconstitution of the Communist Party of Germany KPD which had been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1956 for its aggressively militant opposition to the West German constitution The new party was formed on September 25 1968 5 The foundation was preceded by talks between former KPD functionaries and Gustav Heinemann the West German minister of justice who explained to them that while a refounding of a banned party was not legally possible Communists were free to form an entirely new party 6 Even though the close links to the banned KPD made the new party liable to be declared illegal no such declaration was requested by the German government as West German authorities were liberalizing the attitude towards the communist bloc and East Germany in particular The DKP remained on the political fringe never winning more than 0 3 of the total votes in federal elections 7 It had relatively greater local support in the 1970s it achieved up to 2 2 of the vote in Hamburg 3 1 in Bremen and 2 7 in the Saarland Following German reunification the DKP entered a steady decline 2 The DKP received national public attention in early 2008 when Christel Wegner elected to the state parliament of Lower Saxony on the list of the Left Party as the first DKP member of a state parliament allegedly endorsed the Berlin Wall the Stasi and other aspects of the East German state in an interview This caused embarrassment to the national Left Party leadership 2 Despite denying that she made the controversial statements at least in the form that was reported she was expelled from the Left Party faction a few days later 8 The DKP ended its observer status in the Party of the European Left on 27 February 2016 9 Media editThe party publishes a weekly newspaper Unsere Zeit lit Our Time Election results editBundestag edit Bundestag Election year of total votes of overall vote of seats1972 113 891 0 3 01976 118 581 0 3 01980 71 600 0 2 01983 64 986 0 2 01987 1990 1994 1998 2002 2005 2009 1 894 0 0 02013 2017 11 558 0 0 02021 15 158 0 0 0European Parliament edit European Parliament Election year of total votes of overall vote of seats1979 112 055 0 4 01984 1989 57 704 0 2 01994 1999 2004 37 160 0 1 02009 25 615 0 1 02014 25 204 0 1 02019 20 419 0 1 0See also editCommunist Party of Germany 1918 Communist Party of Germany 1990 nbsp Communism portal nbsp Germany portalFootnotes edit Verfassungsschutzbericht 2021 PDF Bundesambt fur Verfassungsschutz July 2021 Retrieved 25 January 2023 a b c Bjorn Hengst Philipp Wittrock 19 February 2008 Linke zeigt Kommunisten die Rote Karte in German Spiegel Online Fur die EU ohne die DKP Junge Welt 29 February 2016 Retrieved 2 December 2016 DKP leaves the European Left 1 March 2016 https web archive org web 20040708063518 http dkp hessen de multimedia cd dkp gruendung dkp 30 jahre cd htm 30 Jahre DKP Eine Veranstaltung in der Offenbacher Stadthalle 30 years DKP An event in the Offenbach town hall by Rudi Hechler September 30 1998 DKP of Hesse website Helmut Bilstein et al Organisierter Kommunismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Opladen 1977 p 16 Deutsche Welle Wahl 2005 Archived 6 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Aktuell Archived from the original on 7 February 2012 Retrieved 29 February 2008 ELP Beobachterstatus beendet DKP Nachrichtenportal in German Archived from the original on 28 June 2020 Retrieved 23 May 2019 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to German Communist Party Official website nbsp 30 Year history a speech Documents of the foundation Unsere Zeit UZ Socialist Weekly Newspaper 50 000 People Attend German Communist Party Media Fair People s Weekly World 22 June 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title German Communist Party amp oldid 1180595758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
