Social:Values Union

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Logo, featuring the CDU's main election slogan from 1976, "Freiheit statt Sozialismus" ("Freedom, not Socialism"), borrowing from the term Free World used during the Cold War to refer to NATO/the West

The Values Union (German: WerteUnion) is a German registered association[1] that considers itself to be a "conservative grassroots movement"[2] within the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, collectively known as the Union.[3] It has been described as Germany's Tea Party.[4] The Values Union is no official party affiliation and its role within the Union parties is highly controversial.[2][3] It was founded in 2017 and has around 4,000 official members.[3] In the 2018 leadership election the Values Union announced its support for Friedrich Merz.[5]

Structure

Federal presidency:

  • Alexander Mitsch (March 2017 – May 2021)[6]
  • Max Otte (May 2021 – January 2022)[7]

Former members:

  • Alexander Mitsch,[8] co-founder and first federal president of Values Union[9]
  • Hans-Georg Maaßen, former President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution[10]
  • Werner Josef Patzelt, political scientist and university professor[10]

References

  1. ↑ Unzufriedene CDU-Konservative: Was die Werteunion ist und was sie will, ZDF
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 tagesschau.de. "Kritik an Werteunion: CDU-Politiker fordern Auflösung" (in de). https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/cdu-werteunion-103.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Werteunion - Max Otte, die CDU und die AfD" (in de). https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/otte-cdu-werteunion-afd-100.html. 
  4. ↑ Schaer, Cathrin (2021-06-13). "Germany's Tea Party seeks to move country to the right" (in en-GB). https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-europe-news-the-german-tea-party-movement-8025042/. 
  5. ↑ Chef der Werteunion bevorzugt Merz als neuen CDU-Chef
  6. ↑ WELT (2019-10-13). "Alexander Mitsch: Vorsitzender der Werteunion verliert CDU-Posten" (in de). DIE WELT. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article201851674/Alexander-Mitsch-Vorsitzender-der-Werteunion-verliert-CDU-Posten.html. 
  7. ↑ "Werteunion - Max Otte, die CDU und die AfD" (in de). https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/otte-cdu-werteunion-afd-100.html. 
  8. ↑ "Ex-Vorsitzender Alexander Mitsch verlässt die Werte-Union" (in de-DE). Der Tagesspiegel Online. 2021-07-05. ISSN 1865-2263. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/aufloesungserscheinungen-wegen-bundeschef-otte-ex-vorsitzender-alexander-mitsch-verlaesst-die-werte-union/27391298.html. 
  9. ↑ "Ex-Werteunion-Chef Mitsch: Werteunion sollte sich auflösen" (in de-DE). https://www.rnd.de/politik/alexander-mitsch-ex-chef-der-werteunion-fuer-aufloesung-MECMYCJDKFGKFGXCKLISZ5H6OU.html. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Max Otte als AfD-Kandidat – Zerbröselt die Werteunion?" (in de-DE). https://www.rnd.de/politik/max-otte-als-afd-kandidat-zerbroeselt-die-werteunion-3RGVTN5XKJCEBO34HIYNUHR7QY.html. 

External links

  • (in German)




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