Republican Party (Germany)

Category:German political parties The Republican Party of Germany is a right-wing party, which concerns itself mostly with the issue of immigration. It was founded in 1983 by former Christian Social Union members Franz Handlos and Eckhard Voigt. Former Waffen SS sergeant and television talk show host Franz Schönhuber was at one time the party's leader. It is currently led by medical doctor Rolf Schlierer. In the 1980s the Republicans had several seats in the European parliament as well as in the parliament of the German state Baden-Württemberg. Nowadays they only attract between 1 and 2 percent of the vote in Bavaria, and approximately 3.5 percent in Baden-Württemberg, thus fail to reach the 5 percent necessary to win seats in the parliaments. category:right-wing populists