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Free Voters of Bavaria
Freie Wähler Bayern
Abbreviation
FW
Chairperson
Hubert Aiwanger
Founded
6 May 1978; 45 years ago (1978-05-06) (as Landesverband) 7 June 1997; 26 years ago (1997-06-07) (as party)
Headquarters
Munich, Germany
Youth wing
Young Free Voters
Ideology
Bavarian regionalism
Conservatism[1][2][3][4]
Direct democracy[5]
Political position
Centre-right[6][7]
National affiliation
Free Voters
Slogan
Bayerns starke Mitte. "Bavaria's strong centre."
Bundestag (Bavarian seats)
0 / 108
Landtag of Bavaria
37 / 203
Bezirktags (Bavaria)
32 / 238
Bavarian State Government (Cabinet Söder II)
5 / 18
Website
www.fw-bayern.de
Politics of Germany
Political parties
Elections
Politics of Bavaria
The Free Voters of Bavaria (German: Freie Wähler Bayern) is a conservative[8][9][10][11] political party in Bavaria, considered centrist[12] or centre-right.[13] It has served as part of the governing coalition there since the 2018 state election under the leading Christian Social Union. The term "Free Voters" is also applied to the various independent voter groups common in Bavarian municipal and district elections. The name Free Voters of Bavaria applies to both the Bavarian State Association of Free and Independent Voters (seat: Munich), an umbrella organization of Free Voter groups, as well as the Bavarian state chapter of the nationwide party Free Voters (German: Freie Wähler). The two groups exist simultaneously under the same name due to Bavarian election law not allowing umbrella organizations to run for office, thus the state party Free Voters of Bavaria was founded in 1997 in order to participate in the Bavarian state elections.
Due to the party's origins as an organization of independent politicians seeking alternatives to the established parties, the Free Voters are loosely organized and have no standardized ideology among its members. They stand as a centrist to centre-right party and often focus on local issues and local politics, as a consequence of their advocacy for more direct-democratic measures. The Free Voters of Bavaria are led by Hubert Aiwanger, who has been the party leader since 2018, and who currently serves as a Deputy Minister-President of Bavaria.
^Er nervt Söder – und kann ihn retten, Der Spiegel from 12 October 2018
^Wer sind die Freien Wähler? Sie wollen mit der CSU in Bayern regieren, Münchner Merkur from 15 October 2018
^Freie Wähler streben an die Macht, Hamburger Abendblatt from 15 October 2018
^Wer sind die Freien Wähler – und was wollen sie erreichen?, Die Zeit from 16 October 2018
^"Freie Wähler fordern mehr Demokratie". Die Welt. welt.de. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^CSU and Free Voters begin coalition talks in Bavaria. The Local de (German edition). Published 17 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^Bavarian conservatives and Free Voters reach coalition deal. POLITICO (Europe edition). Author – Joshua Posaner. Published 4 November 2018. Updated 5 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
^Friedmann, Jan; Höhne, Valerie (12 October 2018). "Bayern: Wer sind die Freien Wähler – und wer ist Hubert Aiwanger?". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^"Freie Wähler: Hammer-Forderung an CSU". www.merkur.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt- (15 October 2018). "Freie Wähler streben an die Macht". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^"ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^"CSU and Free Voters begin coalition talks in Bavaria". The Local Germany. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^"Bavarian conservatives and Free Voters reach coalition deal". POLITICO. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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