Communist Party of Germany (1990)
10243 Berlin
The Communist Party of Germany (Brief description: KPD) is a company established in East Berlin in January 1990, political party, in order to distinguish them from other groups of the same name, in particular the 1956 Prohibited West German KPD, in some publications as " KPD -East" or " Communist Party (Red Flag ) " is called.
Due to the Unification Treaty, it does not fall as the party of the former GDR under the KPD ban of 1956 and was therefore eligible to participate in all elections to the German Bundestag and the state legislatures. The party is not represented in the parliamentary representatives of the federal and state governments, at local level, she won mandates.
The Communist Party is committed to the existence of socialism in the GDR and the other former people's democracies in Europe. Their orientation is Marxist- Leninist with a positive reference to Stalin and the Juche idea or Songun politics of North Korea. Erich Honecker was after his expulsion from the Socialist Unity Party member of the Communist Party, his wife Margot is an honorary member of the party. On the XX. Congress of the Communist Party in 1999, it was decided to develop it into a Bolshevik Party. The Brandenburg State Agency for Protection of the Constitution estimated the party in 2010 as a left-wing extremism.
The KPD 's as the central organ out the monthly newspaper The Red Flag as well as in brochure form the series of the KPD.
Structure
The KPD is divided into party cells, regional and state organizations. The highest organ of the party is the party conference. Between the party conferences this is the party delegates elected by the Central Committee ( CC). It puts the party congress resolutions to, represents the party outwards appoints internal party committees ( for example, a Commission for International Cooperation ) and is supported by the Secretariat of the Central Committee in the organization and coordination of party work. The Secretariat also agrees to pay between the plenary sessions of the Central Committee 's tasks.
Occupation of the various items and bodies after XXVII.Parteitag
National associations
There are seven national associations of the KPD.
Youth Association
27 April 2002 was formed in Berlin in the Communist Youth League of Germany ( KJVD ) as a youth organization that KPD. The organ of KJVD was the young Communist.
- Parliamentary elections 1990 (8819 votes, 0.1 %)
- Federal election 1990 (1630 second votes, 0.0 %)
- Federal Elections 1994 (266 first preference votes )
- Federal Elections 2002 (686 primary and 1624 secondary votes )
- Local elections in Saxony and Saxony -Anhalt 2004
- State elections in Thuringia 2004 ( result: 0.2 % of the vote )
- State election in Saxony -Anhalt 2006 (in conjunction with the list DKP)
- Local elections in Saxony- Anhalt in 2009
- State election in Saxony -Anhalt in 2011 (0.2%)
In the local elections in Saxony -Anhalt 2009, the KPD in Zeitz received an election result of 1.7% and pulled out a with a representative in the city council.
At the general election of 2013, the German Communist Party took part, although she was admitted to choice, not.
Party finances and assets
The party is not eligible for funding from the state party financing. In the Bundestag printed paper 17/ 5102 annual report of 2009 is listed. Accordingly, the party this year received around 20,000 euros, including
- Member Posts 46.5 %
- Donations 28.5%
- Revenue from events and sale of printed matter 25 %
Party conventions since 1990
Collaborations and spin-offs
The KPD (B ) broke away in 2011 and called on its members to join the Communist initiative. They worked there in the working group with unit, but broke away in April again in 2012 by the Communist initiative and now act independently under the name Working Group unit.