Christian-social union in Bavaria

This article is occupied with the party CSU. Further meanings of the abbreviation CSU under CSU (term clarifying).
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Base data
Gruendungsdaten: ,
Establishment places: ,
Chairman:
Deputy: Ingo Friedrich,
Beate notice,
Refuge Seehofer,
Barbara trunk
Treasurer: Thomas's farmer,
Alexander Radwan
Secretary-General: Markus Soeder
Members: 173.000
(conditions: February 2005)
Woman portion: about 18 %
National one
Party financing: 		11774.412,71 €
(2004)
Party arrangement: 10 district federations,
108 circle federations
Address: Nymphenburger STR. 64
80335 Munich
Website: www.csu.de
E-Mail address:

Those Christian-social union in Bavaria e.V. (CSU) is one like a Christian- in . On federal level it forms in German Bundestag one Parliamentary group community with their A sister party, that .

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Contentwise profile

Principles by program

The CSU sets in the tradition that causes Bavarian people's party (BVP) away. This had itself 1918 from protest against the centralistic realm financial reform Matthias Erzbergers of the realm-far Center abgespalten and stressed from now to the Bavarian special interests. However their strongly right-conservative and restaurativen positions in the CSU re are only very isolated. A further important difference is that the CSU understood itself from the outset also as a party for Protestant Christians, while the BVP was one excluding a catholic party, which besides radically rejected each socialist conception, whereas in the CSU in its initial years quite tendencies to socialist demands (Nationalizations, Land reform) were present.

Three basic values are substantial in all basic policy statements of the CSU: It becomes always those conservative basic attitude, those Christian adjustment and the stress of the Federalism as basis of the party seen. In the home policy the CSU sets on a strong state, which has to protect right and liberty of the citizens. Social liberalisation, like that Registered life partnerships or the reform of the Citizenship the CSU, which particularly stresses the value of the family, stands in principle sceptically opposite. Social and politico-economic positions are coined/shaped from the will to socially compatible and balanced regulations, whereby (also internal-party) critics forwards increasing tendencies warn. Outward the CSU represents a strong and self-confident Bavaria in Germany, understands themselves however despite all critical positions as tradition-conscious federation and European party. Differences by program to the CDU lie mainly in the fact that itself the CSU in value questions more conservatively and in economic questi0ns more socially than those CDU sees.

Household

The CSU set itself the goal that from it governed Free State of Bavaria up to the financial year 2006 as the first Land of the Federal Republic submits a household free from debt. This is to be achieved particularly by savings with the expenditures of all Ministries. For this purpose became / a comprehensive structural reform of the Bavarian public administration and a work time extension in the public service decided. Also for that Federal Budget the CSU demands that starting from the year 2013 no more new debts are taken up. The demand for a reform of the Land financial adjustment, which the CSU over constitutional challenges of the Free State could correct frequently in favor of of Bavaria, exists further.

Economics

In the economic policy she pursues the model of the reformed so-called "new ones Social free-market economy". In this connection also their principle stands: "social is, which creates work!“ Thus she criticizes that the current Social reforms the red-green Federal Government so far would have no positive occupation-political effects.

The Union parties have themselves to 7. March after long negotiations united on the common tax concept "concept 21". There the present Income tax act , is it is no longer reformable to be waived and by a completely again formulated income tax act be replaced. In a first stage the linear-progressive income tax system is to be maintained. The entry-level tax rate is to be lowered of 15% to 12%, and the highest tax rate of 42% to 39%. In a second stage the introduction of a subset flexible tariff with the control stages 12%, 24% and 36% as well as a basic free allowance is planned by 8000 euro per person in a household. The exemption from taxes of sun -, additional pay for nightwork and holiday is to be omitted with a six-year transition period. Those Trade tax is to be omitted and by a "local tax", which is fed out income -, body and value added tax, to be replaced. Altogether incomes at a value of approximately 4 billion are by cancellations of tax preferences € develop.

The contribution for unemployment insurance is as Gegenfinanzierung for the increase of the value added tax of 6,5% to 4,5% to be lowered. Thus production costs in the inland are to be lowered. Individual social security benefits (about unemployment pay II) are to be based on how long someone deposited into the treasury. After will of the CDU that support of the state is not to only receive, with that parents or children for their maintenance arise can (the so-called, maintenance resort"). The commuter lump sum against it is to be reduced: The daily travels to the job are to be able to be only set off with 25 instead of so far 30 cent per kilometer for taxation, and this also only for a distance from maximally 50 kilometers. In addition future-oriented technologies are to be again more strongly promoted like the gene research. In the question that Nuclear power an extension of the remainder running times is planned. The so-called, is to be fought by a closer co-operation of the offices, authorities and places lohndumping ". The infrastructure is to be developed substantially, particularly in the new Lands of the Federal Republic. In addition, many "by red green stopped traffic projects are to be taken up again. After will operational alliances for work are to permit deviations from surface collective agreements to the CDU, if a large majority of the staff agrees in secret choice. The protection against dismissal is to be waived with new employment in the first three years. With enterprises with less than 20 persons employed it is to be void for adjusting in the future. Existence founders are to be exempted from the statistics obligation. Full statistics are besides, as far as possible "are abolished and by representative samples are replaced. , small ones "enterprises are to be gotten rid of of the record keeping obligation. In addition the proof and documentation obligation are to be led back. The federation complaint right with planning procedures is to be abolished, if it is not prescribed by the European Union. Of red green introduced so-called, on. Thus it threw in the temporal surrounding field of the Iraq war the Federal Government frequently Anti-Americaism forwards. A "ominoese axle" Paris Berlin Moscow Peking can never replace the integration according to statement of Edmund Stoiber (CSU) into the western alliance. Germany needs rather the USA as guarantor of peace and liberty in the world. One is above all the creation one endorsed by the union Center against driving out a role play.

Administration and public service

With a comprehensive administrative reform the CSU wants to arrange the public administration slim more efficient and. Thus the household is around approximately 300 million euro to be relieved annually on a long-term basis and the financial clearance resulting from it for future investments to be used. By the administrative reform practically all parts of the public administration are concerned and are partly again organized. By a dismantling of adjustments the state is be able also on a long-term basis to save to be entbuerokratisiert and thus personnel. The planned reform of the official right (simplification of paying, possibilities of the transverse entrance, achievement-dependent content component) faces the CSU positively.

Environment and consumer protection

The CSU is accused frequently, it sets on the principle "economics before ecology". The power production out Nuclear power , those is endorsed Eco-tax rejected, on the demand for abolishment it did without however in recent time. In the flood and climatic politics Bavaria invests for some years increasingly.

Structure

Those CSU is organized and places themselves also only there to the choice only in the Free State of Bavaria. On federal level it forms in German Bundestag one Parliamentary group community with their A sister party, that incomes of 46.1 million euro, of it 41 % by donations, 29 % by membership dues, 26 % by national means and 4 % by other incomes. The CSU has the highest donation portion with party finances in relation to all other parties of the German federal daily. To the comparison: those CDU from 141.1 million euro, those received incomes FDP 31,5 million euro.

Regional arrangement

The CSU has at present 173.000 members (conditions: February 2005), of which approximately 18% are women. Regionally the CSU is subdivided in ten district federations, 108 circle federations and 2853 local federations.

Das Franz-Josef-Strauß-Haus
The Franz Josef bunch house
District federation Chairman
Bernd Kraenzle
Middle Franconia Joachim gentleman man
Otmar Bernhard
Lower Bavaria Erwin Huber
/Fuerth/Schwabach Guenther Beckstein
Alois luck
Werner snatch on
Upper Palatinate Hans Spitzner
Markus Ferber
Michael Glos

Contentwise arrangement

Eight working groups, ten working groups and six commissions set the contentwise emphasis of the Christian-social policy. Outside of this structure those stand Pupil union (CSU) as working group that Recent union and that Ring of Christian democratic students (RCDS), one the union intimate University's group.

Working group Chairman
Recent union (JU) Manfred weber
Woman union (FU) Emilia Mueller
Middle class union (MU) Hans Michelbach
Employee union (CSA) Refuge Seehofer
AG agriculture (AGL) Albert Dess
Local-political combination (KPV) Luitpold brown
Senior union (SEN) Konrad Weckerle
Union of the refugees (UdV) Bernd pos ELT
Working group Chairman
Working group outside and security politics Christian Schmidt
Working group environmental safety device and land development (AKU) Josef Goeppel
Working group school and education (AKS) Siegfried cutter
Working group university and culture (AKH) Ludwig Spaenle
Evangelist working group (EAK) Ingo Friedrich
Working group police and internal security (POLE) George Schmid
Working group of public service (OeD) Gerhard Waschler
Working group lawyer (AKJ) Thomas's cruiser
Health-political working group (GPA) Wolfgang Zoeller
Contact circle politics - science - culture Thomas Goppel
Commission Chairman
Medium commission Markus Soeder
Consumer protection commission Emilia Mueller
Family commission Joachim Unterlaender
Filmkommission Herbert Huber
Principle commission Alois luck
International commission Reinhold Bocklet

History

Establishment and building years

Already in the summer formed on local level groupings, the one conservative counterweight too SPD and KPD to create wanted. Like also in the remainder of Germany it came to establishments of Christian-conservative people's parties. Centers of the combination of the regional parties to a totalBavarian combination were the residents of Munich group over Karl Scharnagl, "Ochsensepp" Josef Mueller and Joseph Baumgartner and the Wuerzburger group, their prominent head Adam Stegerwald was. A gruendungsdatum of the party to indicate, is difficult. To in Munich the establishment of a "Bavarian christian-social union" is decided, to the CSU was based in . Die gesamtbayerische Gründungsversammlung fand schließlich am 8. Januar 1946 statt und am 14. und 15. Dezember 1946 the second state meeting decided the first basic policy statement and confirmed the provisional chairman of the party Josef Mueller in its office. With the choice for constituent state meeting Bayerns, the first country-wide postwar choice received the CSU at first attempt 58.3% and thus the absolute majority. Differently than the Christian-conservative parties in the other Lands of the Federal Republic, itself to CDU , remained independently and organizational limited to Bavaria the CSU united. The all-German claim to leadership first the citizen of Berlin CDU, then the CDU in that British zone of occupation under the CSU rejected.

Internal party-line the years of the foundation were coined/shaped by the struggle for the adjustment by program of the party. A Christian liberal group stood around Mueller and Scharnagl for the catholic-conservative members from the former BVP (Fritz Schaeffer, Alois dog hammer) opposite. At the beginning of competed additionally still the separatist aligned (BP) around the same constituency as the CSU, since both parties saw themselves and presented as successors of the BVP. The CSU could decide this struggle for power finally for itself. The CSU succeeded to get it on the one hand by a pragmatic course between tradition and modernization the wing ready to conciliate of the BP back to the CSU. On the other hand the BP became end of the fifties under dubious circumstances in sucked. Gaming house affair entangled and lost thereby substantially at reputation and votes. it separated finally from the federal state parliament.

History of the CSU in Bavaria

Since the first election of the federal parliament in Bavaria in the year places the party up to the reign of William Hoegner (SPD, - the country. With exception of the elections in the year the CSU was besides always strongest strength in Bavarian federal state parliament.

With the elections of the federal parliament to 1. December the CSU with 52,3% achieved the absolute majority of the voices and mandates. It formed nevertheless one also SPD and WAV, since one did not believe a load-carrying majority by the factional fights not decided yet within the party secured. The Prime Minister became Hans Ehard (and not the chairman of the party Josef Mueller) selected. The coalition broke already in September again, since itself CSU and SPD ideologically and politically increasingly alienated. The CSU resumed the government alone, had however with the elections of the federal parliament of a sensitive defeat put in: It reached only 27.4% and became after the SPD only second-strongest strength in the federal state parliament. Background was the argument of the CSU with that the CSU the first and only mark had into the opposition. Although it could increase their result with 38% again, the negotiations with the past SPD coalition partner failed, thereupon the guidance of a Viererkoalition from SPD, BP, BHE and FDP took over and William Hoegner to the Prime Minister selected. The CSU tried from the opposition to let the coalition break apart and finally reached the withdrawal of the BHE from the coalition. In the consequence the CSU chairman formed Hanns Seidel a coalition from CSU, BHE and FDP, those in the elections of the federal parliament impressively one confirmed.

the CSU a crucial impact succeeded against the competition of the Bavaria party. High functionaries of the BP became to 8. August in the so-called "Gaming house affair"condemns because of wrong statement upon oath to terms of imprisonment. The CSU had collected and was complicated before load material against the BP into obscure and uncovering of the case favorable for the CSU. Hanns Seidl for health reasons back and to its successor stepped Hans Ehard was selected again, then its office after the profit of the absolute majority on Alfons Goppel delivered. Since 1962 the CSU did not deliver its absolute majority in Bavaria no more. Also numerous affairs such as z.B. those Mirror affair or those Resident of Munich CSU affair could do no abort to the popularity of the CSU. Goppel with 62,1% of the voices achieved the best result of the CSU with elections of the federal parliament. changed Franz Josef bunch as an Prime Minister from Bonn to Munich and this remained up to its death . After 27 years, while the bunch dominated the party like no second, a double head followed it: Max Streibl to the Bavarian Prime Minister one selected, Theo Waigel to the new chairman of the party. In Streibls reign fell the German Reunification and 1990 the "residents of Munich explanation": To the first conference of Prime Minister of all 16 German countries since 1947 the Prime Ministers discussion themselves clearly for the foederalistische principle of the Federal Republic. Streibl had because of the so-called Amigo affair withdraw. The election result was not affected by this affair however and the new Prime Minister with 52,8% confirms. With the election of the federal parliament it finally succeeded the CSU as so far to an only party in the Federal Republic of Germany to achieve with 60,7% of the voices a zwei-Drittel-Mehrheit of the mandates. Differently than in Basic Law is not sufficient this however for a change for that Bavarian condition, since each constitutional amendment in a popular vote must be confirmed.

The CSU on federal level

The history of the CSU on federal level is coined/shaped from their tendency to independence in the context of the Union parties. Already in the first postwar years that the Bavarian Union party does not want to insert itself into a Germany-far organisational structure, however a strong role is clearly stressed also beyond Bavaria. Already with a first meeting of union politicians to 3. April in Stuttgart the CSU, represented by Josef Mueller, leans the claim to leadership of the citizens of Berlin CDU starting from and on first federationParty Congress the union to in Goslar the CSU does not unite like the remaining Christian-democratic national parties of West Germany and West Berlin to the CDU Germany. On the other hand the CSU cooperated however from the outset in the "working group CDU/CSU Germany" and made also valid beyond Bavaria requirements: In the again-created head office that Bizone occupied she the two director posts for post office and telecommunication system (Hans Schuberth) and economics (Johannes Semler). The CSU politician Anton Pfeiffer took over the presidency of the Condition convention of Herrenchiemsee and the Union faction in . Although the CSU by the Bavarian state government substantial on the foederale basis of the Basic Law influenced, leaned the Bavarian federal state parliament after 15stuendiger debate with 101:63 voices obstructing in 9 abstentions as only land parliament the Basic Law as too bundeslastig and the countries off. In a separate resolution became with 97:6 voices when 70 abstentions the legally binding effect of the Basic Law then however recognition, if two thirds of the Lands of the Federal Republic accepted it.

First Election to the Bundestag 1949 ended for the CSU with a fiasko. It received only 29.2% of the voices and had a large part of their trailers to the BP to deliver. Their 24 delegates nevertheless educated an independent parliamentary group for the agency of Bavarian interests and were with the three Ministers Fritz Schaeffer (finances), William Niklas (agriculture and nutrition) and Hans Schuberth (post office and telecommunication system) in first cabinet Adenauer represented. The independence of the CSU in the Bundestag became however already after the first electoral period favour still today of the existing Parliamentary group community the Union parties given up. As also with the elections of the federal parliament the CSU gained again and regularly the absolute Merhheit for itself could book voices in addition also with elections to the Bundestag in Bavaria. At all lead by the Union Federal Governments the CSU, partly superproportionally, was represented with Federal Ministers.

For the history of the CSU on federal level was coining/shaping Franz Josef bunch, since 1949 of deputy chairmen that Regional committee and starting from 1953 in different offices for Minister (Special tasks, atomic questions, defense). In that Kurt George Kiesingers bunch was a Minister of Finance. After the change of government the CSU under its guidance formed itself as the more conservative wing within the Union faction. Visible expression for it was the complaint of the Free State of Bavaria initiated by bunch against that Basis-of-relations treaty and the meanwhile legendary Separation resolution of Game bath Kreuth: The CSU regional committee decided to the Kreuther resolution back, however clearly strengthened nominating her chairman Strauss came out as a candidate for the chancellorship for those from the conflict and reached Election to the Bundestag 1980. Because of its conservative opinions and political past the strongly disputed bunch could not itself however in a strongly polarizing election campaign against the office holder . While the CSU could hold their result of 1976, the CDU lost nearly four per cent points.

In the cabinets of was the CSU of - with four to six Federal Ministers. Of it particularly are Friedrich Carpenter, Theo Waigel and Refuge Seehofer to emphasize. After the defeat with that Election to the Bundestag 1998, with which the CSU fell in Bavaria for the first time since 1953 again under the mark of 50% of the voices, Theo Waigel withdrew as a chairman and the Bavarian Prime Minister to his successor as a party chairman one selected. CSU and CDU initiated one Signature action against the reform of the German nationality right, in that the descending right by elements of the ius soli to be supplemented should and reached with this vehement criticized action in Hessen the first choice victory after the lost election to the Bundestag. Under the presidency of the influence of the CSU took in the union again strongly to and in the year Stoiber was nominated to the candidate for the chancellorship of the union. Differently than bunch 1980 Stoiber had thereby the entire union behind itself, failed however despite an increase at voices for the union approximately to true and the support of the CSU to signal, should change Edmund Stoiber as Federal Ministers of a again-created Ministry for economics and technology to Berlin. For his follow-up in Bavaria Ministers of the Interior Guenther Beckstein and state chancellery boss Erwin Huber applied.

Edmund Stoiber took the announcement of the SPD chairman of the party Franz Muentefering to occur to no more for the SPD presidency to stand as a candidate not to want to the cause around his promise than Ministers in the Bundeskabinet under Mrs. Merkel to withdraw.

The CSU in Europe

Despite occasionally Europeansceptical positions the CSU sees itself also decided as a European party and sets on a stable Europe of the regions, that on the principles of the Federalism and that Subsidiaritaet to be based is. Together with 10 the CSU created other European Christian democratic and conservative-civil parties to 8. July those European people's party (EVP). It is since the first step-by-step selections to European parliament 1979 always with seven to ten delegates represent and achieved also here up to 1989 always the absolute majority in Bavaria. In order to secure the influence possibilities of the countries sufficiently, the CSU sat down over the Bavarian state government substantial for it, the later Committee of the regions on European level to create and its Secretary-General could place. With that European choice 2004, with that it with their leading candidate Ingo Friedrich 57,4% of the voices got and thus placed, set the CSU to nine of eleven European delegates as one of the main election campaign topics on the refusal of an European Union full membership to that Turkey in the population. Likewise 2004 became Edmund Stoiber of and as successors of the European Union commission president Romano Prodi suggested. Stoiber decided however against a change to Brussels.

CSU groupings outside of Bayerns

In in the middle of the fifties, however without co-operation and approval of the CSU in Bavaria, formed a combination named CSU Saar (CSU s). It reached straight times 0,6% in the Saarland with the there election of the federal parliament. After the integration of the Saarland into the Federal Republic of Germany those took Christian people's party of the Saarland (CVP), which had expressed itself against an integration, negotiations with the Bavarian CSU up. Consequently it came to 6. July to the education of a kind CSU regional organization from the CVP and the CSU Saar, with that Election to the Bundestag 1957 began. According to an outline agreement with the CDU Saar to the members could change until September 1959 into the CDU Saar. At the end of of 1959 was then dissolved the CSU/CVP. A minority created those SVP, since it did not want to follow the CDU Saar.

In the course of the idea of one A fourth party so-called were based in the middle of the 1970er CSU Freundeskreise outside of Bayerns, which could have developed fast local of federations with a resolution to expand the CSU as a the fourth party since the entire Federal Republic. 1975 were based - without participation of the CSU - those Action committee a FOURTH PARTY, which wanted to put the plans into practice, but failed because of the missing co-operation of the CSU and the "friend circles". After the defeat at the polls bunch ' and the change of government 1983 the idea of the fourth party had become possible finally to fall calmly, there the change of power by co-operation with the liberals and the friend circles dissolved to a large extent.

After the case of the wall finally formed to 20. January 1990 from approximately a dozen of liberal-conservative and Christian parties in Leipzig those German social union (DSU). The CSU supported this establishment and co-operated with it. To that People chamber elections to it went together with the CDU and that Democratic departure those Alliance for Germany and won the elections. On pressure of the CDU the CSU terminated co-operation with the DSU however, when this planned, since the entire federal territory to expand and in the consequence sank the party to the Bedeutungslosigkeit.

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