Like a Christian democratic union of Germany

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Base data
Gruendungsdatum:	June
Establishment place:	and Rhine country
Chairman:	Bundeskanzlerin Dr. MdB
Deputy:	Christoph Boehr MdL, Prime Minister Dr. Juergen Ruettgers MdL, Federal minister Dr. Annette Schavan MdB, Prime Minister Christian Wulff MdL
Treasurer:	Senator Dr. Wolfgang Peiner
Secretary-General:	Volker Kauder MdB, designated: Ronald Pofalla MdB
Federal business manager:	Johannes of Thadden
Members:	579.526 (conditions: 2005)
Woman portion:	25,2 %
Average age:	55.3 years
Party arrangement:	15 regional organizations
Address:	Klingelhoeferstr. 8 10785 Berlin
Website:	www.CDU.de
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Those Like a Christian democratic union of Germany (CDU) is one of the two People's parties. She understands herself as „Christian democratic, liberal and a party that “. A goal of the CDU is it, in contrast for instance to the once purely catholic CENTERto bundle, all Christian denominations in a political party.

It places with her Federal leader Dr. the acting Bundeskanzlerin the Federal Republic of Germany.

Table of contents 1 Contentwise profile 1.1 Economics and social politics 1.2 Education 1.3 Home policy 1.4 Foreign policy 1.5 Party politics 2 Relationship to the churches 3 Internal structure 3.1 Members 3.2 Data of the regional organizations 3.3 Party finances 3.4 Centers 3.5 Relationship to the CSU 3.6 Combinations and special organizations of the CDU 4 History 4.1 Establishment 4.2 1949-1963: The era Adenauer 4.3 1963-1969: Governments Erhard and Kiesinger 4.4 1969-1982: The CDU in the opposition 4.5 1982-1998: The government Kohl 4.6 1998 to 2005: The CDU in the opposition 4.7 2005 to present: The government Merkel 5 Literature 6 See also 7 Web on the left of

Contentwise profile

The CDU submitted several programs in the course of its history. That Ahlener program, which was decided 1947 by the North-Rhine/Westphalian regional organization, publicised one sucked. "Christian socialism". Became two years later on the occasion of that Election to the Bundestag 1949 those Duesseldorfer of guiding principles discharged, the one social free-market economy publicised. The current basic policy statement became to on the Party Congress in and carries the title "liberty within responsibility" adopts.

In its current basic policy statement the CDU speaks of "Christian understanding of humans and its responsibility forwards “. The CDU strives one Social free-market economy in one foederalen Constitutional state on. With regard to foreign policy strives it above all a recess of the European agreement and a recess of the North Atlantic relations with that on. In the recent past the CDU set its emphasis particularly on the topics economics -, tax -, for job market -, education -, outside and security politics. Thus also the title of the electioneering program for the legislative period of 2005-2009 is called: "growth. Work. Security."see also: Election to the Bundestag 2005

Economics and social politics

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 of the union partly in carried Social and (Hartz concept) would have the red-green Federal Government so far no positive occupation-political effects. In the current electioneering program, presented in July 2005, the CDU pleads to that for an increase Value added tax from 16 % to 18 %, which reduced sentence for the value added tax of 7 % is is maintained. The additional receipts are to flow to a quarter to the Lands of the Federal Republic, to three quarters are them to a lowering that Ancillary wages are used. In addition it wants the linear-progressive Income tax system maintained. Is that Entry-level tax rate from 15 % to 12 % to be lowered, and the highest tax rate from 42 % to 39 %. The exemption from taxes from Sundays -, additional pay for nightwork and holiday is to be omitted with a six-year transition period. Altogether incomes at a value of approximately 4 billion are by cancellations of tax preferences. Euro develop.

The contribution to Unemployment insurance is as Gegenfinanzierung for the increase of the value added tax from 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 to only get, at which parents or children cannot be responsible for their maintenance (the so-called "maintenance resort"). Those Commuter lump sum on the other hand 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 like those Gene research to be again more strongly promoted. In the question that Nuclear power an extension of the remainder running times is planned. By a closer co-operation of the offices, authorities and places is the so-called "Lohndumping"to be fought. 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. That 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. That 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.

Party politics

Preferential coalition partner is as a rule those FDP, since the CDU with it sees particularly in the economic and tax policy to most thing in common, there are different opinions particularly in the question of the citizen rights; in particular however vehement rejected expansion of the video monitoring as well as langfristgere storage of connecting data are the etc. in this connection of CDU endorse, of FDP. to call. It partly forms a coalition on regional level also with that SPD. Alliances with that The GREEN and in the east of Germany with that Party of Democratic Socialism it gave so far only on local level.

Relationship to the churches

Since its establishment the CDU humans of all denominations is open, also to Nichtchristen. The fact that the CDU calls itself expressly as Christian been based on the resolution of the party, itself the Christian people picture expressly obligates to explain. In the electioneering programs of SPD, FDP or the Green such a purchase is missing.

During the establishment of party in the year 1945 was besides the overcoming of the political contrast between catholics and protestanten a main motive for the admission of the adjective "like a Christian" in the party names. In Germany it had given, there no interdenominational Christian parties before those Central party was predominantly catholic coined/shaped. The interdenominational adjustment is readable also in the presence at the member structure. According to a study that of 2005 at present 51 % do not profess themselves of the CDU members to the catholic denomination, 33.3 % indicate an Evangelist confession and 15,7 % feel associated church.

Thematically there are thing in common in addition, different beginnings and contradictions in relation to the political expressions of prominent church representatives regularly to that (there there are those CSU) is regional organizations in an educated manner and in all appropriate Land days in Parliamentary groupsstaerke represent.

Members

The CDU has to time 574.526 members (conditions: 2. February 2005) The average age of the CDU members amounts to 55.3 years.

25,2 % of the members are female and 74.8 % male. The woman portion is higher in the new Lands of the Federal Republic with 29,2 % than in the old Lands of the Federal Republic, where it amounts to only 24.8 %.

Forwards became only estimated the member development of the CDU Bundesgeschaeftsstelle. The numbers starting from 1966 refer to that the respective yearly. They originate from the centers member card index of the CDU.

Data of the regional organizations

Regional organization	Chairman	Members
	Guenther Oettinger	79.000
	Ingo Schmitt	13.000
Brandenburg	Joerg Schoenbohm	7.000
	Bernd Neumann	3.500
	Dirk Fischer	10.600
		51.700
	Juergen Seidel	7.000
	Christian Wulff	80000
	Juergen Ruettgers	185.000
Rhineland-Palatinate	Christoph Boehr	56.000
	Peter Mueller	22.400
Saxonia	George Milbradt	15.000
	Thomas Webel	9.400
	Peter Harry Carstensen	30.000
	Dieter existing building	13.000
Foreign federation	-	122

Party finances

The CDU received incomes of 141,6 millions. Euro. Of it 41 % escaped 22 % to membership dues, 31 % means, by donation payments, national by payment, 2 % by other incomes. To the comparison: those CSU received incomes from 46,1 millions. Euro and those SPD at a value of 158,8 millions. Euro.

Centers

The centers of the party concentrate particularly on rural and/or regions like those The Eifel, that Cathedral country, that Sour country, that Calibration field, and wealthy cities how Baden-Baden, and . The party has only small inlet in , Brandenburg and east.

Relationship to CSU

CDU and CSU are as collection movements after confusions 2. World war developed and had the Christian people picture in the center as example of future policy. As collection movement it is to be understood here that decentralized groups united - emphasis in Cologne, Berlin, Munich. Therefore also the term "union" and not a party. In the case of the CDU one was only in the year 1949 to the first Federal Party Congress, thus after the choice of the first Federal Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer (CDU) together. The union in Bavaria left it with its commitment on regional level, it gets straight however promptly that the CSU party wanted to be together with federalpolitical purchase and represent on federal level with the CDU a unit. Together with that CSU it forms a common Bundestag faction the two Union parties, those acts together by program. This relationship was however not always unproblematic and it gave partial violent arguments, those their high point with Kreuther separation resolution found.

Combinations and special organizations of the CDU

Beside the regional organizations those play Apron organizations in the CDU an important internal-party role. The combinations are in Statute the CDU statute-legally embodies. Two major tasks come to them. They are to spread on the one hand the policy of the party within their respective spheres of activity. On the other hand they in addition, the requests of the groups represented by them are to let flow into the policy of the CDU. The combinations enjoy a large in relation to other parties Independence of the total party. Apart from the right, itself an own Statute to give, this is expressed above all in the fact that their members are not inevitably member of the total party must. Besides they have expressly the right to own political announcements, if these do not contradict the principles of the party. Apart from the statutory embodied combinations there are still further apron organizations with different status in the CDU. In the literature they are partly placed on a stage with the combinations.

Zurzeit has the CDU seven combinations. Their developing goes to the largest part on the start time of the party into that years back. Their internal-party weight is of various sizes. Beside that Recent union becomes general those Middle class and trade association as particularly influential outstandingly. The meaning that Christian democratic working population (CDA or also social committees), still into those since that time years inside an important internal-party power factor was, strongly decreased. Those only created Senior union becomes probably already because of that demographic Development increasingly in influence win. The moreover there are those Woman union.

Under the special organizations unions of CDU members or CDU fallSympathizer, which do not have the formal status of a combination. That is of particularly emphasized importance among them Economic council of the CDU, that as union some CDU more near Entrepreneur developed. It has large influence with the formulation that Economic policy the party. Eine weitere der CDU nahestehende Organisation ist die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Geschichte

Gründung

Die CDU wurde im Juni 1945 in Berlin (siehe Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands (DDR)) und im Rheinland gegründet. Die CDU organisierte sich 1945 bis 1949 in den deutschen Ländern und Besatzungszonen und schloss sich 1950 in Goslar auf Bundesebene zusammen. Ein wesentlicher Teil ihrer Mitgliederschaft (unter anderem Konrad Adenauer) entstammt der vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg existierenden katholisch und süd-/westdeutsch geprägten Zentrumspartei. Aber auch führende Mitglieder der Deutschnationalen Volkspartei, der rechtsliberalen Deutschen Volkspartei und der liberalen DDP