Citizens' Movement Pro Chemnitz

The Citizens' Movement Pro Chemnitz (German: Bürgerbewegung Pro Chemnitz; known as Pro Chemnitz) is a municipal political party in the German city of Chemnitz.

Citizens' Movement Pro Chemnitz
Bürgerbewegung Pro Chemnitz
AbbreviationBPC
LeaderKarl Martin Kohlmannd and Reinhold Breede
Founded2009
HeadquartersMarkt 1
D-09111 Chemnitz
Political positionRight-Wing
Regional affiliationFree Saxons
ColoursBlue and Orange
Website
http://pro-chemnitz.de/

History

The Citizens' Movement Pro Chemnitz was initiated in 2009 by Karl Martin Kohlmann, a former Chemnitz city council member for The Republicans, and Reinhold Breede, former president of the city council at the beginning of the 1990s and a former CDU member.

In March 2009 the city council group of The Republicans left the party en bloc, owing to internal disputes, and became part of Pro Chemnitz and therefore the Citizens' Movement's parliamentary group.

In November 2019, online payment service PayPal blocked the movement's account after more than 100,000 people petitioned it.[1]

Elections

In the 2009 Chemnitz municipal election, the Citizens' Movement Pro Chemnitz received 12,608 votes, 4.57 per cent of the electorate,[2] and as a result hold three out of 60 seats in the city council.[3]

References
  1. deutschlandfunkkultur.de. "Paypal sperrt "Pro Chemnitz" - Öffentlicher Druck wirkt". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  3. "Fraktionen - Stadt Chemnitz - Stadt der Moderne". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
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