New Liberals (Germany)

The Social Liberals (German: Die Sozialliberalen), formerly New Liberals (German: Neue Liberale), is an association and a former minor political party in Germany based in Berlin.[2]

The Social Liberals
Die Sozialliberalen
Founded14 September 2014
Dissolved7 June 2021 (As political party)
HeadquartersOldenburger Str. 6
D-10551Berlin
Location
ServicesBipartisan think tank
FieldsSocial liberalism
European federalism[1]
Christian Bethke
Websitehttps://sozialliberal.de/
Madeleina Kay at a rally for the election of the European Parliament 2019 in Düsseldorf

The former party was created as a split from the Free Democratic Party (FDP) operating in multiple states,[3] and was founded on 28 September 2014 in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg.[4][5]

The association states its distance from the FDP and its economic liberalism, and aims to create a programme based on social liberalism.[6]

The New Liberals form a parliamentary group in the district of Harburg (part of Hamburg) and currently have 3 seats in the assembly.[7]

On 6 January 2015, the Liberal Democrats, the New Liberals and another small party declared their intent to cooperate with the objective of an eventual merger. The LD still features this prominently, while the New Liberals had since restructured.[8]

On 20 April 2016, a new "group of members and sympathisers of Liberal Democrats and New Liberals in the Saar area" formed as a joint regional representation.

On 7 June 2021, the Social Liberals leadership announced their recommendation to dissolve as a party and to recommend its members to join Volt Deutschland, the German branch of the pan-European party Volt Europa.[9]

Views

The preliminary founding program states that the former party aims for classic social liberal positions. The aim is a “free society, in which every human being is valued in their individuality and is able to unfold”. New central motives of the New Liberals are the introduction of a basic income as well as improvements for “refugees, immigrants, people with disabilities, elderly people, increasingly also families but also job starters”.

References
  1. „Wahl-O-Mat Europawahl 2019 – Vergleich der Positionen“, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Retrieved 30. June 2019.
  2. Volt Deutschland (2021-07-20). "The Social Liberals join Volt: A strong sign for the progressive center" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  3. ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (30 August 2014). "Ex-Mitglieder der FDP gründen neue Partei - ZEIT ONLINE". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. NDR. "Neue Liberale bereiten Gründungsparteitag vor" (in German). Ndr.de. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. "Neue Partei in Hamburg: Liberaler als die Liberalen?" (in German). Handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  6. Günther Lachmann (13 September 2014). "Liberalismus: Neue Partei geht auf Distanz zur FDP - DIE WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  7. "Neue Liberale Fraktion" (in German). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  8. "Sozialliberale sammeln sich" (in German). 6 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  9. Bethke, Christian (7 June 2021). "Vereinte Kräfte für ein vereintes Europa – die Sozialliberalen planen, sich Volt in Deutschland anzuschließen". Sozialliberale (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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