Citizens in Rage

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Political party in Germany

Citizens in Rage (German: Bürger in Wut, BIW) was a German right-wing populist[1] political party in Germany formerly represented in the state parliament of Bremen. It was led by Jan Timke until its merger with Bündnis Deutschland in June 2023.

It was founded in March 2004 as a successor to the Bremen section of the Party for a Rule of Law Offensive ("Schill party"). Its focus was on law and order and opposition to immigration policies.

The association participated in the 2007 Bremen parliamentary election. Bremen electoral law has a threshold that a party must surmount by winning 5% of the popular vote, either in the city of Bremen, or in Bremerhaven. Citizens in Rage contested the smaller constituency of Bremerhaven. According to the official results, the association won 2,216 votes or 4.998% – only one vote short of the threshold. Thereupon, Citizens in Rage requested a re-count. The competent court detected relevant mistakes in the elections in the constituency of Bremerhaven, and imposed an election rerun in one voting precinct. In the rerun on 6 July 2008, Citizens in Rage won 27.6% of the popular vote in the concerned precinct, which revised the Bremerhaven result of the movement up to 5.29% – enough for one seat in the state parliament.

In the 2011 Bremen state election, Citizens in Rage could report significant gains: they won 3.7% of the popular vote statewide – in contrast to 0.8% in 2007, and could defend their seat in the state legislative assembly.

Citizens in Rage saw themselves as democratic conservative,[2] although anti-establishment. Political scientists and observers classify the movement as right-wing populist,[3][4] but not extremist or anti-constitutional.[5]

Piet Leidreiter was the lead candidate for the party at the 2023 Bremen state election.[6] The Party achieved their best-ever result with 9.4%, benefitting from the absence of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), who were disqualified from running due to internal party disputes. Following the election, BIW merged with Bündnis Deutschland.[7]

Election results

Bürgerschaft of Bremen

Election Popular Vote Seats +/– Status
Votes %
2007 2,336 0.8 (#7)
1 / 83
 Increase 1 Opposition
2011 48,530 3.7 (#5)
1 / 83
 Steady 1 Opposition
2015 37,759 3.2 (#7)
1 / 83
 Steady 1 Opposition
2019 35,808 2.4 (#7)
1 / 84
 Steady 1 Opposition
2023 118,527 9.4% (#5)
10 / 84
 Increase 9 TBD

See also

References

  1. ^ Alexander Häusler (2012). "Selektive Inanspruchnahme des Demokratischen: Rechtspopulistische Politik der Feindbilder im Namen de Meinungsfreiheit". In Stephan Braun; Alexander Geisler (eds.). Die verstimmte Demokratie: Moderne Volksherrschaft zwischen Aufbruch und Frustration. Springer VS. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-531-19035-8.
  2. ^ "Politische Ziele der BÜRGER IN WUT (Political aims of CITIZENS IN RAGE)", Buerger-in-Wut.de (in German), archived from the original on 30 May 2012, retrieved 8 Aug 2011
  3. ^ Krämer, Wolf (December 2010), "Rechtsextremismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Bremerhaven" (PDF), Situations-, Akteurs- und Ressourcenanalyse für den Lokalen Aktionsplan Bremerhaven (in German), University of Bremen, p. 12, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-20, retrieved 2011-08-08
  4. ^ Lucardie, Paul (2007), "Populismus im Parteiensystem in Deutschland und den Niederlanden", Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (in German) (35–36), Federal Agency for Civic Education
  5. ^ "Wahl in Bremen: "Bürger in Wut" – Der Erfolg des Geert Wilders von Bremen", Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German), 23 May 2011
  6. ^ Reichardt, Milan Jäger und Birgit. "Spitzenkandidaten in Bremen: Juniorpartner, Neuling und ein Außenseiter". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  7. ^ "Bürger in Wut aus Bremen wird Bündnis Deutschland". FAZ.NET (in German). 2023-06-09. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

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