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Party of Humanists

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Not to be confused with Humanist Party.

Party of Humanists
Partei der Humanisten
AbbreviationPdH
ChairpersonFelicitas Klings[1]
General SecretarySascha Klughardt[1]
Founded4 October 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-04)
HeadquartersBeilsteiner Str. 21, 12681 Berlin
Membership (September 2024)Increase 2,350+[2]
IdeologySecular humanism
Secular liberalism
Social liberalism[3]
Civil libertarianism
Progressivism
Political positionCentre-left[3]
Colours
  •   Blue-magenta
  •   White
  •   Light blue
  •   Magenta
Bundestag
0 / 630
State Parliaments
0 / 1,821
European Parliament
0 / 96
Website
pdh.eu

The Party of Humanists (German: Partei der Humanisten) is a minor political party in Germany that first participated in the 2017 federal election.[4] It is considered left-of-centre and supports socially liberal and secular policies, such as a federal European state, openness towards technologies such as stem cell research and strict separation between state and religion.[5] The party contested the 2017 and 2021 federal elections, the 2019 European elections and numerous state elections from 2018 onwards. It also contested the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.[6]

History

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In spring 2012, the Facebook group "Initiative Humanismus" created the "Manifesto of the Initiative Humanismus", which was to serve as the basis for a humanist party. The Party of Humanists was founded on the basis of this document on 4 October 2014 in Berlin.[7][8] The provisional executive committee consisted of eight spokespersons for various subject areas.[9]

At the first ordinary federal party conference in March 2015, David Helmus was elected as the party's first chairman.[10] Beka Kobaidze served as secretary general, while Ioana Hauke took over as treasurer. According to the chairman, the party had around 75 members in September of the same year.[11]

The Berlin regional association was founded on 2 April 2016.[12] A few months later, the regional associations of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg were founded.[13][14] Shortly afterwards, in February of the following year, the Bavarian state association was also founded.[15]

On 21 March 2017, the Party held a joint press conference along with the Pirate Party Germany, the Liberal Democrats, the New Liberals, the Transhuman Party Germany, and the youth organization of The Left to announce a "social-liberal proclamation" and better cooperation among the participating organizations.[16][17][18][19][20]

In the 2017 German federal election, the Humanist Party took part in an election for the first time, although it was initially only electable in North Rhine-Westphalia. For this purpose, various teams were set up within the party, which now has around 600 members, for internal party organisation.[21] In the election, the party received 5.991 second votes.[22] After the federal election, the party received an influx of new members. As a result, state associations were founded in Hamburg and Lower Saxony in the same year, as well as state associations in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein in 2018.[23][24]

In January 2019, Steven Pinker was accepted onto the advisory board of the Humanist Party. One month later, in February 2019, Michael Shermer, founder of the American Skeptics Society, also became a member of the advisory board.[25][26]

The Humanist Party was registered for the European elections on 15 March 2019, in which it took part with its lead candidate Robin Thiedmann. It achieved 0.2% of 62,604 votes, but missed out on a place in the European Parliament.[27] In 2021, the last four state associations, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Thuringia and Saarland were founded.[28][29] Shortly after the founding of the Brandenburg state association, the party celebrated its new size of 1800 members.[30] In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first digital federal party conference was held on 29 January and 20 February 2022.

In April 2023, 19-year-old Lasse Schäfer was elected as the new national chairman. This makes him the youngest party chairman in Germany.[31]

Party platform

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The underlying ideology is evolutionary humanism.[32] The core themes of the Humanist Party are science and education, the right of self-determination of the individual, and secularization.[33] For example, the party supports the liberal and self-responsible use of drugs,[34] supports legal voluntary euthanasia[35][36] and is against circumcision of children.[37] The party also supports the implementation of universal basic income.[33] The party is considered left of the political centre.[3]

Currently, the Party of Humanists is the only party in Germany that specifically targets non-religious people, freethinkers, and atheists as voters.[38]

Programme

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Health and science

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  • Compulsory health insurance should only cover evidence based medicine, not pseudomedicine such as homeopathy
  • Legalization of active euthanasia under specific circumstances
  • Legalization of all drugs, but only for adults and with more prevention measures such as education, drug-checking, regulated production and sale[39]
  • Openness towards new technology and impartial assessment of the harms benefits, e. g. with respect to genome editing[40] and stem cell research
  • Reduction of antibiotic use in livestock farming in order to avoid emerging resistances
  • Funding for in-vitro-meat research

EU and military

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  • Founding of a united European Federal Republic. Today's national states shall be converted into strong sovereign regions.[41]
  • Rejection of a compulsory military service year for young adults
  • Establishing a united European military

Economy

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  • Simplification of the tax system by eliminating exemptions as well as cutback on unnecessary subsidies
  • Deregulation of shop opening hours on Sundays
  • Trialing and implementation of universal basic income

Climate

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Social topics

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Freedom of speech and the Internet

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Religion

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"No caliphate" campaign poster of PdH in the June 2024 EU Parliament election
  • Complete separation of church and state
  • Introduction of unified ethics education instead of compulsory religious education in schools[42]
  • Removing references to god from the constitution and other laws
  • Prohibition of medically not-indicated religious circumcision in children unable to consent

Leadership

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Felicitas Klings has led the party since July 2024.

Since 15 July 2024, the party's leadership has consisted of:[1]

  • Felicitas Klings (Party Leader)
  • Sascha Klughardt (General Secretary)
  • Narek Avetisyan (Treasurer)

Federal executive board

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The party's federal executive board is made up of:[1]

  • Ole Teschke
  • Dominic Vice
  • Josephine Keller
  • Andreas Stirner
  • Daniel Keye
  • Dr. Jochen Sieck
  • Manuel Cran
  • Ricardo Reitz

Federal state parties

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Federal state party Date of Founding Chairman Last state election participation Last country-wide election participation
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg 3 December 2016 Steven Schmitt 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election 2021 German federal election
Bayern Bavaria 11 February 2017 Frederic Forkel 2018 Bavarian state election 2021 German federal election
Berlin Berlin[43] 2 April 2017 Barend Wolf 2021 Berlin state election 2021 German federal election
Brandenburg Brandenburg 13 March 2021 Tim Ewert - 2021 German federal election
Bremen Bremen[44] 9 June 2018 Julia Kreitz 2019 Bremen state election 2021 German federal election
Hamburg Hamburg[45] 1 October 2017 Michael Brandt 2020 Hamburg state election 2021 German federal election
Hessen Hesse[46] 25 September 2016 Dennis Wörner 2018 Hessian state election 2021 German federal election
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 24 May 2021 Tom Kühnel 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election 2021 German federal election
Niedersachsen Lower Saxony[47] 25 November 2017 Rainer Rößler - 2021 German federal election
Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia 22 October 2016 Leonard Niesik - 2021 German federal election
Rheinland-Pfalz Rhineland-Palatinate 15 April 2018 Tristan Marsell - 2021 German federal election
Saarland Saarland[48] 20 November 2021 Fabian Grünewald - 2019 European Parliament election
Sachsen Saxony 7 January 2018 Jonas Lehn 2019 Saxony state election 2021 German federal election
Sachsen-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt 31 March 2018 Konstantin Zisiadis 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2021 German federal election
Schleswig Holstein Schleswig-Holstein 20 October 2018 Marvin Weidemeier 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2021 German federal election
Thüringen Thuringia 29 May 2021 Anthony Ramstedt - 2021 German federal election

Election results

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Federal parliament (Bundestag)

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Election Leader Constituency Party list Seats +/– Government
Votes % Votes %
2017 Felix Bölter — 5,991 0.01 (#28)
0 / 709
 New Extra-parliamentary
2021 Alexander Mucha 12,672 0.03 (#19) 47,526 0.10 (#19)
0 / 735
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2025 Felicitas Klings 1,873 0.00 (#23) 14,446 0.03 (#20)
0 / 630
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2019 Robin Thiedmann 62,604 0.17 (#26)
0 / 96
 New –
2024 Sascha Boelcke 82,275 0.21 (#23)
0 / 96
 Steady 0

References

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  40. ^ "Gentechnik (Themenabschnitt)". Partei der Humanisten (in German). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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