Party of Humanists

Short description: German political party

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Party of Humanists

Partei der Humanisten

Abbreviation| PdH
Chairperson| Lasse Schäfer
General Secretary| Dominic Ressel
Founded| 4 October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-04)
Headquarters| Beilsteiner Str. 21, 12681 Berlin
Membership (2022)|  2,300
Ideology| Secular humanism
Secular liberalism
Social liberalism
Civil libertarianism
Progressivism
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Website
diehumanisten.de

The Party of Humanists (German: Partei der Humanisten) is a minor political party in Germany that first participated in the 2017 federal election.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Party platform
* 1.1 Programme
* 1.1.1 Health and science
* 1.1.2 EU and military
* 1.1.3 Economy
* 1.1.4 Climate
* 1.1.5 Social topics
* 1.1.6 Freedom of speech and the Internet
* 1.1.7 Religion
* 2 History
* 3 Leadership
* 4 Federal state parties
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Party platform

The underlying ideology is evolutionary humanism.[2] The core themes of the Humanist Party are science and education, the right of self-determination of the individual, and secularization.[3] For example, the party supports the liberal and self-responsible use of drugs,[4] supports legal voluntary euthanasia[5][6] and is against circumcision of children.[7] The party also supports the implementation of universal basic income.[3]

Currently, the Party of Humanists is the only party in Germany that specifically targets non-religious people, freethinkers, and atheists as voters.[8]

### Programme

#### Health and science

* 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[9]
* Openness towards new technology and impartial assessment of the harms benefits, e. g. with respect to genome editing[10] 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

* Founding of a united European Federal Republic. Today's national states shall be converted into strong sovereign regions.[11]
* Rejection of a compulsory military service year for young adults
* Establishing a united European military

#### Economy

* 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

* Stopping the nuclear energy phase-out in Germany and utilization of new reactor types to combat climate change

#### Social topics

* Legalization of surrogate motherhood
* Legalization of sex work, modeling after New Zealand
* Legalization of abortion regardless of gestation age, modeling after Canadian abortion laws

#### Freedom of speech and the Internet

* Repeal of upload-filters and protection of net-neutrality

#### Religion

* Complete separation of church and state
* Introduction of unified ethics education instead of compulsory religious education in schools[12]
* Removing references to god from the constitution and other laws
* Prohibition of medically not-indicated religious circumcision in children unable to consent

## History

The party emerged from a Facebook group called "Initiative Humanismus" with over 700 members. One year after the decision to establish a party, the Party of Humanists was founded on 4 October 2014 in Berlin.[13][14] 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 "socialliberale proclamation" and better cooperation among the participating organizations.[15][16][17][18][19]

## Leadership

The current federal executive committee of the Party of Humanists consists of eleven members:[20]

* Lasse Schäfer (Party Leader)
* Dominic Ressel (General Secretary)
* Stephan Wiedenmann (Treasurer)
* Axel Börold
* Ole Teschke
* David Goldbrunner
* Andreas Stirner
* Josephine Keller
* Henning Sylla
* Timo Hellbeck
* Marvin Weidenmeier

## Federal state parties

| Federal state party | Date of Founding | Chairman | Last state election participation | Last country-wide election participation

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| Baden-Württemberg  | 3 December 2016  | Mario Caraggiu[21] | 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Bavaria  | 11 February 2017  | Frederic Forkel  | 2018 Bavarian state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Berlin[22] | 2 April 2017  | Barend Wolf  | 2021 Berlin state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Brandenburg  | 13 March 2021  | Tim Ewert  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| Bremen[23] | 9 June 2018  | Julia Kreitz  | 2019 Bremen state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Hamburg[24] | 1 October 2017  | Michael Brandt  | 2020 Hamburg state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Hesse[25] | 25 September 2016  | Dennis Wörner  | 2018 Hessian state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  | 24 May 2021  | Tom Kühnel  | 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Lower Saxony[26] | 25 November 2017  | Rainer Rößler  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| North Rhine-Westphalia  | 22 October 2016  | Leonard Niesik  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| Rhineland-Palatinate  | 15 April 2018  | Tristan Marsell  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| Saarland[27] | 20 November 2021  | Fabian Grünewald  | \-  | 2019 European Parliament election
| Saxony  | 7 January 2018  | Jonas Lehn  | 2019 Saxony state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Saxony-Anhalt  | 31 March 2018  | Konstantin Zisiadis  | 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Schleswig-Holstein  | 20 October 2018  | Marvin Weidemeier  | 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Thuringia  | 29 May 2021  | Anthony Ramstedt  | \-  | 2021 German federal election

## References

1. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten". https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/drehscheibe/partei-humanisten-100.html.
2. ↑ "Mission Statement". https://www.diehumanisten.de/mission/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische. "Partei der Humanisten - bpb". https://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/bundestagswahl-2017/254484/die-humanisten.
4. ↑ "Humanistischer Pressedienst - Legalize and Humanize it!" (in de). 13 July 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/legalize-and-humanize-it-13307.
5. ↑ Siegler, bitzinger GmbH - Tobias. "DGHS - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben - Partei der Humanisten". https://www.dghs.de/presse/aktionen/dghs-wahlpruefsteine-2017/partei-der-humanisten.html.
6. ↑ "Sterbehilfe – Das Recht auf das eigene Leben". 5 November 2015. https://hpd.de/artikel/12377.
7. ↑ "Weltweiter Tag der genitalen Selbstbestimmung". 6 May 2015. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2015/05/06/weltweiter-tag-genitaler-selbstbestimmung/.
8. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten - "Politiker stellen sich gerne neben Religionsführer"". http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/partei-der-humanisten-politiker-stellen-sich-gerne-neben.886.de.html?dram:article_id=380293.
9. ↑ "Psychoaktive Substanzen (Themenabschnitt)" (in de-DE). 2020-04-13. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2020/04/13/positionspapier-psychoaktive-substanzen/.
10. ↑ "Gentechnik (Themenabschnitt)" (in de-DE). 2020-04-11. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2020/04/11/papier-gentechnik/.
11. ↑ "Bundesrepublik Europa (Positionspapier)" (in de-DE). 2020-04-13. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2020/04/13/visionspapier-europa/.
12. ↑ "Ethikunterricht (Themenabschnitt)" (in de-DE). 2022-06-03. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2022/06/03/themenabschnitt-ethikunterricht/.
13. ↑ ""Partei der Humanisten" gegründet". 7 October 2014. https://hpd.de/artikel/10227.
14. ↑ "Pressemitteilung zur Gründung – Partei der Humanisten". 8 October 2014. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2014/10/08/pressemitteilung-zur-gruendung/.
15. ↑ ""Sozialliberale Offensive" in Berlin vorgestellt". 22 March 2017. https://hpd.de/artikel/sozialliberale-offensive-berlin-vorgestellt-14225.
16. ↑ "Die Humanisten starten bundesweite sozialliberale Offensive – Partei der Humanisten". 21 March 2017. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2017/03/21/humanisten-starten-sozialliberalie-offensive/.
17. ↑ "die Sozialliberalen". http://www.die-sozialliberalen.de/.
18. ↑ "Gemeinsame Erklärung: Sechs Parteien und Organisationen starten bundesweite sozialliberale Offensive › Piratenpartei Deutschland". 21 March 2017. https://www.piratenpartei.de/2017/03/21/live-pressekonferenz-buendelung-der-sozialliberalen-kraefte/.
19. ↑ "Live Pressekonferenz » Neue Liberale". https://www.neueliberale.org/2017/03/21/live-pressekonferenz/.
20. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten - Team" (in de). https://www.diehumanisten.de/team/.
21. ↑ @pdh_bw. "Register". https://twitter.com/pdh_bw/status/1462827074176135172. Missing or empty `|date=` (help)
22. ↑ "Landesverband der Partei der Humanisten gegründet". 4 April 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/landesverband-partei-humanisten-gegruendet-12925.
23. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten". 11 August 2023. https://diehumanisten.de/landesverbaende/.
24. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten gründet Hamburger Landesverband". 1 October 2017. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2017/10/01/partei-der-humanisten-gruendet-hamburger-landesverband/.
25. ↑ "Landesverband in Hessen gegründet". 28 September 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/landesverband-hessen-gegruendet-13560.
26. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten". 11 August 2023. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/landesverband-niedersachsen/.
27. ↑ "Hier kommt das Saarland (endlich)" (in de-DE). 2021-11-24. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2021/11/24/hier-kommt-das-saarland-endlich/.

## External links

* Offizielle Website der Partei der Humanisten (Official website of the Party German)
* Leitbild der Partei der Humanisten (Mission Statement of the Party German, English, Esperanto)
* Grundsatzprogramm der Partei der Humanisten (Principle program of the Party German)

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