Christian Party of Austria

Christian Party of Austria
Christliche Partei Österreichs
Leader Alfred Kuchar
Founded October 15, 2005
Ideology Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Euroscepticism
Conservatism
Political position Centre-right to Right-wing
Colours Yellow
Slogan "Life. Values. Future."
National Council:
0 / 183
Federal Council:
0 / 62
European Parliament:
0 / 19
Website
www.christlicheparteioesterreichs.at
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The Christian Party of Austria (German: Christliche Partei Österreichs, CPÖ; formerly the Christians – German: Die Christen) is a minor political party in Austria, founded on October 15, 2005.

It changed its name under its new chairman Rudolf Gehring in late 2009, partially due to concerns by the Catholic Church over the use of the term "Christians" to mean only the party.

History

The party was registered on January 23, 2006, and presented to the public on September 27, 2007, when it announced a popular initiative ("Volksbegehren") on the topic of children and families and that it would contest the 2008 election in Lower Austria.

In the 2008 parliamentary election, the party received 0.64% of the vote.

Rudolf Gehring, the party's chairman, announced he would run for president in the 2010 election. He received 5.44% of the vote for third place, the party's highest vote percentage in a national election to date.

Goals

The party is oriented mainly on Christian politics, advocating, for example:

Election results

National Council

National Council of Austria
Election year # of total votes % of overall vote # of seats Government
2008 31,080 0.64%
0 / 183
 Not in parliament
2013 6,647 0.14%
0 / 183
 Not in parliament
2017 425 0.01%
0 / 183
 Not in parliament


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