Party of Humanists

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Party of Humanists
Partei der Humanisten
AbbreviationPdH
Chairperson Lasse Schäfer
General SecretaryDominic Ressel
Founded4 October 2014;9 years ago (2014-10-04)
HeadquartersBeilsteiner Str. 21, 12681 Berlin
Membership (2022)Increase2.svg 2,300
Ideology Secular humanism
Secular liberalism
Social liberalism
Civil libertarianism
Progressivism
Colours
  •   Blue-magenta
  •   White
  •   Light blue
  •   Magenta
Bundestag
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State Parliaments
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European Parliament
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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. [1]

Contents

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

Social topics

Freedom of speech and the Internet

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

Party leader, Lasse Schafer in November 2023 Lasse Schafer in Lubeck (cropped).png
Party leader, Lasse Schäfer in November 2023

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

Federal state parties

Federal state partyDate of FoundingChairmanLast state election participationLast country-wide election participation
Deutschland Lage von Baden-Wurttemberg.svg Baden-Württemberg 3 December 2016Mario Caraggiu [21] 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Bayern.svg Bavaria 11 February 2017Frederic Forkel 2018 Bavarian state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage Berlins.svg Berlin [22] 2 April 2017Barend Wolf 2021 Berlin state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Brandenburg.svg Brandenburg 13 March 2021Tim Ewert- 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Bremen.svg Bremen [23] 9 June 2018Julia Kreitz 2019 Bremen state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Hamburg.svg Hamburg [24] 1 October 2017Michael Brandt 2020 Hamburg state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Hessen.svg Hesse [25] 25 September 2016Dennis Wörner 2018 Hessian state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 24 May 2021Tom Kühnel 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Niedersachsen.svg Lower Saxony [26] 25 November 2017Rainer Rößler- 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Nordrhein-Westfalen.svg North Rhine-Westphalia 22 October 2016Leonard Niesik- 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Rheinland-Pfalz.svg Rhineland-Palatinate 15 April 2018Tristan Marsell- 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage des Saarlandes.svg Saarland [27] 20 November 2021Fabian Grünewald- 2019 European Parliament election
Deutschland Lage von Sachsen.svg Saxony 7 January 2018Jonas Lehn 2019 Saxony state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Sachsen-Anhalt.svg Saxony-Anhalt 31 March 2018Konstantin Zisiadis 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Schleswig-Holstein.svg Schleswig-Holstein 20 October 2018Marvin Weidemeier 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2021 German federal election
Deutschland Lage von Thuringen.svg Thuringia 29 May 2021Anthony Ramstedt- 2021 German federal election

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