List of political parties in Germany
Parties represented in the Bundestag or the European Parliament
One German MEP is independent, member of the GUE-NGL-group in the European Parliament and was elected as a candidate of the Human Environment Animal Protection-party (better known as Tierschutzpartei).

List of political parties in Germany

Section Title: Parties represented in the Bundestag or the European Parliament
Table Section Text: One German MEP is independent, member of the GUE-NGL-group in the European Parliament and was elected as a candidate of the Human Environment Animal Protection-party (better known as Tierschutzpartei).

Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	MdBs	MEPs	Political position	EP-group	Notes

-	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	CDU	Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer	Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism	200	29	Centre-right	EPP

-	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	SPD	Andrea Nahles	Social democracy	153	27	Centre-left	S&D

-	Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland	AfD	Jörg Meuthen and Alexander Gauland	German nationalism, Euroscepticism, National conservatism, Right-wing populism	92	2	Right-wing to far-right	EFDD / ENF

-	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	FDP	Christian Lindner	Liberalism, Classical liberalism	80	3	Centre to centre-right	ALDE

-	The Left Die Linke	LINKE	Katja Kipping and Bernd Riexinger	Democratic socialism, Left-wing populism	69	7	Left-wing	GUE/NGL

-	Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	GRÜNE	Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck	Green politics	67	11	Centre-left	Greens/EFA

-	Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern	CSU	Markus Söder	Christian democracy, Conservatism, Regionalism	46	5	Centre-right	EPP

-	The Blue Party Die blaue Partei	B	Michael Muster	National conservatism, Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism	1	1	Right-wing	None

-	Liberal Conservative Reformers Liberal-Konservative Reformer	LKR	Bernd Kölmel	Liberal conservatism, Euroscepticism, Economic liberalism	0	5	Centre-right	ECR

Free Voters Freie Wähler	FREIE WÄHLER	Hubert Aiwanger	Liberal conservatism, Direct democracy	0	2	Centre-right	ALDE and ECR

-	Ecological Democratic Party Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei	ÖDP	Christoph Raabs	Green conservatism	0	1	Centre-right	Greens/EFA

-	Die PARTEI Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative	Die PARTEI	Martin Sonneborn	Satire	0	1	Apolitical	None

-	Pirate Party Germany Piratenpartei Deutschland	PIRATEN	Carsten Sawosch	Pirate politics, Social liberalism	0	1	Syncretic	Greens/EFA

-	National Democratic Party of Germany Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands	NPD	Frank Franz	Neo-Nazism, Ultranationalism, Pan-Germanism, Anti-immigration, Revanchism	0	1	Far-right	APF

A The CDU and CSU form the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag; CSU runs only in Bavaria, CDU elsewhere.

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The Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei, ÖDP) is a political party in Germany.

final_sentence: The Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei, ÖDP) is a political party in Germany.