Talk:The Republicans (Germany)

message: I suggest that this article be moved to Republicans (Germany). Most/all Wikipedia articles leave "the" out of their location titles. I know this is a special circumstance (i.e. the party is often referred to as "Die Republikaner"), but since the name has already been changed/translated to English, I think it would be best to follow the normal Wikipedia standards. metzerly 01:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have moved the article to Republicans (Germany) as per Wikipedia's Naming Conventions. I have also taken down the POV banner, as it does not seem relevant since the NPD and DVU articles refer to the parties as "far-right. --metzerly 07:00, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reverted the move. All electoral movements and parties on Wikipedia which have "Die", "Los", "Gli", "Les" or somthing like that in their name in foreign languages have a "The" in their Wikipedia article name, so this should, too. —Nightstallion (?) 02:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Moving to [[‘Republicans (Germany)’]]

message: From what I've read they seem to be a party that represents the more conservative voters who otherwise would vote CDU, not a white nationalist group like the NPD. I'd say there should at least be a source for it, so it can't be changed periodically by different editors. MagicBear (talk) 02:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This would appear to be correct - Die Republikaner are at very worst far-right, and are certainly not extreme-right, white nationalists, or white supremacists, and are not in the same category as the NPD. The NPD also, to my knowledge, supports Pan-Germanism, whereas Die Republikaner do not. Though some supporters of Die Republikaner have sympathy for the NPD, the parties themselves are two very different things. Evil Maniac From Mars (talk) 01:29, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: White Nationalist?

message: * The Republikaner NEVER were "extreme right". Being "extreme right" is a political term used to disparage right parties by left-wing activists; Verfassungsschutz and Verfassungsgericht see extreme right as a reason for a ban. Parties under observation by Federal Verfassungsschutz are listed as "having extremist tendencies". State Verfassungsschutz agencies are so incompetent they made the Constitutional Court stop the interdiction process of the NPD. Some regional party headquarters were more right than the Federal party, however.
* Whilst the Party logo is black-red-gold, these are more the colours of the DVU. The REP - as well as other parties, eg. the CDU - advertise with the national colours, but according to Dr Schlierer, the party colour is blue - as are the colours of Austrian FPÖ.
* Even under the chairmanship of Mr Schönhuber, the party tried to legitimise itself by dissociating from extremist rights. Mr Schönhuber stopped that; but he lost his chairmanship shortly thereafter. Dr Schlierer has continued this dissociation, thereby losing more and more members and voters to NPD/DVU. In the convention of 2005/2006, the media anticipated Dr Schlierer being voted out of office and the dissociation to end; instead, he was confirmed, and even more extremist members left the party. This was when Verfassungsschutz stopped observing the party.
* Therefore, it now is no longer "German extreme right", if it ever was.
* The DVU were originally thought as a party for the "democratic right"; during this time, it had a concord with REP not to compete in state elections. That concord ended when DVU went further right and associated itself with NPD. --141.70.81.136 (talk) 09:06, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 

message: In Germany, parties are linked more or less to colours, often with traditional background. So red is for SPD (their “official colour”), and black often for CDU (but it is not their “official colour”).
Here, it says: Official colours -- Black, Red, Gold (that is yellow), but this is not true. These are just the colours used in their logo. But for campaigning, almost every party uses the “Black-Red-Gold” from the Flag of Germany. --129.69.141.80 (talk) 14:38, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official colour(s)? 

message: Here is the new Logo of this party:  --217.85.173.144 (talk) 14:45, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo