Back Лібэральна-кансэрватыўныя рэфарматары BE-X-OLD Reformadors Liberal-Conservadors Catalan Przëmierze na pòkrok ë przëbùdzenié CSB Liberal-Konservative Reformer Danish Wir Bürger German Nosotros Ciudadanos Spanish Liberaalikonservatiiviset reformistit Finnish Nous Citoyens (Allemagne) French Noi Cives Interlingue Wir Bürger Italian
We Citizens Wir Bürger | |
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| Abbreviation | WB |
| Chairman | Jürgen Joost |
| Founder | Bernd Lucke |
| Founded | 19 July 2015 |
| Split from | Alternative for Germany |
| Membership (2015) | 2,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| European affiliation | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
| Bundestag[2] | 0 / 735 |
| State Parliaments | 0 / 1,855 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 96 |
| Website | |
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We Citizens (German: Wir Bürger, WB) is a political party in Germany. Formerly Liberal Conservative Reformers (German: Liberal-Konservative Reformer, LKR), it was known from July 2015 to November 2016 as ALFA.
The party was established in July 2015 as a split from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) led by former AfD spokesman Bernd Lucke.[3][4][5] It was founded as the Alliance for Progress and Renewal (German: Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch, ALFA), but changed its name in November 2016 after litigation with the anti-abortion organization "Aktion Lebensrecht für Alle" (Action Right to Life for All) which uses the same acronym.[6]
The party was initially represented by five MEPs in the European Parliament (as members of the European Conservatives and Reformists group) and three members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen due to their formal withdrawal from the AfD. In September 2018, all its MEPs but Lucke left the party.[7] In the 2019 European Elections and the Bremen state election on the same day, LKR lost all its remaining seats in the European Parliament and Bremen.
- ^ Steven, Martin (2 May 2018). "Eurorealist or Eurosceptic? Assessing the future of the European Conservatives and Reformists after 2019". EUROPP. London School of Economics.
- ^ Markus Wehner, Berlin (4 September 2020). "Kleinstpartei LKR: Da waren es plötzlich acht". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. FAZ.NET. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Ex-chief of German anti-euro party starts new eurosceptic group". Yahoo News. Agence France-Presse. 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Germany's ex-AfD leader sets up new eurosceptic party". Reuters UK. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
- ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany (19 July 2015). "ALFA: AfD-Gründer Bernd Lucke gründet neue Partei". SPIEGEL ONLINE.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Liberal-Conservative Reformerswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "LKR-Europaabgeordnete treten wegen Lucke aus Partei aus (LKR MEPs leave party due to Lucke)". Junge Freiheit (in German). 25 September 2018.