The CDU, CSU and SPD had significantly in the last year, more resignations than new members. A record can look forward, however, the Greens: For the first Time, the number of their members is over 70,000. Particularly strong is the growth of the Greens in East Germany, where soon, in three länder Landtag elections. the
The numbers of members of the national parties has decreased in the last year. A survey of the German press-Agency in the party shows the Central. The CDU is affected the most. She has lost since the beginning of the year 2018, approximately 11 000 members. In the case of the SPD, the number of members decreased less strongly, they lost around 5 000 members. Also, the CSU recognized a loss of approximately 2 000 members.
This continued in the final year of a long Negative Trend in people’s parties. Since the beginning of the 90s, the people’s parties have lost on average half of their members.
The Greens can look forward to a record-high of new members. Around 10 000 tickets could have the party in the last year, said the national Director of the Michael the waiter in the world. So the Greens have now 75.311 members.
It is the largest increase in membership numbers since the founding of the party. Especially, the increase of 19.1 per cent in Eastern Germany (without Berlin) is for the Greens is important. Here they were represented relatively weak, and in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia, this year’s provincial election. In Brandenburg, the increase was even higher at 26 percent, said a waiter of the world. He leads back to the inlet on the AfD: “The Emergence of AfD and Pegida has shaken the people awake. They want to work for democracy, for openness to the world.”
Besides, the party is a little more feminine and younger. The proportion of women was slightly increased from 39.8 percent to 40.5 percent. The average age decreased from 49.5 to smooth 49 years.
The other opposition parties grew less and less strong. FDP and AfD won last year, around 1000 new members, the Left stagnated.
