Germany Third Way
The III.
Path or The Third Path (German: Der III. Weg, Der Dritte Weg) is a far-right and neo-Nazi political party in Germany.
The Third Path Der Dritte Weg | |
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| Chairman | Matthias Fischer |
| Founded | 28 September 2013 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg |
| Split from | NPD, Free Network South |
| Headquarters | Bad Dürkheim, Germany |
| Membership |  700 (2022) est. |
| Ideology | Pan-Germanism German ultranationalism Revolutionary nationalism Neo-Nazism Neo-fascism Strasserism Antisemitism Third Position |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Green |
| Anthem | Der III. Weg Marschiert! |
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| Website | |
| der-dritte-weg | |
It was founded on 28 September 2013 by former NPD officials, and activists from the banned Free Network South. They have ties with Assad's government in Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the National Corps, Misanthropic Division, Right Sector and Svoboda in Ukraine, and the Nordic Resistance Movement in the Nordic countries. Their founder and chairman is Klaus Armstroff. The party mostly operates in Thuringia, Bavaria and Brandenburg.
A group of people bearing Der Dritte Weg flags marched in through a town in Saxony on 1 May 2019, the day before the Jewish remembrance of the Holocaust, carrying a banner saying "Social justice instead of criminal foreigners". The Central Council of Jews said that the state government should ban such marches if it were serious about tackling right-wing extremism. The party stood in the 2019 European elections, achieving 0.03% of the vote.
Name
The party is registered at the Federal Returning Office as "DER DRITTE WEG" short-form: "III. Weg". According to the party's website, the official English translation of the name is "The Third Way", stylized as "THE THIRD WAY". Despite this, the party's name is commonly translated as "The Third Path" or "The III. Path".
Ideology
The party describes itself as national revolutionary and partially bases itself on the ideology of the left wing of the Nazi Party, namely the Strasser Brothers. The III. Path has widely been described as a ultranationalist and neo-Nazi party.
10 point program
On its website, the party presents a 10-point election program, available in 12 European languages.
Election results
Federal Parliament (Bundestag)
| Election | Constituency | Party list | Seats | +/– | Status | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| 2021 | 515 | 0.00 | 7,832 (#32) | 0.02 | 0 / 631 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
European Parliament
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12,756 | 0.03 (#40) | 0 / 96 | New |
State elections
| Year | RP |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.09% (1,944) |
See also
References
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