Alliance for Germany
Allianz für Deutschland
AbbreviationAFD
LeaderLothar de Maizière
Founded5 February 1990 (1990-02-05)
Dissolved2 October 1990 (1990-10-02)
Merged intoChristian Democratic Union
IdeologyChristian democracy
Anti-communism
Anti-socialism
German unionism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Member partiesChristian Democratic Union
German Social Union
Democratic Beginning
ColoursGerman national colours:
  Black
  Red
  Yellow
  Blue (customary)
Slogan"Freedom and Prosperity"
(German: "Freiheit und Wohlstand")
"Never again Socialism"
(German: "Nie wieder Sozialismus")
Helmut Kohl at an election rally of Alliance for Germany, 1990.

The Alliance for Germany (German: Allianz für Deutschland) was an opposition coalition in East Germany. It was formed on 5 February 1990 in Berlin (then West Berlin) to stand in the East-German Volkskammer elections.[1]

It consisted of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Democratic Awakening (DA) and the German Social Union (DSU). The German Forum Party was invited to join, but declined.[2]

The Alliance won the most votes in the 1990 East German general election, winning 48.2% of votes cast (CDU 40.9%; DSU 6.3%; DA 0.9%), and would control 192 of 400 seats in the Volkskammer. It formed the government in East Germany until German Reunification. Lothar de Maizière from the CDU was minister-president.

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References

  1. ↑ "18 March: Alliance for Germany (Poster) | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Angela Merkel | Biography, Political Career, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-09-28.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Austro-German-Alliance

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/greatwar/g2/backgroundcs1.htm

Heather Grabbe and Wolfgang Münchau (6/2/02) "Germany and Britain: an alliance of necessity" The Centre for European Reform and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung


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