Human Environment Animal Protection Party

The Animal Protection Party first contested the 1993 Hamburg state election and received 0.3% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Wie alles begann |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/partei/parteichronik/wie-alles-begann/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |language=de}} The party contested the 1994 federal election where it received 0.15% of the national vote (71,643 votes in total).{{Cite web |title=Bundestag election 1994 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1994.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}} It performed best in Bavaria, where it received 0.4% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Wahlergebnisse |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/partei/parteichronik/wahlergebnisse/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |language=de}}

In the 1995 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, the party received 0.1% of the vote. In the 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election, the party received 0.3% of the vote. In 1997, the party elected its first ever official, with Jürgen Gerlach defeating a CDU candidate in the Aschbach local council elections.

In the 1998 federal election, the party received 0.27% of the national vote (133,832 votes in total), almost doubling its votes. It did best in Brandenburg, where it received 0.9% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Bundestag election 1998 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/1998.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

The Animal Protection Party participated in its first European parliament elections in 1999, where it received 0.7% of the national vote.{{Cite web |title=European Parliament election 1999 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/europawahlen/1999.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2002 federal election, the party received 0.33% of the national vote (159,655 votes in total).{{Cite web |title=Bundestag election 2002 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2002.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2004 European parliament elections, the Animal Protection Party received by far its best federal result yet, receiving 1.3% of the national vote and coming 8th in the elections.{{Cite web |title=European Parliament election 2004 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/europawahlen/2004.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2005 federal election, the Animal Protection Party received 0.2% of the national vote (110,603 votes in total), showing its trend of consistently overperforming in European parliament elections and underperforming in federal elections.{{Cite web |title=Bundestag election 2005 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2005.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2009 European parliament elections, the Animal Protection Party received 1.1% of the national vote (289,694 votes in total). The party continued to receive 0 seats.{{Cite web |title=European Parliament election 2009 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/europawahlen/2009.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2009 federal election, the Animal Protection Party received 0.5% of the national vote (230,872 votes in total).{{Cite web |title=European Parliament election 2009 - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/europawahlen/2009.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2013 federal election, the Animal Protection Party received 0.3% of the national vote (140,366 votes in total).{{Cite web |title=Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2014 European parliament elections, the Animal Protection Party received 1.25% of the national vote (366,303 votes in total) and returned one MEP, Stefan Eck, who sat with the GUE-NGL.[http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/europawahlen/EU_BUND_14/ergebnisse/bundesergebnisse/ Bundesergebnis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705072802/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/europawahlen/EU_BUND_14/ergebnisse/bundesergebnisse/ |date=2015-07-05 }} In December 2014 Eck left the party and became an independent MEP in the GUE-NGL group.

In the 2017 federal election, the Animal Protection Party received 0.8% of the national vote (374,179 votes in total).{{Cite web |title=Results Germany - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.bundeswahlleiterin.de}}

In the 2019 European parliament elections, the Animal Protection Party received 1.45% of the national vote (541,984 votes in total) and returned one MEP, Martin Buschmann.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/nach-der-wahl-ergebnis-tierschutzpartei-europawahl-2019/|title=Nach der Wahl: Ergebnis Tierschutzpartei Europawahl 2019|date=2019-05-27|website=Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-06-01}} Buschmann resigned from the party in February 2020 after it was revealed that from 1992 to 1996 he was a member of and a chairman in the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD).{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/npd-vergangenheit-eu-abgeordneter-martin-buschmann-verlaesst-linksfraktion-a-cf9afca7-de88-466c-97eb-df47e84deb3f |title=NPD-Vergangenheit: EU-Abgeordneter Martin Buschmann verlässt Linksfraktion |work=spiegel.de |date=28 January 2020 |language=de}}

In the 2021 federal election, the Animal Protection Party received 1.5% of the national vote (675,353 votes in total), which is the best result in a federal election since the party has been founded.{{cite web | url=https://www.animalprotectionparty.ca/2021-federal-election/ | title=2021 Federal Election | date=27 August 2021 }}

The party took an anti-war position towards the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that neither NATO or EU should "develop into a military global player", and condemning the militaristic and anti-Russian rhetoric. The party condemns the Russian invasion, but states that the European Union also bears responsibility for it. It supports a complete ban on arms exports to areas outside the EU, and argues that the EU should be forbidden from direct or indirect participation in foreign military actions, listing the wars in Middle East, Turkish conflict with Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish areas, as well as "the heated up conflict in Kosovo and also to the war in Ukraine" as examples. The Animal Protection Party also calls for dialogue with Russia and China, and believes that the Russian invasion should not lead to breakdown of diplomatic relations.{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/europawahl/parteien_und_programme/sicherheit-120.html |title=Wie die Parteien die Sicherheit der EU wahren wollen |language=de |date=7 May 2024 |first=Corinna |last=Edmundts |website=Tagesschau}}

Sebastian Everding was elected for the party in the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.{{Cite web |last=Everding |first=Sebastian |date=2023-07-30 |title=Aus NRW für das Europäische Parlament |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/aus-nrw-fuer-das-europaeische-parlament/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |language=de-DE}}

The party holds 37 seats in municipality and county assemblies{{cite web |date=27 March 2023 |title=Unsere Mandate |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/partei/mandate/}} and one seat in the Bezirkstag Oberbayern.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Mitglieder |url=https://www.bezirk-oberbayern.de/Der-Bezirk-Oberbayern/Bezirkstag/Mitglieder/?La=1&NavID=2503.131 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Bezirk Oberbayern |language=de}}

The Animal Protection Party is considered a left-wing political party, as part of the Animal Politics EU alliance. It is a member of The Left in the European Parliament, the furthest left group in the European Parliament. Its platform can be considered as left-liberal, environmentalist and pacifist.{{Cite web |last=Bildung |first=Bundeszentrale für politische |date=2024-05-07 |title=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |url=https://www.bpb.de/themen/parteien/wer-steht-zur-wahl/europawahl-2024/547995/partei-mensch-umwelt-tierschutz/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=bpb.de |language=de}}

The party aspires to turn away from the anthropocentric view of life. The party calls for an independent animal protection officer for each federal state. Its main goal is the introduction of more animal rights into the German constitution. Those include the right to live and the protection from physical and psychological damages. Thus, the Animal Protection Party demands prohibition of animal testing, bullfighting, hunting, the production of furs, circus animals and agricultural animal husbandry. Furthermore, the party supports the adaptation of Germans to veganism.{{Cite web |title=Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/bedingungsloses-grundeinkommen/ |access-date=2021-09-25 |website=Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz |language=de-DE}}

The Animal Protection Party wants a reduction of car traffic and an immediate exit from nuclear energy. The party calls for the “consistent use of renewable energies” and the phase-out of coal-fired power generation by 2030. Furthermore, the party also supports an EU-wide switch to 100% renewable energies by 2035.{{Cite web |title=Grundsatzprogramm |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/partei/grundsatzprogramm/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |language=de}} To strengthen climate protection, the party supports a ban on disposable electronic cigarettes, more consistent avoidance of plastic waste, including through fixed quotas for recyclable plastics.

Economically, the Animal Protection Party supports more social justice, a stamp duty and a free basic income. The Animal Protection Party supports equal rights for the LGBTQ community,{{Cite web |title=Grundsatzprogramm |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/partei/grundsatzprogramm/#_Toc160731057 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |language=de}} and supports a euthanasia system similar to the Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=Grundsatzprogramm |url=https://www.tierschutzpartei.de/partei/grundsatzprogramm/#_Toc160731067 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=PARTEI MENSCH UMWELT TIERSCHUTZ |language=de}} On foreign policy, the party opposes a European army and backs a pacifism clause in the EU treaty.

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