Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Youth and Development Party of Germany
| native_name = Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands
| logo = File:Parteilogo_der_Jugend-_und_Entwicklungspartei_Deutschlands,_2017.jpg
| colorcode = #CC0001
| leader = Till Müller, Lukas Ostermann
| foundation = {{Start date|2017|02|17}}
| ideology = Youth interests
Social liberalism
Cannabis legalization
| headquarters = Office Center Rheine,
Landersumer Weg 40,
48431 Rheine
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190125091622/http://jed-bund.de/ http://jed-bund.de/]
| country = Germany
| abbreviation = JED
| dissolved = {{End date|2019|11|09}}
| slogan = New beginning, now!
Neustart, jetzt!
}}
The Youth and Development Party of Germany ({{langx|de|Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands}}) short-form: JED, was a minor political party in Germany. The party primarily focused on the interests of teenagers and young adults.
History
The party was founded in 2017 by roughly 35 pupils from the Emsland Gymnasium in Rheine.{{Cite web |title=Rheiner Schüler gründen neue Partei |url=https://www.gn-online.de/gn-szene/rheiner-schueler-gruenden-neue-partei-181705.html |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=GN-Online |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=JED Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands |url=https://www.parteienlexikon.de/JED_2017.php |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=www.parteienlexikon.de}}{{Cite web |title=Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands (JED) - bpb |url=https://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/nordrhein-westfalen-2017/246323/jed |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427090453/https://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/nordrhein-westfalen-2017/246323/jed |archive-date=2017-04-27}} The party was founded due to the founders viewing all other parties as "unelectable", highlighting the average age of politicians in the major political parties.{{Cite web |title=18-Jähriger macht Kampfansage an Parteien: "Traue keinem Politiker über 30" |url=https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/landtagswahl_in_nordrhein-westfalen_2017/kurz-vor-der-nrw-wahl-18-jaehriger-macht-kampfansage-an-parteien-traue-keinem-politiker-ueber-30_id_7123016.html }}
The JED was dissolved in November 2019.
Program
The JED wanted more funding for schools, a faster implementation of new media in the classroom, as well as a return to the G9 policy for gymnasiums. The party also wanted to raise HARZ IV and legalize the authorized distribution of recreational cannabis.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-02 |title=JED - Parteiprogramm |url=http://jed-bund.de/partyplatform.php |access-date=2023-01-15 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053336/http://jed-bund.de/partyplatform.php |url-status=bot: unknown }}
One of the co-founders of the party proposed a voting age of 14 in a 2019 interview.{{Cite web |last=WDR |date=2019-02-13 |title=Interview: Lukas Ostermann |url=https://www.planet-wissen.de/gesellschaft/politik/jugend_und_zukunft/jugend-und-zukunft-interview-lukas-ostermann-100.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.planet-wissen.de |language=de}}
Elections
The JED only ever participated in the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, where it received 7,054 votes (0.1%).https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2017/aktuell/pdf/a000lw17.pdf It was also recognized as a political party for the 2017 federal election but did not contest.{{Cite web |title=Parties and candidates - The Federal Returning Officer |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2017/wahlbewerber.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.bundeswahlleiter.de}}
= State elections =
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190125091622/http://jed-bund.de/ Website of the JED (archived)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053339/http://jed-bund.de/pdf/Parteiprogramm.JED.pdf Full JED party program (archived)]
- [https://twitter.com/jed_bund Twitter account of the JED]
Category:2017 establishments in Germany
Category:Defunct political parties in Germany
Category:2019 disestablishments in Germany
Category:Social liberal parties
Category:Youth-led organizations