Alliance for Germany
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.
Alliance for Germany Allianz für Deutschland | |
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| Abbreviation | AFD |
| Leader | Lothar de Maizière |
| Founded | 5 February 1990 |
| Dissolved | 2 October 1990 |
| Merged into | Christian Democratic Union |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Anti-communism Anti-socialism German unionism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| Member parties | Christian Democratic Union German Social Union Democratic Beginning |
| Colours | German national colours: Black Red Yellow Blue (customary) |
| Slogan | "Freedom and Prosperity" (German: "Freiheit und Wohlstand") "Never again Socialism" (German: "Nie wieder Sozialismus") |
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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.
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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