Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (German: Das Demokratische Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien or Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien, DFDR; Romanian: Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România, FDGR; in short Forumul German or Das Forum) is a political party (legally recognized as an association of public utility according to the governmental decision HG 599 as per 4 June 2008) organised on ethnic criteria representing the interests of the German minority in Romania.
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania Romanian: Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România German: Das Demokratische Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien/Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien | |
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| President | Paul-Jürgen Porr |
| Leader in the Chamber of Deputies | Ovidiu Victor Ganț |
| Managing director | Benjamin Józsa |
| Founded | 28 December 1989 in Sighișoara/Schäßburg |
| Headquarters | Sibiu, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania |
| Membership | c. 40,000 (2004) c. 20,000 |
| Ideology | German minority interest Christian democracy Conservative liberalism |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| International affiliation | Federal Union of European Nationalities |
| European Parliament group | EPP-ED (January–November, 2007) |
| Colours | Red-burgundy |
| Senate | 0 / 136 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 330 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 33 |
| Mayors | 5 / 3,176 |
| County Councillors | 5 / 1,340 |
| Local Council Councillors | 68 / 39,900 |
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Initially, the FDGR/DFDR was a cultural association representing the culture of the German community in Romania, but it subsequently became a moderately successful local political party (especially amongst Romanian voters as well), most notably in parts of Transylvania (central Romania) and Banat (south-western Romania). Consequently, the counties where the FDGR/DFDR obtained the highest political scores in many local elections after 1989 are Sibiu (German: Kreis Hermannstadt) and Timiș (German: Kreis Temesch) respectively.