Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands

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Youth and Development Party of Germany
Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands
SloganNew beginning, now!
Neustart, jetzt!
Website
http://jed-bund.de/

The Youth and Development Party of Germany (German: 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.[3][1][4] 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.[5]

The JED was dissolved in November 2019.

Program

The JED wanted more funding for schools, a faster implementation of

legalize the authorized distribution of recreational cannabis.[6][4]

One of the co-founders of the party proposed a voting age of 14 in a 2019 interview.[7]

Elections

The JED only ever participated in the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, where it received 7,054 votes (0.1%).[8] It was also recognized as a political party for the 2017 federal election but did not contest.[9]

State elections

Year NW
2017 0.1% (7,054)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "JED Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands". www.parteienlexikon.de. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  2. ^ "Statistiken". 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Rheiner Schüler gründen neue Partei". GN-Online (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  4. ^ a b "Jugend- und Entwicklungspartei Deutschlands (JED) - bpb". Archived from the original on 2017-04-27.
  5. ^ "18-Jähriger macht Kampfansage an Parteien: "Traue keinem Politiker über 30"".
  6. ^ "JED - Parteiprogramm". 2017-02-02. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ WDR (2019-02-13). "Interview: Lukas Ostermann". www.planet-wissen.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  8. ^ https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/landtagswahlen/2017/aktuell/pdf/a000lw17.pdf
  9. ^ "Parties and candidates - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

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