Team Todenhöfer

The Justice Party – Team Todenhöfer (German: Die Gerechtigkeitspartei – Team Todenhöfer) is a political party in Germany, founded in 2020 by former Christian Democratic Union politician Jürgen Todenhöfer. The party opposes foreign missions by the Bundeswehr, proposes two-term limits for the Bundestag and government ministers, and supports the reduction of the public service and cutting taxes.^[4]

The Justice Party – Team Todenhöfer
Leader	Jürgen Todenhöfer
Founded	12 November 2020
Headquarters	Munich
Membership (2021)	5,341[1]
Ideology	Anti-militarism[2] Populism[3]
Website
https://www.diegerechtigkeitspartei.de/
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Todenhöfer terminated his CDU membership and launched the party on 12 November 2020, his eightieth birthday. Team Todenhöfer ran in the federal election as well as state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, all of which took place on 26 September 2021.^[4] Ahead of the elections, Todenhöfer declared himself Chancellor candidate and claimed that his party had "the youngest candidate list and the highest proportion of women".^{[citation needed]} Der Spiegel classified Team Todenhöfer as a minor populist party.^[3]

Team Todenhöfer received support from organisations associated with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey, including the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation and the pro-Erdoğan German political party the Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG).^[5]

Team Todenhöfer ran in fifteen out of sixteen states in the federal election, and was the twelfth most-popular overall, winning 214,535 votes (0.5%) and no seats, ^[6] which enabled it to get state-funded party financing.^[7]

The party had 5,314 members at the end of 2021 and finished the year with a loss of nearly €3.3 million.^[8][1]

References

1. "Berichte nicht im Bundestag vertretener Parteien für 2021". bundestag.de (in German). Team Todenhöfer - Die Gerechtigkeitspartei" gehörten Ende 2021 5.314 Mitglieder an. Die Partei hatte Ausgaben von knapp 3,9 Millionen Euro bei Einnahmen von 603.012,79 Euro, was zu einem Defizit von knapp 3,3 Millionen Euro führte.
2. Christian Geyer (30 May 2021). "Team Todenhöfer: Selbstdarsteller – na und?". FAZ.net (in German). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
3. "Right-wing fringe parties: The small populists". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 November 2020.
4. Felix Müller (2 September 2021). "Team Todenhöfer – Die Gerechtigkeitspartei" [Team Todenhöfer - The Justice Party]. Federal Agency for Civic Education (in German).
5. "Opinion: Erdogan's influence on the German election". Deutsche Welle. 18 September 2021.
6. "Bundestag election 2021". Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
7. Simon Wörz (23 September 2021). "Jürgen Todenhöfer: Er meint das ernst". Die Zeit. Retrieved 20 October 2023. Wie bei vielen kleinen Parteien wird es bei Todenhöfer darauf ankommen, ob die Partei bei ihrer ersten großen Wahl die 0,5 Prozent knackt. Erst dann greift die staatliche Parteienfinanzierung.
8. Winfried Folz (10 October 2023). "Kleinstparteien: "Team Todenhöfer" tief im Minus". rheinpfalz.de (in German). Retrieved 20 October 2023.