Schlierer leadership .281994.E2.80.932014.29 The Republicans (Germany)

the mid-1990s marked open conflict between schönhuber , schlierer factions. while schönhuber sought united right-wing model party, schlierer wanted clear distance extremists . schönhuber resigned party altogether in 1995, , party subsequently contested series of unsuccessful state elections. litmus test schlierer s leadership occurred in state election in baden-württemberg in march 1996, had stated many times resign party leader if party failed reelected state parliament. schlierer succeeded in goal, against expectations, republicans won 9.1% of vote , fourteen seats. in following years, election results party again dropped, , in 1999 european parliament election won 1.7% of vote.

the german federal office protection of constitution stopped monitoring party in 2006, had been doing since 1992. republican leadership rebuffed offer of electoral alliance 2 more successful parties later merge, national democratic party of germany (npd) , german people s union (dvu), due openly extreme-right positions. years , under schlierer s leadership, party has lost far-right members dvu , npd. strongholds republicans differ of more radical right-wing parties, former being strongest in relatively affluent south germany whilst latter have had success in more economically depressed eastern germany.

in 2009 federal elections, republicans received 0.4 percent of total national vote. strongest showing in states of rhineland-palatinate , baden-württemberg, in received 1.1 percent of vote. in 2013 federal elections, republicans received 0.2 percent of total national vote.