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Christian-democratic party of Bavaria, sister of the CDU since 1945, it has dominated Bavarian politics with Franz Josef Strauß and Markus Söder, defends Catholicism, family, order, federalism and a market economy, with a more conservative line than the CDU.
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Leans further toward federal than 88% of the 201 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Morality, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 272 ideologies
Conservatism that protects institutions, family and order without doctrinal rigidity: it allows gradual reform and concessions in order to conserve the essential, in the line of Burke and Disraeli, rather than restoring an idealized past.
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
Right-wing current that unites free markets, traditional values, and an interventionist foreign policy, advocating the promotion of democracy and national interests through military force and global leadership.
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CommunalismAnarchist35%
West Germany's first chancellor, Adenauer consolidated Christian democracy, the social market economy, and the country's integration into the West, rebuilding the nation after the war and anchoring it in Europe.
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German Christian-democratic party of Adenauer, Kohl, Merkel and Friedrich Merz, it defends the social market economy, Europe, NATO, order and family, with a conservative wing, and has led the German government since 2025.
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