This is a list of political parties in Germany.
Germany has a multi-party system. There are two large parties, three smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.
The last federal elections were held in September 2021.
Major parties
These parties currently have seats in the German parliament, the Bundestag, sorted by the number of seats:
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) – social democratic, centre-left: 206
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christian Democratic Union) (CDU) + Christian Social Union of Bavaria (Christian Social Union) (CSU) – Christian democratic, conservative, centre-right: 152+45=197
- Alliance '90/The Greens (Greens) – green, centre-left: 118
- Free Democratic Party (FDP) - liberal, classical liberal, economically liberal, centre to centre-right: 92
- Alternative for Germany (AfD) - German nationalist, right-wing populist, Eurosceptic, right-wing to far-right: 78
- The Left / Left Party – democratic socialist, left-wing: 39