Also means
catch-all party
Usage Note
Volkspartei denotes a broad-appeal party that seeks votes across all social classes, as opposed to a class or niche party. CDU/CSU and SPD were long considered Volksparteien; their declining membership has fuelled debate about whether the model still applies.
Examples
"Die Volksparteien haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten an Mitgliedern verloren."
Natural Translation
The people's parties have lost members over the past decades.
Literal Translation
The people's-parties have in the last decades at members lost.
Related Words
- Abgeordnete delegate
- Abgeordnetenmandat parliamentary mandate, MP's seat and commission
- Abstimmung vote
- Abstimmungsergebnis result of a vote, voting outcome
- Abstimmungsmarathon voting marathon; extended series of successive votes in parliament
- Abstimmungsverhalten voting behaviour (in a parliament or assembly)
- Amtsinhaber incumbent
- Amtszeit term of office
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