Third Way (Germany)

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The Third Path Der Dritte Weg

Chairman	Klaus Armstroff
Founded	28 September 2013; 10 years ago (2013-09-28) Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
Split from	NPD, Free Network South
Headquarters	Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Membership	600 (2020 est.)^[1]
Ideology	Neo-Nazism^[2]^[3]
Political position	Far-right^[4]
Party flag

Website
der-dritte-weg.info
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The III. Path or The Third Path (German: Der III. Weg, Der Dritte Weg) is a far-right and neo-Nazi political party in Germany.^[5]^[6]

It was founded on 28 September 2013 by former NPD officials, and activists from the banned Free Network South. They have ties with Assad's government in Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon,^[7] the National Corps, Misanthropic Division, Right Sector and Svoboda in Ukraine,^[8]^[9] the Nordic Resistance Movement in the Nordic countries.^[10] Their founder and chairman is Klaus Armstroff.^[11] The party mostly operates in Thuringia, Bavaria and Brandenburg.^[12]

Video of Third Path demonstration on 15 October 2016 in Fürth

A group of people bearing Der Dritte Weg flags marched in through a town in Saxony on 1 May 2019, the day before the Jewish remembrance of the Holocaust, carrying a banner saying "Social justice instead of criminal foreigners". The Central Council of Jews said that the state government should ban such marches if it were serious about tackling right-wing extremism.^[13] The party stood in the 2019 European elections.

Election results

Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

Election	Constituency		Party list		Seats	+/–	Status
Election	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2021	515	0.0	7,832 (#32)	0.0	0 / 631	New	Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2019	12,756	0.03 (#40)	0 / 96

References

^ "Verfassungsschutzbericht 2020".
^ Rödl, Jakob (4 March 2014). ""Der III. Weg" –Jim eine rechtsextreme Kleinstpartei aus dem Neonazi-Spektrum".
^ Germany, Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich. "Aktuelle Nachrichten, Hintergründe und Kommentare - SZ.de". Süddeutsche.de.
^ Hill, Jenny (23 June 2019). "German politician's murder raises spectre of far-right attacks". BBC News. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ Thaler, Claudia (21 September 2021). "Rechtsextreme Partei muss Antigrünenplakate abnehmen". Die Zeit. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ Maksan, Oliver (22 September 2021). "Wie Neonazis vor Gericht verlieren und politisch doch gewinnen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 24 September 2021. Dabei spielte es dann keine Rolle mehr, dass die deutsche Neonazi-Partei in dieser Woche eine juristische Niederlage nach der anderen kassierte.
^ "German neo-Nazi party builds alliance with Assad and Hezbollah". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
^ "German neo-Nazis march with Ukrainian nationalists in UPA march". 15 October 2018.
^ "Kommunalwahlen 2019: NPD, rechte Tarnlisten und Einzelbewerber" [Local elections 2019: NPD, right-wing camouflage lists and individual applicants]. LSA Rechtsaussen (in German). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "Geplante Rede von Julian Bender in Schweden". 3 October 2017.
^ "Abgeordnetenwatch.de | Revision von klaus-armstroff vom Di., 07/12/2016 - 23:00". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "Germany says half of extreme right 'prone to violence'". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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Political parties and groups	Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists Alternative for Germany Artgemeinschaft Autonome Nationalisten Der Flügel Deutsche Heidnische Front Deutsche Rechtspartei Deutsche Reichspartei Free German Workers' Party German Alternative German League for People and Homeland German People's Union German Social Union Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front Identitarian movement National Democratic Party of Germany National Offensive Nationalist Front Pegida The III. Path The Republicans The Right Socialist Reich Party Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit Wiking-Jugend
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Political parties in Germany

Represented in the Bundestag
(There are 736 seats)

SPD (206)
CDU (152)
The Greens (118)
FDP (92)
AfD (80)
CSU (45)
The Left (39)
SSW (1)

Represented in the European Parliament
(There are 96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	SPD (16) CDU (23) The Greens (21) FDP (5) AfD (9) CSU (6) The Left (5) Free Voters (2)
Minor parties	Die PARTEI (1) Centre Party (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) LKR (1) Pirate Party (1) Volt (1)

Represented in the 16 state parliament

Major parties	SPD (16/16) CDU (15/16; not in Bavaria) The Greens (15/16) FDP (12/16) AfD (15/16) The Left (9/16) Free Voters (2/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) BVB/Free Voters (5; only in Brandenburg) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein) BfTh (4; only in Thuringia) BIW (2; only in Bremen)

Minor parties (without representation
above the district level)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in the state election in Bavaria.
Greens: are currently not in the state parliament of the Saarland
FDP: are currently not in state parliaments of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saarland and Saxony.
AfD: are currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: are currently not in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarlnd and Schleswig-Holstein.
Free Voters: are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Neo-Nazism

Groups

Extant

Germany and Austria	Autonome Nationalisten Artgemeinschaft The III. Path The Right National Democratic Party of Germany Nipsters
Europe	Alliance for Peace and Freedom Alliansen Authentic Croatian Party of Rights Bosnian Movement of National Pride British Movement Combat 18 Dutch People's Union Ethnic National Union Golden Dawn Kohti Vapautta! Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia Imperium Europa Leviathan Movement Metapedia National Alliance National Socialist Movement of Denmark Nordic Resistance Movement Noua Dreaptă November 9th Society Order of Nine Angles Vigrid Workers' Party of Social Justice
International	Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging Atomwaffen Division American Front Antipodean Resistance Aryan Brotherhood Aryan Guard Aryan Nations The Barnes Review The Base Black Order Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging Blood & Honour Christian Identity Creativity The Daily Stormer Hammerskins/Hammerskin Nation and Crew 38 Identity Evropa Imperial Klans of America Keystone United Kingdom Identity Ministries Lads Society Misanthropic Division National Socialism Association National Socialist Japanese Workers' Party National Socialist Movement (United States) National Vanguard NSDAP/AO (1972) Patriot Front Renegade Tribune Rise Above Movement The Right Stuff Stormfront Tsagaan Khas Vanguard America White Aryan Resistance White power skinheads World Union of National Socialists

Defunct

Germany and Austria	Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists Deutsche Heidnische Front Deutsche Reichspartei Free German Workers' Party Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front German Alternative German Social Union The Immortals Landig Group National Democratic Party (Austria) Nationalist Front (Germany) National Offensive National Socialist Underground Socialist Reich Party Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit Wiking-Jugend
Europe	Avanguardia Nazionale Bloed, Bodem, Eer en Trouw Boot Boys CEDADE European Liberation Front Fédération d'action nationale et européenne French and European Nationalist Party Hungarian National Front Heathen Front Nacionalni stroj National Action National Socialist Action Party National Socialist Front National Socialist Movement (UK) National Socialist Movement of Norway Russian National Socialist Party Nordic Realm Party Norwegian Front Norwegian Germanic Army Order of Flemish Militants Ordine Nero Ordine Nuovo Party of the Danes Party of the Swedes Pax Hungarica Movement Social-National Party of Ukraine/Patriot of Ukraine/Social-National Assembly Slavic Union Pamyat Russian National Union Russian National Unity Volkspartei der Schweiz White Aryan Resistance (Sweden)
International	American Nazi Party Aryan Republican Army Australian Defence League Australian National Socialist Party Australia First Party Canadian Nazi Party The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord Heritage Front SUMKA Patrol 36 National Action (Australia) National Alliance National Renaissance Party National Socialist Party of America National Socialist League National Socialist Liberation Front National Socialist Party of Australia National Socialist Party of New Zealand Nationalist Front (United States) New Triumph Party The Order Traditionalist Worker Party Unit 88 United Patriots Front White Revolution

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