Christian Union of Slagerny

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Christian Union of Slagerny
AbbreviationCUS
ChairmanPaul Raddatz
Governing Body1931 Committee
Founded1931
Dissolved2010
Succeeded byNew Slagerny (de facto)
Membership8 million (peak, 1975)
IdeologyConservatism (Slagern)
Slagern unionism
1931–1949:
Republicanism
Conservative liberalism
1949–1972:
Christian democracy
Ordoliberalism
1972–1994:
Christian conservatism
Economic liberalism
1994–2010:
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Civic nationalism
Protectionism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
ColoursNavy Blue
Slogan"Wir Vertrauen in Gott"

The Christian Union of Slagerny was a conservative political party in Slagerny from 1931 to 2010, when President Tuska banned all political parties in the 2010 constitution. The Christian Union was a major party, alongside it's traditional rival the Socialist Front of Slagerny, in the Confederation of Slagerny for the state's whole existence. The party was de facto succeeded by the New Slagerny Party years later with many of the old members of the Christian Union joining it, the incumbent party president of New Slagerny Oskar Albrecht was formerly a member of the Christian Union.

The Christian Union went through many ideological shifts through it's existence, the party's origins lie as a more conservative alternative to the many socialist republican groups during the monarchy period and consistently maintained it's republican and conservative values - albeit with economic policies shifting considerably during the party's history. The Christian Union's zenith was during the 1970s and 80s: President Reinhold Regen led the Christian Union to its greatest electoral successes, out of the harsh Winter of 1973, whilst shifting the party's established economic policies away from the ordoliberalism of Schönbaum to a free market economic model emphasising massive tax cuts and deregulation.

History

Policies and ideology

Election results

Lower House

Election Votes % Seats +/– Government
1958 32,272,768 29.2 (#1)
219 / 750
New Christian Union
1962 22,530,008 20.3 (#1)
152 / 750
67 Christian Union
1966 21,619,351 19.3 (#2)
145 / 750
7 Opposition
1970 17,819,608 15.8 (#2)
119 / 750
26 Opposition
1974 37,694,177 32.8 (#1)
246 / 750
127 Christian Union
1978 39,493,061 34.1 (#1)
256 / 750
10 Christian Union
1982 39,227,709 33.4 (#1)
251 / 750
5 Christian Union
1986 38,820,170 32.8 (#1)
246 / 750
5 Christian Union
1990 28,961,531 24.3 (#2)
182 / 750
64 Opposition
1994 27,058,115 22.6 (#2)
170 / 750
12 Opposition
1998 35,456,872 29.3 (#1)
220 / 750
50 Christian Union
2002 33,454,243 27.5 (#1)
206 / 750
14 Christian Union
2006 27,610,751 22.4 (#2)
168 / 750
38 Opposition

Head of State

Election year Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Place Votes % Place
1974 Reinhold Regen 53,783,154 46.8 #1 78,376,307 68.2 #1
1978 Reinhold Regen 64,045,932 55.3 #1 N/A N/A N/A