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The Independents (german: Die Unabhängigen; abbreviated DU, meaning "''YOU''" in German) is a
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Eurosceptic
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in
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. In the 2013 parliamentary election, the first they contested, they won 29,740 votes (15.3%) and four seats in the
Landtag A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non ...
. DU is headed by former Patriotic Union parliamentarian Harry Quaderer. International commentators suggested that the party had benefited from
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s against austerity measures.


Political positions

DU is not a party in the traditional sense, having incorporated as a party solely to take advantage of the financial and political rights associated with that status; its platform calls for Members of the Landtag to be able to vote based on their own convictions rather than party pressures. According to Leiden University political science professor Wouter Veenendaal, the DU has an ideology "similar to that of the
Progressive Citizens' Party The Progressive Citizens' Party in Liechtenstein (german: Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei in Liechtenstein, FBP) is a national-conservative political party in Liechtenstein. The FBP is one of the two major political parties in Liechtenstein, a ...
and the Patriotic Union but its style is brasher." The DU is "critical about migration and European integration." In 2015 the party called for Liechtenstein to reject the
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's proposed resettlement of refugees, specifically stating that the EU policies "led by Merkel's Germany" were absurd.


Electoral history


Landtag elections


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References

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