The Party of Reason (german: Partei der Vernunft, PDV) is a libertarian

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founded in 2009 by Oliver Janich. The party's policies are based on the Austrian School of economics. It campaigns for libertarian positions, including a minimal state, and free markets. In September 2013, the PDV, together with libertarian parties from Spain ( Party of Individual Freedom), France ( Liberal Democratic Party) and the Netherlands (

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) signed the Utrecht Declaration and Covenant of European Classical Liberal and Libertarian Parties, establishing the

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(EPIL).

Elections

2012-06-23 Gegen ESM-Demo München Partei der Vernunft

In 2011, the PDV participated in the local elections in

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, winning one seat in the Flecken Harsefeld municipal council, two seats in the Samtgemeinde Harsefeld municipal council, and a further seat in the

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municipal council. Harald Ebert, member of the

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, and former member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), joined the PDV in 2012. The party's first participation in German state elections was in the 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election on 13 May 2012, but it did not secure any seats in the

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. The PDV participated 2013 federal election on 22 September 2013, attaining ballot access in four states (

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and

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), and winning almost 25,000 second votes (0.1%). The party also fielded a number of direct candidates.

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