Team Todenhöfer – The Justice Party ''(german: Team Todenhöfer – Die Gerechtigkeitspartei)'' is a political party in Germany, founded in 2020 by former Christian Democratic Union politician

Jürgen Todenhöfer Jürgen Todenhöfer (born 12 November 1940) is a German author, journalist, politician, and executive. Early life and education Todenhöfer was born in Offenburg in what is now the current German state of Baden-Württemberg, and studied law at ...

. The party opposes foreign missions by the

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, proposes two-term limits for the

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and government ministers, and supports the reduction of the public service and cutting taxes. Todenhöfer terminated his CDU membership and launched the party on 12 November 2020, his eightieth birthday. Team Todenhöfer ran in the

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as well as state elections in

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and

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, all of which took place on 26 September 2021. Ahead of the elections, Todenhöfer declared himself

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candidate and claimed that his party had "the youngest candidate list and the highest proportion of women". '' Der Spiegel'' classified Team Todenhöfer as a minor

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party. Team Todenhöfer received support from organisations associated with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of

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, including the

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and the pro-Erdoğan German political party the Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG). Team Todenhöfer ran in fifteen out of sixteen states in the federal election, and was the twelfth most-popular overall, winning 214,535 votes (0.5%) and no seats.

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