As reported by Spiegel Online and and by the European Web Site on Integration, 81 candidates to the next German general elections in September have an immigrant background, which is 4 % of all candidates. Most candidates with a migrant background belong to the Green Party. There are none in the Bavarian Conservative Party (CSU). However, only few of these candidates have a chance of getting into the Parliament via the party list system.
MPG’s toolkit on Becoming a Party of choice includes a benchmarking tool to help parties opening to diversity and equality, from voters and candidates to staff and suppliers. The toolkit also includes a comparative analysis of various initiatives initiated in this field by political parties in France, Germany and the UK.
A new project, DivPol, was launched earlier this year and will use MPG’s tool.
