National Democratic Party of Germany

The National Democratic Party (NPD) is an illiberal, anti-Semitic, white supremacist political party active in Germany. Founded in 1964, the NPD remained marginal in German politics until it began attracting more support in the 2010s. Though the NPD officially disavows violence, gangs have committed acts of violence in the party’s name. The German government has sought to ban the NPD three times (in 2003, 2013, and 2016) but it remains active. The NPD campaigns for offices in state, federal, and European Parliament elections but has consistently received low vote shares as it has been forced to compete with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Between 2014 and 2019, former NPD leader Udo Voigt held a seat in the European Parliament, though he lost it in the 2019 election. As of 2019, the NPD had 3,600 members, down from 4,000 members the year before.