German Freedom Party
Freedom – Civil Rights Party for More Freedom and Democracy (German: Die Freiheit – Bürgerrechtspartei für mehr Freiheit und Demokratie), known as The Freedom (German: Die Freiheit) for short, was a political party in Germany which identified as conservative-liberal and classical liberal. Described as right-wing populist, the party was known for its criticism of Islam. The party was founded in October 2010 by Berlin city parliamentarian René Stadtkewitz who had been expelled from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) for inviting the Dutch politician Geert Wilders to Berlin. The party sought the implementation of a direct citizen democracy based on the Swiss model and extensive changes in immigration and integration policy.