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The Republicans ( Populist Political Party in Germany . The primary plank of the REP's program is Anti-immigration , and the party tends to attract Protest Voters . It was founded in 1983 by former Christian Social Union members Franz Handlos and Eckhard Voigt . Former Waffen-SS sergeant and television talk show host Franz Schönhuber was at one time the party's leader. It is currently led by Medical Doctor Rolf Schlierer . In the 1980s the Republicans had several seats in the European Parliament as well as in the parliament of the German state Baden-Württemberg . In Baden-Württemberg, the party has had seats until 2001. Currently they only attract between 1 and 2 percent of the vote in Bavaria , and approximately 3.5 percent in Baden-Württemberg, thus failing to reach the 5 percent necessary to win seats in the parliaments. The more successful (and more extremist) Far-right parties National Democratic Party Of Germany (NPD) and German People's Union (DVU) have offered the Republicans a chance to join their Electoral Alliance , but the REP leaders refused any cooperation with "Anti- Basic Law " parties. However, a local leader of the REP sabotaged her own party's registration for the Saxony state elections, to the benefit of the NPD. After that election the REP began a period of harsh in-fighting over the question of whether or not to join forces with the NPD. In the 2005 Federal Elections , the REP received 0.6 percent of the total votes cast nationally. Its strongest showing was in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg . In each of these states, the Republicans received 1.1 percent of the vote. {Link without Title} RELATED WORKS
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