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CSU Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern

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The CSU (Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern) was founded in 1945. It runs only in Bavaria and forms one group with the CDU in the Bundestag. In Bavaria it provides the state premier and governs together with the Freie Wähler. It also holds seats in the European Parliament. As of September 2026.

The CSU has existed since 1945. Its full name is Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern. The CSU exists only in Bavaria. In the Bundestag, the German parliament, it works together with the CDU. The CSU governs in Bavaria.

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Placement

Based on the program for the 2025 federal election with 119 points.

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conservative
conservative, more stateconservative, more marketprogressive, more stateprogressive, more marketCSU
progressive
more statemore market

Each axis measures one topic. There is no single "left" or "right" for everything here: economy, society, migration and security are kept apart. Only what the program says is placed. How to read the placement

  • Economyleaning more market (+0.7), from 56 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more state, 4 leaning more state, 12 balanced, 36 leaning more market, 4 clearly more market

  • Civil liberties and securityclearly security and order first (+1.5), from 17 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly civil liberties first, 0 leaning civil liberties first, 0 balanced, 8 leaning security and order first, 9 clearly security and order first

  • Societyleaning conservative (+0.8), from 11 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly progressive, 1 leaning progressive, 1 balanced, 8 leaning conservative, 1 clearly conservative

  • Europebalanced (+0.2), from 16 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly more EU, 5 leaning more EU, 3 balanced, 8 leaning less EU, 0 clearly less EU

  • Climateleaning growth first (+0.8), from 10 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly climate first, 0 leaning climate first, 4 balanced, 4 leaning growth first, 2 clearly growth first

  • Migrationleaning restrictive (+0.9), from 15 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly open, 3 leaning open, 0 balanced, 7 leaning restrictive, 5 clearly restrictive

  • Foreign policyleaning deterrence first (+1.1), from 10 points

    Points per step: 0 clearly diplomacy first, 0 leaning diplomacy first, 0 balanced, 9 leaning deterrence first, 1 clearly deterrence first

The small columns under the bars show how many points sit on each of the five steps.

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