Christian Social Union of Bavaria

Christian Social Union of Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern
Leader	Markus Söder (Minister President of Bavaria)
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Franz Josef Strauß-Haus Nymphenburger Str. 64 80335 München
Ideology	Christian democracy Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Christian Democrat International and International Democrat Union
European Parliament group	European People's Party - European Democrats
Colours	Blue (campaign colour)
Website
http://www.csu.de
Politics of Germany Political parties

The Christian Social Union of Bavaria or Christlich Soziale Union (short CSU) is a conservative political party in the German state of Bavaria.

In the federal parliament of Germany (Bundestag) the CSU and the CDU join together in a political alliance to form the main centre-right group in Germany.

Its chief is Horst Seehofer.

History

In 1945, two local CSU groups were founded. One in Würzburg and the other in Munich.

In January 1946 the CSU was founded for the whole of Bavaria.

All state elections of Bavaria were won by the CSU. Sometimes the CSU had to make some coalitions with the Bayernpartei (Bavarian Party), the FDP or the SPD.

In the federal government the CSU always joins with the CDU.

The CSU is more conservative than the CDU.

One very famous leader of the CSU was Franz Josef Strauß. Sometimes he was well known for the good that he did. Other times because of scandals.

Programme

The CSU is a very conservative party according to the people of Bavaria, who mainly live in the countryside and smaller towns and villages.

Traditionally it tried to make a compromise between conservative tradition and social welfare.

Currently it leans to more free market beliefs instead of social care.