They are variously called Wählergruppe, Wählergemeinschaft, Wählervereinigung or Wählerinitiative.
[1][2][3] Multiple political parties in Germany, such as Alliance 90/The Greens or the Free Voters, trace their origins back to multiple localized voter groups.
For the elections to the European Parliament, non-political party participants are called sonstige politische Vereinigung (other political associations), abbreviated as SPV;[4] an example of this includes the Last Generation which participated in the 2024 European Parliament election.
[6][7] Given its temporary nature, if the promoters wanted to use the grouping for another election, the latter must be re-constituted.
[8] For a group of electors to compete in a given election to the European Parliament, they must present a minimum of 15,000 signatures.