[5][6] The party's policies are based on the Austrian School of economics.

It campaigns for libertarian positions, including a minimal state, and free markets.

[7][independent source needed] It supports various positions such as not believing in anthropogenic global warming.

[9][10] In 2011, the PDV participated in the local elections in Lower Saxony, winning one seat in the Flecken Harsefeld municipal council, two seats in the Samtgemeinde Harsefeld municipal council, and a further seat in the Bremervörde municipal council.

[17][18] The PDV participated 2013 federal election on 22 September 2013,[19] attaining ballot access in four states (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate),[20] and winning almost 25,000 second votes (0.1%).