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| leader = [[Charlotte Mann]]
| leader = [[Charlotte Mann]]
| leader1_title = Parliamentary leader
| leader1_title = Parliamentary leader
| leader1_name = Thomas von der Leyen
| leader1_name = [[Thomas von der Leyen]]
| foundation = 25 July 1834
| foundation = 25 July 1834
| ideology = {{wp|Nordic Model|Ludwigism}}, {{wp|reformism}}, {{wp|social democracy}}, {{wp|statism}}
| ideology = [[Ludwigism]], {{wp|reformism}}, {{wp|social democracy}} (factions), {{wp|statism}}, {{wp|liberal conservatism}}
| headquarters = Genistre 224, Cologne, [[Nidwalden]]
| headquarters = Kurfürstendamm 224, Cologne, [[Nidwalden]]
| international =  
| international = [[Lorecian Liberals and Christians]]
| website = {{url|www.rechte.com.nw}}
| website = {{url|www.rechte.com.nw}}
| country = [[Nidwalden]]
| country = [[Nidwalden]]
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| membership = 29,500 (2017)
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| seats2_title = [[Politics of Nidwalden|County Councils]]
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'''Rechte''' (literally "right"), full name '''Nidwaldeser Rechte''' (English: Nidwaldester Right) is a {{wp|Centre-right politics|centre-right}} {{wp|Nordic Model|ludwigist}} political party of [[Nidwalden]]. It is the second oldest and major party in Nidwalden as well as the leading party in the [[Politics_of_Nidwalden#Cabinet|Mann Cabinet]]. The current leader is the Prime Minister [[Charlotte Mann]].
The '''Rechte''' (literally ''"right"'') or '''Nidwaldeser Rechte''' ({{wp|English}}: ''Nidwaldeser Right'') is a {{wp|Centre-right politics|centre-right}} [[ludwigism|ludwigist]] political party of [[Nidwalden]]. It is the second oldest and major party in Nidwalden as well as the leading party in the [[Politics_of_Nidwalden#Cabinet|Mann Cabinet]]. The current leader is the [[Prime Minister of Nidwalden|Prime Minister]] [[Charlotte Mann]].


The party governed during most of the nineteenth century with a strong opposition of the conservative [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalist Party]]. In 1903 Ludwig Mann won the elections and started the {{wp|Nordic Model|ludwigist}} era of the Rechte and [[Nidwalden]], the party implemented several progressive and innovative reforms in the [[Church of Nidwalden|Church]], the labour and social areas that set the bases for the long democratic heritage of Nidwalden. In 1915 the party proposed Christen Holsteinborg for the position of Prime Minister, which later that same year, turned into the first democratically elected woman in [[Nidwalden]] and [[Astyria]]. Between 1935 and 1947 the {{wp|Liberal conservatism|liberal conservative}} faction of the Rechte formed a coalition with the [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalist Party]] against the recently founded [[Social Democrat Party (Nidwalden)|Social Democrat Party]], the coalition caused a gradual flow of Rechte ludwgisists to the leftist party that increased after first [[Social Democrat Party (Nidwalden)|Social Democrat]] administration of Christopher Hornsrud in 1951.
The party is traditionally linked to one of its most important leaders, [[Ludwig Mann]] and the doctrine born from his administrations, [[Ludwigism]], which the party has combined over the years with different degrees. The Rechte governed during most of the nineteenth century with a strong opposition of the [[Conservative Party (Nidwalden)|Conservative Party]]. During most of its administrations, the party has been linked to the [[monarchy of Nidwalden]] and educated elites, to which the party is believed to have founded a "progressive spirit" own of Nidwalden. Over the years, it has implemented several progressive and innovative reforms in the [[Church of Nidwalden]], the labour and social areas that set the bases for the long democratic heritage of Nidwalden. In 1915 the party proposed Christen Holsteinborg for the position of Prime Minister, which later that same year, turned into the first democratically elected woman in [[Nidwalden]]. Most of these progressive alignments caused, between the 1930s and 1970s, a major breakthrough inside the party and the depart of several members, key figures and voters to the recently founded and leftist [[Social Democratic Party (Nidwalden)|Social Democratic]]. During most of this period, Ludwigists were the theoretical impulsors of Social Democracy in Nidwalden. Although having been on the right of the Nidwaldeser political spectrum, since the 1980s, the party has undergone several processes of moderation and which turned into a liberal party in several issues regarding LGBT rights, economic positions and its general conservative positions. It is regarded as the most centre party of the right wing parties of the Lorecian Community.


Since its beginnings and with brief leadership of more right factions, the Rechte has been advocated to the protection of the {{wp|Nordic Model|Nidwaldester welfare state}} and Nidwaldester {{wp|state-owned enterprise|state owned enterprises}}, the promotion of {{wp|Social equality|social}} and {{wp|Economic equality|economic equality}} and the vision of the state as a link between the social areas.
Since its beginnings and with brief leadership of more right factions, the Rechte has been advocated to the protection of the {{wp|Nordic welfare model|Nidwaldeser welfare state}} and Nidwaldeser {{wp|state-owned enterprise|state owned enterprises}}, the promotion of {{wp|Social equality|social}} and {{wp|Economic equality|economic equality}} and the vision of the state as a link between the different social areas. Between 1990s and the 2000s, the party has distanced itself from positions now taken by the Social Democratic Party and has proposed larger semi-privatisations.  
==History==
==History==
===Origins and evolution===
===Origins (late 1800s)===
[[File:JoseBatlle1900.jpg|230px|thumb|Ludwig Mann, Prime Minister of Nidwalden between 1903-1907 and 1911-1915, led the biggest reform in the party and [[Nidwalden]] setting the bases for the {{wp|Nordic model|Nidwaldester welfare model}}.]]
===Ludwig Mann (1899-1899 and 1904-1915)===
The Rechte appears in 1834 after the merge of socially liberal parties to form an opposition to the recently created [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalist Party]]. The creation of the party was encouraged by the Prime Minister Wollert Von Hahn (1830-1835), who found a solid base for his ideas in the initial proclamation of the Rechte. Since then, the Rechte has played a role defending the {{wp|industrialisation}} of the Grand Duchy and representing the interests of the urban population.
====Ludwigism (1915-1941)====
 
{{main|Ludwigism}}
Like in the [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalist Party]], the Rechte has been led during most of its history by important political families like the Manns and the Baunsgaards among some. The largest political reform of the party was after the elections of 1903, where Ludwig Mann was elected Prime Minister for the first time (Ludwig was elected again in 1911) and concluded several reforms that advanced the secularisation of the Nidwaldester society as well as starting reforms in labour and social areas. The reforms implemented firstly by Ludwig supposed the origin of the welfare state of Nidwalden, which was finally set by  Helle Johansen after the signing the Sankt Moritz Agreement (1920), in which all parties of the time agreed on a compromise to defend the Nidwaldester welfare model.
===Jens Baunsgaard and liberal drift (1941-1943)===
===Kristensen-Hartling Era===
===Hämmerli and Henninger (1967-1969 and 1969-1972)===
The ludwgist era of the Rechte ended in 1935 when the liberal-conservative faction of the party (led by Vilhelm Kristensen) was elected as the candidate of the party for the elctions of the same year, which he won. Vilhelm concluded the ludwigist era and implemented several reforms that moved the Rechte to the right which caused the formation of a coalition with the [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalists]] between 1935 and 1951. This move was significantly important for the creation of the [[Social Democrat Party (Nidwalden)|Social Democrat Party]] and the migration of ludwgisits from the Rechte leaving it, as a small right party. The Kristensen-Hartling Era was interrupted by two Nationalist governments, with which the Rechte formed coalitions to prevent the [[Social Democrat Party (Nidwalden)|Social Democrats]] to reach the executive, marked the end of the social democracy inside the party. Politologists in Nidwalden expresses that this era of liberal-conservatives policies of the Rechte lasted farther than the last Hartling government as the party formed a coalition with the Die Demokraten party in 1983 and later again with the Nationalists.
===Stefan Lehning (1979-1980)===
===Charlotte Mann and Ludwigists United===
===Johann von Eisenberger (2004-2005)===
[[File:Cristina Cifuentes (6 septembre 2017) (cropped).jpg|230px|thumb|Charlotte Mann, actual Prime Minister of Nidwalden since 2018, saved the party of disappearing. ]]
===Charlotte Mann and return of Ludwigism (2018-present)===
It took 18 terms (between Nationalists, Democrats and Social Democrats) for the Rechte to win the elections again with the leadership of Charlotte Mann, member of the historic family of the party that has four different members that occupied the Prime Minister office. In 1990 the [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalist Party]] was defeated by the social democrat candidate Helmut Talvi with one of its worst results, the elections caused to the Nationalist Party one of its biggest crisis that took it to almost disappear. In the elections, Charlotte Mann and her group were selected to be part of the few deputies from the Rechte in the Parliament, Charlotte appeared for the public audience with the link she formed with the government in several social issues like the recognition of same-sex unions  (during Talvi's administration) and same-sex marriages (Fitzgerald's administration) and the approval of social democrat budgets to face the financial crisis inherited from the Democrat and Nationalist administrations.
{{main|Charlotte Mann}}
 
==Ideology==
Charlotte Mann rapidly gained the attention of young members of the Social Democrat party and of the society with strong Ludwigist speeches in the Parliament and interviews. In the internal elections of 2006, Charlotte was elected as the candidate from the Rechte with an overwhelming adherence that ''washed'' the liberal and conservatives image of the party. Charlotte Mann was finally elected Prime Minister in 2018.
==Positions==
===Economic policy===
===Economic policy===
The Rechte was the creator and biggest impulsor of the {{wp|Nordic model|Nidwaldester welfare state}}, since its conception, the party has been advocated to maintain a strong position in defending the lower classes, enlarging the middle classes and increasing the average lifestyle. The {{wp|fiscal policy}} of the party, under the leadership of Charlotte Mann and during the ludwigist times, is in favour of the large spending in social welfare. Rechte administrations have had employment, social security and welfare as core issues as well as a strong investment in public education, public safety and health care. The party has also contributed since its beginnings to the creation of several {{wp|state-owned enterprise|state owned companies}} like [[NidEnergie]].
In 1921, under the Johansen administration, the Rechte created the {{wp|es:Salario_mínimo_en_Uruguay#Aspectos_institucionales|Salary Councils}}, an instance between workers and enterprises with the state as mediator where minimum wages are fixed for each economic sector. But besides these instances (that happen every year since 1921), the Rechte has implemented the national {{wp|minimum wage}} and has shown a strong opposition (together with the Social Democrats) during [[Die Demokraten|Democratic]] and [[Nationalist Party (Nidwalden)|Nationalists]] administrations when the minimum wages were intended to be removed.
===Social policy===
===Social policy===
The party's social policy is founded in protecting the less favoured sectors of the society. With this framework, the Rechte promoted women and LGBTI  rights and inclusion in society. With the Rechte in the government, Nidwalden undertook several secularist reforms like the implementation of civil marriage (1837), the state taking over the run of cemeteries (1861), divorce (1907) and the ban of religious instruction in public education (1909). In 1915 the party proposed the first woman candidature which ended with Christen Holsteinborg as the first Nidwaldester and Astyrian woman democratically elected as Prime Minister. The Rechte voted in favour of the legalisation of abortion in 1985 and formed a coalition with the Social Democrats to approve the recognition of same-sex unions and same-sex marriages in 1990 and 1995 respectively.
===Lorecian Community===
===Lorecian Community===
In opposition to the [[Die Demokraten|Democratic]] party, the Rechte maintains a strong favourable position to the Lorecian Community and the regional integration. During the Social Democratic administration of Talvi, the party showed its support with the signature of the [[Bruningen Accord]] and has worked along with the leftist party for deeper integration of Nidwalden with its neighbouring countries. The Rechte has stated several times the commitment of its leaders in having a pacifist and active position during regional conflicts, [[Charlotte Mann]] has denounced human rights violations in [[Belka]] during the ongoing conflict.
==List of party chairmans and leaders==
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*[[Ludwig Mann]] (1904-1915)
*[[Otto von Bethmann-Hollweg]] (1915-1919)
*[[Helle Johansen]] (1919-1926)
*[[Tage Schlüter]] (1926-1929)
*[[Christen von Hertling]] (1929-1933)
*[[Gerwald Engelhardt]] (1933-1936)
*[[Hildegard Mann]] (1936-1941)
*[[Jens Baunsgaard]] (1941-1943)
*[[Dieter Kranz]] (1943-1947)
*[[Volker von Vonnegut]] (1947-1953)
*[[Rike Schulte]] (1953-1957)
*[[Eldrich Wendell]] (1957-1961)
*[[Wolfgang Jung]] (1961-1965)
*[[Velten von Gerver]] (1965-1967)
*[[Samuel Hämmerli]] (1967-1969)
*[[Heinrich Henninger]] (1969-1972)
*[[Ada Kunkel-Schreiber]] (1972-1979)
*[[Siegfried Steinmann]] (1979-1979)
*[[Stefan Lehning]] (1979-1980)
*[[Bernd Kranz-Pfeiffer]] (1980-1986)
*[[Emmeline Zimmermann]] (1986-1992)
*[[Herrick Roth]] (1992-1996)
*[[Theresia Krämer-Schreiber]] (1996-2004)
*[[Johann von Eisenberger]] (2004-2008)
*[[Ebner Thomas von Langer]] (2008-2012)
*[[Volker von der Leyen]] (2012-2018)
*[[Charlotte Mann]] (2018-present)
 
==Electoral results==
[[Category:Nidwalden]]
[[Category:Nidwalden]]

Latest revision as of 18:24, 24 July 2021

Nidwaldeser Rechte
AbbreviationRechte
LeaderCharlotte Mann
Parliamentary leaderThomas von der Leyen
Founded25 July 1834
HeadquartersKurfürstendamm 224, Cologne, Nidwalden
Youth wingYoung Rechte
Membership29,500 (2017)
IdeologyLudwigism, reformism, social democracy (factions), statism, liberal conservatism
Political positioncentre-right
International affiliationLorecian Liberals and Christians
Colours  Blue
SloganLudwgisists United
Nidwaldeser Parlament
45 / 169
County Councils
167 / 425
Website
www.rechte.com.nw

The Rechte (literally "right") or Nidwaldeser Rechte (English: Nidwaldeser Right) is a centre-right ludwigist political party of Nidwalden. It is the second oldest and major party in Nidwalden as well as the leading party in the Mann Cabinet. The current leader is the Prime Minister Charlotte Mann.

The party is traditionally linked to one of its most important leaders, Ludwig Mann and the doctrine born from his administrations, Ludwigism, which the party has combined over the years with different degrees. The Rechte governed during most of the nineteenth century with a strong opposition of the Conservative Party. During most of its administrations, the party has been linked to the monarchy of Nidwalden and educated elites, to which the party is believed to have founded a "progressive spirit" own of Nidwalden. Over the years, it has implemented several progressive and innovative reforms in the Church of Nidwalden, the labour and social areas that set the bases for the long democratic heritage of Nidwalden. In 1915 the party proposed Christen Holsteinborg for the position of Prime Minister, which later that same year, turned into the first democratically elected woman in Nidwalden. Most of these progressive alignments caused, between the 1930s and 1970s, a major breakthrough inside the party and the depart of several members, key figures and voters to the recently founded and leftist Social Democratic. During most of this period, Ludwigists were the theoretical impulsors of Social Democracy in Nidwalden. Although having been on the right of the Nidwaldeser political spectrum, since the 1980s, the party has undergone several processes of moderation and which turned into a liberal party in several issues regarding LGBT rights, economic positions and its general conservative positions. It is regarded as the most centre party of the right wing parties of the Lorecian Community.

Since its beginnings and with brief leadership of more right factions, the Rechte has been advocated to the protection of the Nidwaldeser welfare state and Nidwaldeser state owned enterprises, the promotion of social and economic equality and the vision of the state as a link between the different social areas. Between 1990s and the 2000s, the party has distanced itself from positions now taken by the Social Democratic Party and has proposed larger semi-privatisations.

History

Origins (late 1800s)

Ludwig Mann (1899-1899 and 1904-1915)

Ludwigism (1915-1941)

Main article: Ludwigism

Jens Baunsgaard and liberal drift (1941-1943)

Hämmerli and Henninger (1967-1969 and 1969-1972)

Stefan Lehning (1979-1980)

Johann von Eisenberger (2004-2005)

Charlotte Mann and return of Ludwigism (2018-present)

Main article: Charlotte Mann

Ideology

Economic policy

Social policy

Lorecian Community

List of party chairmans and leaders

Clockwise from left to right: Ludwig Mann, most famous leader of the Rechte, founder of Ludwigism and Prime Minister of Nidwalden between 1904 and 1915; Helle Johansen, first female Prime Minister of Nidwalden between 1919 and 1926, she lead the country though the Great Astyrian War; Heinrich Henninger, Prime Minister between 1969 and 1972, lead the conservative faction of the party during the period; Charlotte Mann, leader of the party and current Prime Minister of Nidwalden, she is the third member of the Mann family to achieve the premiership and leads the moderate faction.

Electoral results

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