Parteipolitisch Unabhängige Gemeinschaft Wolfsburg e.V.

The Parteipolitisch Unabhängige Gemeinschaft Wolfsburg e.V. (PUG) is a local political association based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was founded on 7 November 1984 by eight former members of the CDU who left their party in opposition to plans to build a prison in the Fallersleben district. The association describes itself as non-partisan and focuses on municipal issues in Wolfsburg. Since the 1986 Lower Saxony local elections, PUG has been represented as a faction in the Wolfsburg city council. Its electoral support grew over the decades, reaching 17.3% and eight of 46 council seats in 2016. The PUG's strongholds are the Fallersleben and Sülfeld districts, where it has held an absolute majority in the local council. The long-time faction leader Bärbel Weist, a founding member, served as mayor of Wolfsburg and as local mayor of Fallersleben-Sülfeld from 1979 to 2021. The current chair is Andreas Klaffehn. The association maintains a website at pug-wob.de and engages in a wide range of municipal topics, including property tax, leasehold, citizen participation in wind energy revenues, local council budgets, citizen participation, city district libraries, volunteer engagement, and cemetery fee regulations.

The Parteipolitisch Unabhängige Gemeinschaft Wolfsburg e.V. (PUG) was founded on 7 November 1984 in the Fallersleben district of Wolfsburg. Its creation was triggered by plans to build a prison in Fallersleben, which prompted eight members of the CDU to leave the party and establish the PUG as a non-partisan alternative. In the 1986 Lower Saxony local elections, PUG won three seats in the Wolfsburg city council. It increased its representation to five seats in the 1991, 1996, and 2001 elections, achieving 10.9% of the vote in 2001. In the 2006 local elections, PUG received 13.0% and six council seats, followed by 11.9% and five seats in 2011. The party's strongholds have traditionally been Fallersleben and Sülfeld; in the 2011 elections for the Fallersleben-Sülfeld local council, PUG won nine of the 17 seats, an absolute majority. In the 2016 local elections, PUG improved to 17.3% and won eight of the 46 city council seats for the first time, while expanding its absolute majority in the Fallersleben-Sülfeld local council to ten seats. The long-time faction leader Bärbel Weist, a founding member, served as mayor of Wolfsburg and as local mayor of Fallersleben-Sülfeld from 1979 to 2021. The current chair of PUG is Andreas Klaffehn. The association continues to be active in municipal politics, addressing issues such as property tax, leasehold, citizen participation in wind energy revenues, local council budgets, citizen participation, city district libraries, volunteer engagement, and cemetery fee regulations.

• 2016

  PUG improves to 17.3% and wins eight of 46 city council seats; expands absolute majority in Fallersleben-Sülfeld local council to ten seats.

• 2011

  PUG receives 11.9% and five council seats; wins absolute majority in Fallersleben-Sülfeld local council with nine of 17 seats.

• 2006

  PUG achieves 13.0% and six council seats.

• 2001

  PUG receives 10.9% of the vote and five council seats.

• 1996

  PUG retains five seats in the city council.

• 1991

  PUG increases its council representation to five seats.

• 1986

  PUG wins three seats in the Wolfsburg city council in the Lower Saxony local elections.

• 1984

  PUG founded on 7 November in Fallersleben by eight former CDU members.

Non-partisan local political association focused on municipal issues in Wolfsburg.

1. 1PUG Wolfsburg e.V. official websitepug-wob.de
2. 2Parteipolitisch Unabhängige Gemeinschaft - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Wikidata entry for PUGwikidata.org