Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern | |
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| Abbreviation | CSU |
| Leader | Markus Söder |
| Secretary General | Martin Huber |
| Founded | 13 October 1945 |
| Preceded by | Bavarian People's Party (de facto) |
| Headquarters | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Newspaper | Bayernkurier (1950–2019) |
| Youth wing | Young Union |
| Women's wing | Women's Union of the CSU |
| Pensioners' wing | Pensioners' Union of the CSU |
| Workers' wing | Employees' Union |
| Membership (2024) | 131,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | CDU/CSU (since 1949) |
| Regional affiliation | German Social Union (1990–1993) |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party Group |
| International affiliation | International Democracy Union |
| Colours | Blue |
| Bundestag Bavarian seats | 44 / 630 |
| Bundesrat Bavarian seats | 4 / 69 |
| Landtag of Bavaria | 85 / 205 |
| European Parliament | 6 / 96 |
| Heads of State Governments | 1 / 16 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| csu.de | |
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The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: ⓘ, CSU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), operates in the other fifteen states of Germany. It differs from the CDU by being somewhat more conservative in social matters, following Catholic social teaching. The CSU is considered the de facto successor of the Weimar-era Catholic Bavarian People's Party.
At the federal level, the CSU forms a common faction in the Bundestag with the CDU which is frequently referred to as the Union Faction (die Unionsfraktion) or simply CDU/CSU. The CSU has had 43 seats in the Bundestag since the 2021 federal election, making it currently the second smallest of the eight parties represented. The CSU is a member of the European People's Party and the International Democracy Union.
Party leader Markus Söder serves as Minister-President of Bavaria, a position that CSU representatives have held from 1946 to 1954 and again since 1957. From 1962 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2018, the CSU had the absolute majority in the Bavarian Landtag.