Economic Reconstruction Union

Economic Reconstruction Union
Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung
LeaderAlfred Loritz
Founded1945
Dissolvedc.1955
Preceded byEconomic Party (unofficial)
IdeologyRight-wing populism
Federalism
Political positionRight-wing to far-right

The Economic Reconstruction Union (German: Wirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung or WAV) was a German political party that was active immediately in Allied-occupied Germany after the Second World War. Although usually translated into English as the Economic Reconstruction Union it is also sometimes known as the Union for Economic Reconstruction, the Economic Reconstruction Association, or the Economic Reconstruction Party.