Hanns Seidel Foundation
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The CSU-associated Hanns Seidel Foundation (German: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung) is a German party-associated and taxpayer-money funded political research foundation. It was founded in November 1966 after most of the other party-associated foundations in Germany were already established. It is headquartered in Munich. The conference centre in the Banz Abbey is the foundation's main location. It is a member of the Centre for European Studies, the official foundation and think tank of the European People's Party. It is named after the CSU politician Hanns Seidel.
See also
[edit]Other parties in Germany also use the legal form of a foundation for support and public relation purposes. The other foundations are:
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation (CDU)
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation (SPD)
- Friedrich Naumann Foundation für die Freiheit (FDP)
- Heinrich Böll Foundation (Grüne)
- Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Die Linke)
- Desiderius-Erasmus-Stiftung (AfD)