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Die Allianz für Gesundheit, Frieden und soziale Gerechtigkeit (Kurzbezeichnung: AGFG) war eine deutsche Kleinpartei. Die AGFG wurde Anfang Juni 2005 gegründet und hatte nach eigenen Angaben etwa 600 Mitglieder. Ehemaliger stellvertretender Vorsitzender und prominentestes Mitglied der Partei war Matthias Rath, der die Partei mit jährlich sechsstelligen Eurobeträgen finanzierte. Ende 2009 wurde die Auflösung der Partei bekanntgegeben, da die Arbeit "in einem parlamentarischen System, das alles tut, um andere als die System erhaltenden Kräfte außen vor zu halten", eine "Vergeudung von Energien" sei.

Politisches Programm
Kernstück des Grundsatzprogramms bildete die Gesundheitsphilosophie des Alternativmediziners Matthias Rath, der vor allem durch seine wissenschaftlich weitgehend widerlegte Behandlungsmethode von Krankheiten wie AIDS und Krebs mittels Vitaminpräparaten und Naturheilverfahren, die sogenannte Zellularmedizin, bekannt wurde.

Die Partei gab an, eine "gesunde, friedliche und gerechte Welt" schaffen zu wollen, indem Verflechtungen der Pharmaindustrie mit dem übrigen Gesundheitswesen aufgehoben werden.

Derartige Verflechtungen sah die AGFG zum Beispiel in der Vogelgrippe H5N1-Pandemie von 2006, welche sie als eine Verschwörung der Pharmaindustrie zur "Errichtung [einer] Pharma-Diktatur" bezeichnete. In ihrer seit 2006 geführten Kampagne "Stoppt den Atomkrieg!" warnte die Partei des Weiteren vor einem unmittelbar bevorstehenden Atomkrieg, welcher ebenfalls zum Ziel habe, das Pharmageschäft anzukurbeln.

Eine Lösung sah die Partei in der Zerschlagung der Pharmakonzerne und flächendeckenden alternativ-medizinischen Behandlung der Bevölkerung. Mit den so eingesparten Gesundheitskosten sollte die Forschung, vor allem auf dem Gebiet der Zellularmedizin, finanziert werden. Durch die Senkung der Lohnnebenkosten und staatliche Kontrolle sollen ebenso neue Arbeitsplätze geschaffen werden. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt sollte die Förderung erneuerbarer Energien bilden.

Mit der verbündeten unabhängigen Jugendorganisation, der Youth Alliance, versuchte die Partei mit modernen Kommunikationskanälen wie einer ansprechenden Homepage, kostenlosen Schülerzeitungen und Broschüren junge Menschen anzusprechen. Spätestens seit Ende 2007 waren jedoch keine Aktivitäten der Youth Alliance mehr erkennbar, mittlerweile existiert auch die Homepage nicht mehr.

Insgesamt versuchte sich die AGFG etwa seit 2007 als "links" zu profilieren, dies äußerte sich beispielsweise in der Beteiligung an Demonstrationen gegen Sozialabbau und eigenen Plakaten der Partei zum Thema Hartz IV. Im Vergleich zu ihrer Gründungsphase war die Partei nur noch sehr eingeschränkt aktiv und konzentrierte sich auf die Teilnahme an einigen wenigen Landtagswahlen (zuletzt 2008 in Hamburg).

Parteisatzung
Die AGFG erfüllte seit 12. August 2005 nach Parteiengesetz die Voraussetzungen für die Anerkennung als politische Partei. Gemäß ihrer Satzung wurden Bundesparteitage nicht öffentlich abgehalten; für die Zulassung von Gästen oder Vertretern der Presse war ein Beschluss des Bundesvorstandes nötig. Der Parteitag kann als Mitgliederversammlung oder als Delegiertenkonferenz abgehalten werden. In Form einer Delegiertenkonferenz steht jedem Landesverband die Entsendung von zehn Delegierten pro einhundert Mitglieder zu. Bei der Aufnahme neuer Mitglieder wurde dem Bundesvorstand die Möglichkeit des Einspruchs gegeben, wenn Gründe von erheblicher Bedeutung gegen eine Aufnahme sprachen.

Geschichte
Die AGFG ging 2005 aus der Rath-Foundation, einem Vertriebs- und Werbekanal für die Rath'schen Vitaminpräparate, hervor.

Zwei Wochen nach der Gründung der Partei am 6. Juni 2005 hielt sie ihren ersten Bundeskongress in Kelkheim ab.
Nach Prüfung durch den Bundeswahlausschuss am 16. August durfte die Partei – wie 25 andere Kleinparteien – bei der Bundestagswahl 2005 antreten. Weil sie jedoch nur in Sachsen dem Landeswahlausschuss die nötigen Unterstützungsunterschriften vorlegen konnte, erschien sie nur dort auf dem Wahlzettel. Einer Beschwerde beim Bundeswahlleiter über die Unterschriftenprüfung in Sachsen-Anhalt wurde stattgegeben, aber auch mit nachgereichten Unterschriften erreichte die AGFG nicht die nötigen 2.000 Unterstützer. Die von der Partei eingereichten Beschwerden in den übrigen Bundesländern wurden ebenfalls alle aufgrund der geltenden Rechtslage abgewiesen.

Die AGFG versuchte, der Organklage gegen die "unechte Vertrauensfrage" Gerhard Schröders beizutreten, wurde jedoch nicht zugelassen, da die Interessen der Partei anders lagen als die der klagenden Bundestagsabgeordneten Werner Schulz und Jelena Hoffmann.

Teilnahmen an Wahlen
Bei der Bundestagswahl 2005 erhielt die AGFG in Sachsen mit 21.343 Zweitstimmen 0,86 Prozent der abgegebenen Stimmen, dies entspricht etwa 0,05 Prozent bundesweit.

Die Partei trat bei den Landtagswahlen am 26. März 2006 in Rheinland-Pfalz (1.886 Stimmen, 0,11 Prozent), Sachsen-Anhalt (3.357 Stimmen, 0,37 Prozent) und Baden-Württemberg (866 Stimmen, 0,02 Prozent) an, erzielte jedoch keine Mandate.

Auch bei der am 18. September 2006 stattgefundenen Abgeordnetenhauswahl in Berlin und der Landtagswahl in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (jeweils 0,2 Prozent) konnte die AGFG keinen politischen Einfluss erreichen.

Die AGFG verzichtete auf eine Teilnahme bei den Landtagswahlen 2008 in Hessen und Niedersachsen, trat jedoch zur Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 2008 mit einer Landesliste an und erreichte 0,1 Prozent der Stimmen. Zu späteren Wahlen wie der Bundestagswahl 2009 wurde nicht mehr angetreten.

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Falling revenues don't drive lower spending: instead the agencies simply fail to pay their suppliers, who are required to wait longer and longer to collect. Lax verification of payrolls aggravates the problem; and deficient accounting masks it. Consolidated reports are dense, hard to penetrate, and not timely (the most recent is for fiscal year 2013). Information on the Treasury's General Fund operations is timely but "greatly understates the true deficit and the challenge ahead." It reports on a cash basis (that is, it doesn't count purchases the government has made but not yet paid for as spending) and excludes some 150 government agencies (whose deficits it nonetheless needs to fund with cash) as well as capital expenditures, which also deplete cash balances. It's as if, in budgeting for your household, you omitted credit card purchases, expenses incurred by your children, and the cost of buying a new car. Taking these and like items into account makes the cash situation far more problematic than is generally understood. Similar cash deficits flow from the three big state enterprises (the monopolies for electric power, water and sewers, and highways and transportation), as well as from the Employee Retirement System for government employees (which has no liquid assets at all) and the Teachers Retirement System (which will likely run out of money in a year or two). With all of this cash depletion combined, the government will need to raise nearly 5 percent of GNP to keep operating in 2016--a near impossibility in a zero growth economy with no access to new borrowing. Even this bleak picture can get worse if a fully blown fiscal crisis pushes the economy into a sharper retraction. Is there a way out? The report suggests there is, but it must be both comprehensive and ambitious. The Federal Government, the bondholders, and the government of Puerto Rico must all make difficult decisions. The solution must begin with a revival of growth. The key is supply side reforms. The Commonwealth can fix local labor regulations, and eliminate obstacles to doing business. It can bring energy costs down by opening competition for electric generation to new and more efficient suppliers. The Federal Government needs to make welfare payments consistent with local market conditions, suspend the Federal minimum wage, and exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act. A major fiscal adjustment is required. Revenue measures should be as growth friendly as possible, and might include VAT/Sales tax and property tax overhauls. Expense measures should include right sizing of education services (PR has more teachers per student than the wealthiest counties on the mainland), a means test for tuition at the University of PR, and elimination of Medicaid benefits in excess of Federal standards. After several years, supply side reforms ought to result in 2.5% growth, which will drive increased revenue collections. But even after a major fiscal effort, and a resumption of growth, a large residual financing gap will remain. A comprehensive discussion would benefit from the orderly processes of Chapter 9 of the US bankruptcy code, which Congress should extend to Puerto Rico's public enterprises. Bondholders will suffer if the Commonwealth cannot provide essential services, if there is a breakdown of order, or if the economy collapses in the wake of a crisis. They will need to relieve the island of a meaningful proportion of the interest and principal coming due in the next six or seven years. To agree to do that, they will want to be sure that the Commonwealth government is committed to politically difficult structural reforms, and that the Federal government will grant Puerto Rico the required exemptions from regulations that raise costs and stifle growth. Supply side reforms will not be a panacea for decades of bad policy decisions, but they are an essential part of the solution. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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The positive and results-oriented climate of the talks between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders continues to foster the progress required towards conclusion of a settlement as soon as possible, the United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, confirmed today.
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Heat wave to hit Greece with 39°-41° C in the shadow
One does not need the weather forecast to be aware that a heat wave is on the way. Athenians woke up on Monday in a "boiling" atmosphere with high humidity levels and the air full of dangerous smog-particles. After weeks of north winds sweeping away the summer heat, the time […]
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Greek PM to take on party critics over unpopular bailout
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Greece news live: explosive Varoufakis parallel currency plot prompts official investigation
Thanks for joining today's live coverage of events in Greece. That's enough from me. You can catch up with all the day's events with our story below: ECB warned to pump more money to save eurozone as Varoufakis denies hacking into Greek tax system 18.30 ...
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Greece's secret plan to hack its own tax system
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Excavations for Greek Military Airmen, Shot Down by Friendly Fire in 1974
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Greek PM Tsipras Calls for Emergency SYRIZA Convention
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the SYRIZA Political Secretariat on Monday afternoon and asked for an emergency party convention as soon as possible. In a speech that called for the protection of the party's unity, Tsipras recognized that there are divisions within the party and said he wants the convention to bring them to the surface. "During this journey,
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Tax Evasion on Greek Islands Exceeds 50%
Sweeping tax audits are in progress on Greek islands since last weekend and the first results show high tax evasion rates. The highest rates were recorded in hotels, restaurants and bars, where they did not issue receipts. It was reported that during 63 inspections carried out over the past days in Heraklion, Crete, Greek authorities encountered 33 violations
Varoufakis: 'Greece Will Never Get the New Loan'
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis claimed that Greece will never get the new bailout loan and that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras offered him another Ministry after he resigned. Varoufakis spoke to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) on July 16 and the content of his speech was released on Monday in audio form. Other than
Greek Long Distance Swimmer Gianniotis Finishes Third in World Aquatics Championships
Spyros Gianniotis won the bronze medal in the 10 kilometer open water race in the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. Gainniotis, who hails from the Greek island of Corfu, swam the race in 1 hour, 50 minutes and 00.8 seconds. He finished behind race winner Jordan Wilimovsky from the United States and Ferry Weertman from the
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Secret 'parallel' money plan clouds start of Greek bailout talks
The Greek government and its international creditors began work on a mammoth new bailout Monday overshadowed by revelations that Greece's ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis had been secretly planning for a parallel system of liquidity.
Greece Readies for Bailout Talks as Plan B Details Revealed
Greek bailout talks poised to start as government reels from Varoufakis' 'Plan B' confirmation
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Adrian Pascu, Danone South East Europe CEO
Starting on August 1, Adrian Pascu will take over as CEO for Danone's South East Europe dairy division, being set to lead the management team for Danone Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova and Adriatic countries, replacing Dieter Schulz whose three-year tenure ends and who will take over new responsibilities within the Group. Adrian Pascu will return […]
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Greek creditors seek third wave of reforms before loan
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - International creditors want Greece to enact a third wave of politically sensitive reforms before they will release any money to keep the near bankrupt country afloat under a third bailout they began negotiating on Monday.
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The Greek Grexit Plan: Varoufakis Had A Scheme All Along, A Secret One
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Greece seems sort of fixed. At least for now. After a July 5 referendum that saw Greek citizens vote against Greece's latest bailout, the Greek government struck basically the same deal with its creditors anyway. This is what Europe wanted, what markets wanted, and this deal avoided a worst-case scenario that would've seen Greece potentially pushed out of the euro currency union. But the real drama surrounding Greece, the long-term, existential drama, is that Greece has tons of debt outstanding and it seems like it's going to be very hard for Greece to pay all of it back, on time or otherwise. In a note to clients, Credit Suisse includes 2 charts, one showing the monthly repayment schedule for the next year, and another showing what Greece owes over the next 5 years. And while Greece has just gotten more bailout funding in order meet its upcoming obligations — that is, after all, what a bailout is for — these bailouts are conditional, basically, on the Greek government implementing agreed-upon reforms and these reforms actually working to boost the Greek economy. Credit Suisse notes that, "Recent declarations from officials in Greece and in Europe more generally suggest that the focus is indeed shifting away from austerity and debt relief, and more towards reforms and ways to boost growth through European- supported investment projects." So this seems like a good thing. But these are, however, just declarations. As it stands right now, Greece has a lot of debt due over the coming months and years. And it's also worth keeping in mind that one year ago Greece seemed to be making measured progress towards meeting its obligations. Six months later, there was a new government, a new Greek crisis, and, eventually, a Greek default. Greece has seemingly come back from the brink, but the drama is not over.SEE ALSO: Here's what Obama said to former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis Join the conversation about this story »
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