Liberal Democratic Party (West Germany) (1990: Two Germanies)

The Democratic Party (German: Demokratische Partei, DP) is a West German Liberal political party founded in 2009 as an opposition group inside the Free Democratic Party, who lead the government at the time. The party was formed to oppose the austerity that the government proposed.

Following the 2009 election, the Democratic Party managed to become the king-maker in the election, between a SPD government or a FDP/CDU government. The party choice to support the SPD. This would make them lose some support among liberals.