Die Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative, or Die PARTEI, is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazine Titanic. It is led by Martin Sonneborn. In the 2014 European Parliament election, the party won a seat, marking the first time that a satirical party has won a seat to the European Parliament. With the 2019 European Parliament election, the party gained a second seat, held by Nico Semsrott.
Martin Sonneborn, leader of Die PARTEI
Information stall at "Kreuzberg jazzt!" in Berlin (2013)
A campaign by the Austrian sister party in Vienna
Titanic is a German monthly satirical magazine based in Frankfurt. It has a circulation of approximately 37,000.
Titanic's famous cover of November 1989: "Zonen-Gaby's first banana"