The Christian Social Union of Bavaria ( CSU – Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its larger sister party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), operates in the other 15 states of Germany. The CSU has 45 seats in the Bundestag, making it the smallest of the six parties represented.
The CSU was founded as a continuation of the Weimar-era Catholic Bavarian People's Party. At the federal level, it forms a common 'CDU/CSU' faction in the Bundestag with the CDU, which is frequently referred to as the Union Faction (die Unionsfraktion). The CSU currently governs at the federal level along the CDU in a coalition government with the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). In the state of Bavaria, the CSU governs as the major party in a coalition government with the FDP.
The CSU is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and its MEPs sit in the EPP Group. The CSU currently has three ministers in the cabinet of Germany of the federal government in Berlin, while party leader Horst Seehofer serves as Minister-President of Bavaria: a position that CSU representatives have held since 1957.
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