Liberal Union 1918: The NLP is reorganised into the German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei), part of the party joined the German Democratic Party 1933: The party is dissolved Liberal Union 1880: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ National Liberal Party formed the Liberal Union (Liberale Vereinigung) 1884: The party merged with the ⇒ German Progress Party into the ⇒ German Freeminded Party Freeminded Union 1893: The ⇒ German Freeminded Party split into the Freeminded Union (Freisinnige Vereinigung) and the ⇒ Freeminded People's Party 1903: The ⇒ National Social Union joined the Freeminded Union 1908: A left-wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Democratic Union 1910: The party merged into the ⇒ Progressive People's Party National Social Union 1896: The National Social Union (Nationalsozialer Verein) is formed 1903: The party is dissolved and members joined the ⇒ Freeminded Union Democratic Union 1908: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ Freeminded Union formed the Democratic Union (Demokratische Vereinigung) 1918: The remnants of the Union joined the German Democratic Party From Liberal Democratic Party of Germany to Alliance of Free Democrats (GDR) 1945: Liberals in East Germany re-organised themselves into the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands). Since 1949 the party is under control of the communist dictatorship 1990: The LDPD regained its liberal profile and shortened its name in February into Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal-Demokratische Partei). The same month it joined the newly founded Free Democratic Party (GDR) (Freie Demokratische Partei (DDR)) and the German Forum Party (Deutsche Forumpartei) into Association of Free Democrats (Bund Freier Demokraten). In March the Association of Free Democrats absorbed the National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands), and finally in August it merged into present-day ⇒ Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party 1945–1946: Liberals in West Germany re-organised themselves in regional parties 1948: The regional liberal parties merged into the Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei) 1956: A conservative faction seceded and formed the Free People's Party (Germany) (Freie Volkspartei). FDP is initially a hardright party well to the right of CDU 1982: A left-wing faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Democrats 1990: The FDP incorporated the ⇒ Association of Free Democrats Liberal Democrats 1982: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ Free Democratic Party formed the present-day Liberal Democrats (Liberale Demokraten), without success New Liberals 2014: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ Free Democratic Party formed the present-day New Liberals (Neue Liberale), contested in Hamburg