At our online federal party convention on October 11, 2024, we decided to delete the insertion "schulmedizinische" (conventional medical) from our party name. The new name is therefore "Partei für Verjüngungsforschung" (Party for Rejuvenation Research).
We previously used the term in order to distinguish ourselves from esotericism and movements such as homeopathy. Since the second half of the 19th century, "Schulmedizin" (conventional medicine) has unfortunately often been misused as a polemical term to disparage scientific medicine. In using the word, our party explicitly drew on the other meaning that the word has: the medicine that is taught at universities today - that is, evidence-based medicine. The reason why we chose "schulmedizinisch" and not directly "evidenzbasiert" (evidence-based) is that not everyone knows and understands the latter word.
Since the insertion "schulmedizinisch" is nevertheless perceived negatively by many and apparently comes across as unserious, we have now renamed ourselves once again. This also makes the name shorter and catchier. We hope that this change will bring us more positive attention in future elections.