Christian Democratic Party
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Christian democratic parties are those political parties
that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy
movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching
, and it continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation. In practice, Christian democracy is often considered conservative
on cultural, social, and moral issues and progressive
on fiscal and economic issues. In Europe, where their opponents have traditionally been secularist socialists, Christian democratic parties are moderately conservative
overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to lean to the left. It is the dominant political movement in Europe.
Political party
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that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...
movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching
Catholic social teaching
Catholic social teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state...
, and it continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation. In practice, Christian democracy is often considered conservative
Social conservatism
Social Conservatism is primarily a political, and usually morally influenced, ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. Social conservatism is a form of authoritarianism often associated with the position that the federal government should have a greater role...
on cultural, social, and moral issues and progressive
Progressivism
Progressivism is an umbrella term for a political ideology advocating or favoring social, political, and economic reform or changes. Progressivism is often viewed by some conservatives, constitutionalists, and libertarians to be in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies.The...
on fiscal and economic issues. In Europe, where their opponents have traditionally been secularist socialists, Christian democratic parties are moderately conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to lean to the left. It is the dominant political movement in Europe.
- Albanian Christian Democratic MovementAlbanian Christian Democratic MovementThe Albanian Christian Democratic Movement is an Albanian political party founded by Nikollë Lesi, an MP and former member of the Christian Democratic Party of Albania on 2007-11-08 over disagreements with his previous party's new party leader, Nard Ndoka. Lesi expects to at least match the PDK's...
- Christian Democratic Party
- Democratic Labor PartyDemocratic Labor PartyThe Democratic Labor Party is a political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism. The first "DLP" Senator in decades, party vice-president John Madigan was elected to the Australian Senate with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in Victoria at the 2010 federal...
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Australia)The Christian Democratic Party is a right-wing political party in Australia. Its leader is Fred Nile, a Congregational Church minister and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.-Formation:...
- Belarusian Christian DemocracyBelarusian Christian DemocracyThe Belarusian Christian Democracy is a political movement in Belarus that was created at the beginning of the 20th century and is now being revived by several politicians.- Before World War II :...
(in process of registration) - Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front
- Christian Democratic and FlemishChristian Democratic and FlemishThe Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party...
(Dutch language) - Humanist Democratic CentreHumanist Democratic CentreThe Humanist Democratic Centre is a Francophone Christian democratic political party in Belgium. The cdH currently participates in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Government of the French Community and the Walloon Government.- History :...
(French language) - Citizens' Movement for ChangeCitizens' Movement for ChangeCitizens' Movement for Change is a Christian Democratic political party in the French Community of Belgium founded by Gérard Deprez. It is a component of the Mouvement Réformateur....
(French language) - Christian Social Party (Belgium)Christian Social Party (Belgium)The Christian Social Party is a party operating in the German-speaking community of Belgium. Its President is Mathieu Grosch.In the 2004 European Parliament election, standing as Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei, the party gained the single seat allocated by Belgian law to the...
(German language) - Christene VolkspartijChristene VolkspartijThe Christene Volkspartij was the first Belgian Christian democratic political party. The party was founded in 1891 by the Belgian priest Adolf Daens, who was inspired by the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII....
(defunct) (Dutch language) - Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)The Christian Social Party was a Belgian Catholic political party, which existed from 1945 until 1968.-History:At the end of World War II, on 18–19 August 1945 the Christelijke Volkspartij-Parti Social Chrétien was founded under the presidency of August de Schryver as the successor to the...
(Dutch and French language)
- Christian DemocratsChristian Democrats (Bosnia)The Croatian Christian Democrats is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.At the last legislative elections, 5 October 2002, the party was part of the Coalition , that won 9.5% of the popular vote and 5 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 16 out of...
(defunct) - Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party ....
- Croatian Democratic Union 1990Croatian Democratic Union 1990The Croatian Democratic Union 1990 is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It split of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is led by Božo Ljubić. In the 2006 it was the leading member of the Croats Together coalition....
- Croatian Peasant Party - New Croatian Initiative
- Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Bulgarian Christian CoalitionBulgarian Christian CoalitionThe Bulgarian Christian Coalition is a Christian democratic political party in Bulgaria...
- Union of the Democratic Forces
- Christian National PartyChristian National Party (Colombia)The Christian National Party is a Christian-democratic political party in Colombia.At the last legislative elections, 10 March 2002, the party, as one of the many small parties, won parliamentary representation....
- Christians for CommunityChristians for CommunityChristians for Community is a Christian-democratic political party in Colombia.At the last legislative elections, 10 March 2002 , the party won, as one of the many small parties, parliamentary representation....
- Christian Democrat PartyChristian Democrat Party (Democratic Republic of the Congo)The Christian Democratic Party is a political party in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The party won 8 out of 500 seats in the parliamentary elections. In the 19 January 2007 Senate elections, the party won 6 out of 108 seats....
- Congolese Alliance of Christian DemocratsCongolese Alliance of Christian DemocratsThe Congolese Alliance of Christian Democrats is a political party in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The party won 4 out of 500 seats in the parliamentary elections....
- Democratic Social Christian PartyDemocratic Social Christian PartyThe Democratic Social Christian Party is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is headed by former Mobutu-era prime minister André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, and was co-founded by Lokonga and Joseph Ileo in 1990....
- Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian DemocracyFederalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian DemocracyThe Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
- Croatian Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Croatian Christian Democratic UnionCroatian Christian Democratic UnionCroatian Christian Democratic Union is a right wing political party in Croatia.It was founded in 1992 after the merger of Croatian Democratic Party and Croatian Christian Democratic Party ....
- Croatian Demochristians (defunct)
- Croatian Demochristian PartyCroatian Demochristian PartyCroatian Demochristian Party is a political party in Croatia with the goal that Croatia will become a state with Christian ideals.It was formed in 2009 from three former Demochristian parties:* Croatian Demochristians...
- Croatian Democratic UnionCroatian Democratic UnionThe Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...
- Croatian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party of CubaThe Christian Democratic Party of Cuba is a Christian Democratic political party in Cuba. Although changes to the Cuban constitution in 1992 decriminalized the act of forming political parties other than the Communist Party of Cuba, these parties are not permitted to campaign or engage in any...
- Cuban Democratic Project
- Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party
- Christian Democratic Party (merged later with Civic Democratic Party)
- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Dominican Republic)The Christian Democratic Union is a Christian Democratic political parties of the Dominican Republic. It first contested national elections in 2002, when it received 0.2% of the vote in the parliamentary elections that year, failing to win a seat. In the 2006 elections it was part of the...
- Quisqueyano Christian Democratic PartyQuisqueyano Christian Democratic PartyThe Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic. In the 16 May 2006 election, the party was a member of the defeated Grand National Alliance....
- Social Christian Reformist PartySocial Christian Reformist PartyThe Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano...
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (East Timor)The Christian Democratic Party is a centre-left political party in East Timor.In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 2.0 % of the popular vote and 2 out of 88 seats...
- Christian Democratic Party of TimorChristian Democratic Party of TimorThe Christian Democratic Party of Timor is a centre-right, christian democratic, political party in East Timor. At the last legislative elections, 30 August 2001, the party won 0.7 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 88 seats....
- Christian Democratic Party (Part Chrétien-démocrate)
- Centre of Social Democrats (defunct)
- People's Republican Movement (defunct)
- Centre PartyCentre Party (Germany)The German Centre Party was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. Formed in 1870, it battled the Kulturkampf which the Prussian government launched to reduce the power of the Catholic Church...
- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
- Christian Social Union of BavariaChristian Social Union of BavariaThe Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
- Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany ) was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National Front with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany until 1989....
(defunct) - Partei Bibeltreuer Christen (PBC) (Party of Bible-abiding Christians)
- Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und Familie (AUF-Partei) (Party for Labour, Environment and Family)
- Christian Democratic People's PartyChristian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)The Christian Democratic People's Party is a political party in Hungary.- History :The party was founded in 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals, and ecclesiastical such as Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig , László Varga and General József Pálffy, among others...
- Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union
- Hungarian Democratic ForumHungarian Democratic ForumThe Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
- Movement for AutonomyMovement for AutonomyThe Movement for Autonomies is a regionalist Christian democratic political party in Italy. It demands economic development and greater autonomy for Sicily, mainly, and for other regions of Southern Italy...
- New Christian DemocracyNew Christian DemocracyNew Christian Democracy is a minor christian democratic political party in Italy.It was founded on 25 July 1995 and is led by Salvatore Platania....
- Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
- UDEUR Populars
- Christian Democracy (Italy, 1997)
- Christian Democracy (Italy)Christian Democracy (Italy)Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
- Forza ItaliaForza ItaliaForza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
(defunct)
- Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
- Lithuanian Christian DemocratsLithuanian Christian DemocratsThe Lithuanian Christian Democrats or LKD was a Christian-democratic political party in Lithuania. Originally established in 1905, it was closely associated with the Roman Catholic Church...
(defunct)
- Peasants' Christian Democratic PartyPeasants' Christian Democratic Party of MoldovaThe Republican Popular Party is a political party in Moldova. It was founded in 1999 as Peasants' Christian Democratic Party of Moldova...
- Popular Christian Democratic Party
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Namibia)The Christian Democratic Party was a political party in Namibia led by Petrus "Piet" Matheus Junius. The Chrstian Democratic Union merged into CDP.-See also:*List of political parties in Namibia...
(defunct) - Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Namibia)The Christian Democratic Union was a political party in Namibia led by Andrew Kloppers.-History:It was formed in 1982 through a merger of the Liberal Party and the Democratic People's Party...
(defunct) - Damara Christian Democratic PartyDamara Christian Democratic PartyThe Damara Christian Democratic Party was a political party in Namibia, initially known as the Damara Action Group. The party was formed in 1978 and led by Theophelus Arend....
(defunct) - Namibia Christian Democratic PartyNamibia Christian Democratic PartyThe Namibia Christian Democratic Party was a political party in Namibia, led by Hans Röhr. It was founded in 1978 in Kavango. Wolfgang Adam was the honorary president of the party....
(defunct)
- see Christian Democracy in the NetherlandsChristian democracy in the NetherlandsThis article gives an overview of christian democracy in the Netherlands, which is also called confessional politics, including political Catholicism and Protestantism. It is limited to Christian democratic parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament...
for fuller treatment - Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
formed from the three defunct CD parties below- Anti Revolutionary PartyAnti Revolutionary PartyThe Anti Revolutionary Party was a Dutch Protestant Christian democratic political party. The ARP is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal. After 1917 the party never received more than twenty percent of the vote.-History before 1879:The anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus...
(defunct) the first Christian Democratic party in history, founded in 1879 by Abraham KuyperAbraham KuyperAbraham Kuijper generally known as Abraham Kuyper, was a Dutch politician, journalist, statesman and theologian... - Catholic People's PartyCatholic People's PartyThe Catholic People's Party was a Catholic Christian democratic Dutch political party. During its entire existence, the party was in government. The party is one of the precursors of the Christian Democratic Appeal.- 1945-1965 :The KVP was founded on 22 December, 1945...
(defunct) - Christian Historical UnionChristian Historical UnionThe Christian Historical Union was a Dutch conservative Protestant political party. The CHU is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal.-History before 1908:...
(defunct)
- Anti Revolutionary Party
- Christian UnionChristianUnionThe ChristianUnion , abbreviated to CU, is a Dutch Christian democratic political party. A centrist party, the CU's policies combine social conservatism and soft euroscepticism with more centre-left positions on economic, immigration, and environmental issues.Founded in 2000 as a merger of the...
formed from the two defunct CD parties below- Reformed Political Alliance (defunct)
- Reformatory Political FederationReformatory Political FederationThe Reformatory Political Federation was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.-History:The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians...
(defunct)
- Reformed Political PartyReformed Political PartyThe Reformed Political Party is an orthodox Protestant Dutch political party. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform, but is a synonym for Calvinist. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands in its current form, and for its entire existence has been in opposition...
broke from the ARPAnti Revolutionary PartyThe Anti Revolutionary Party was a Dutch Protestant Christian democratic political party. The ARP is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal. After 1917 the party never received more than twenty percent of the vote.-History before 1879:The anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus...
in 1918 for ideological reasons
- Nicaraguan Christian Democratic UnionNicaraguan Christian Democratic UnionThe Christian Democratic Union is a Nicaraguan political party founded by the center-left Popular Social Christian Party and the center-right Democratic Party of National Confidence in 1992. As of 2006, the UDC is part of the Sandinista National Liberation Front alliance....
- Nicaraguan Social Christian PartyNicaraguan Social Christian PartyThe Social Christian Party is a Nicaraguan political party with Christian democrat ideology founded in 1957. As of 2006, the PSC is part of the Sandinista Renovation Movement alliance in the Nicaraguan general election, 2006....
- Popular Social Christian PartyPopular Social Christian PartyThe Popular Social Christian Party , a 1978 off-shoot of the Social Christian Party is a Nicaraguan political party. The PPSC got 6 seats in the 1984 Legislative elections and 3 seats seats in the 1990 elections. In 1992 the PPSC and the Democratic Party of National Confidence formed the...
(defunct)
- Christian Democrat PartyChristian Democrat Party (Peru)Christian Democrat Party , a political party in Peru that surged in 1956. Founded by Ernesto Alayza Grundy, Luis Bedoya Reyes, Mario Polar Ugarteche, Héctor Cornejo Chávez, Roberto Ramírez del Villar and others....
- Christian People's PartyChristian People's Party (Peru)The Christian People's Party is a center-right and conservative political party based on Christian Democracy. It was founded in 1966 by a group of Peruvian Christian Democracy dissidents, led by Luis Bedoya Reyes....
- Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian-Muslim Democrats
- Bangon Pilipinas PartyBangon Pilipinas PartyBangon Pilipinas Party is a political party in the Philippines, formed in 2004 and unaffiliated with either major coalition in the 2007 elections.-Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2010:...
- Democratic and Social Center / People's PartyDemocratic and Social Center / People's PartyThe Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , abbreviated to CDS–PP, is a Portuguese political party, with an ideological foundation of Conservatism, Christian democracy and classical liberalism. In voting ballots its name appears only as People's Party, with the acronym CDS–PP unchanged.It...
- Social Democratic PartySocial Democratic Party (Portugal)The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
- Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
- Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania)Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania)The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party...
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in RomaniaDemocratic Union of Hungarians in RomaniaThe Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, is the main political organisation representing the ethnic Hungarians of Romania....
- Christian Democratic People's AllianceChristian Democratic People's AllianceThe Christian Democratic People's Alliance is a political party in Romania without parliamentary representation....
- Christian Democratic People's Party
- National Democratic Christian PartyNational Democratic Christian PartyThe National Democratic Christian Party is a small Romanian political party. It is not represented in parliament. In the 2008 elections, it won only 316 votes for the Chamber of Deputies and 1365 votes for the Senate. It is mainly a local party working in Prahova County and in the county capital...
- New Generation Party – Christian Democratic
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Samoa)The Christian Democratic Party was a political party in Samoa. The party was founded in February 1985 by the supporters of former Prime Minister Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi...
(defunct) - Samoan Democratic United PartySamoan Democratic United PartyThe Samoan Democratic United Party is the main opposition party of Samoa. The SDUP was formed in 2003 from the Samoan National Development Party and the Samoan United Independent Party...
- Democratic Party of SerbiaDemocratic Party of SerbiaThe Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
- Christian Democratic Party
- Christian Democratic MovementChristian Democratic MovementThe Christian Democratic Movement is a political party in Slovakia.It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the...
- Party of the Hungarian CoalitionParty of the Hungarian CoalitionThe Party of the Hungarian Coalition, officially registered under the compound name Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja, is a political party in Slovakia, for the ethnic Hungarian minority...
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
- African Christian Democratic Party
- United Christian Democratic Party
- Christian Democratic Alliance
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (South Africa)The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian social conservative party in South Africa. The party was registered on 9 September 1999 and was formally launched a year later...
- Christen Party/Christian Party (South Africa)
- Basque Nationalist PartyBasque Nationalist PartyThe Basque National Party is the largest and oldest Basque nationalist party. It is currently the largest political party in the Basque Autonomous Community also with a minor presence in Navarre and a marginal one in the French Basque Country...
- Democratic Union of CataloniaDemocratic Union of CataloniaThe Democratic Union of Catalonia is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. Together with the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, it is part of the Convergence and Union coalition.It describes itself as Catalan nationalist and Christian Democrat....
- People's PartyPeople's Party (Spain)The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
- Christian Democratic People's Party of SwitzerlandChristian Democratic People's Party of SwitzerlandThe Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
- Evangelical People's Party of SwitzerlandEvangelical People's Party of SwitzerlandThe Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland is a political party in Switzerland.In questions of redistribution, education, environmentalism, immigration policy, the EVP stands rather center-left. In questions of euthanasia, abortion, and registered partnership and other typically Christian...
- Federal Democratic Union
- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Ukraine)The Christian Democratic Union is a political party in Ukraine. On December 2, 2002, in Athens, Greece the party became a member of Centrist Democrat International. It is negotiated now its associated membership in the European People's Party...
- Party of Christian-Popular UnionParty of Christian-Popular UnionThe Party of Christian-Popular Union was a political party in Ukraine.At the legislative elections, 30 March 2002, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine. In October 2008 the party merged with the Christian Democratic Union....
(defunct)
- Christian Party
- Christian Peoples AllianceChristian Peoples AllianceThe Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democratic political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form in 1999; it grew out of a cross-party advocacy group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The party is active throughout England and has fledgling groups specific...
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (UK)The Christian Democratic Party is a minor British Christian democrat political party founded in 1999 by Christine West. It is based in Middleton, Greater Manchester....
Other entities
- Global - Centrist Democrat InternationalCentrist Democrat InternationalThe Centrist Democrat International was until 2001 the Christian Democrat International and before that the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International...
headquartered in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... - European Union - European People's PartyEuropean People's PartyThe European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
Centrist Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European Parliament - Americas - Christian Democrat Organization of AmericaChristian Democrat Organization of AmericaThe Christian Democrat Organization of America is an international organization made up of political parties, groups and associations that share Christian humanist principles...
Centrist Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South
Related philosophies
- Catholic social teachingCatholic social teachingCatholic social teaching is a body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state...
- CommunitarianismCommunitarianismCommunitarianism is an ideology that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. That community may be the family unit, but it can also be understood in a far wider sense of personal interaction, of geographical location, or of shared history.-Terminology:Though the term...
- DistributismDistributismDistributism is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Catholic thinkers as G. K...
- Neo-CalvinismNeo-CalvinismNeo-Calvinism, a form of Dutch Calvinism, is the movement initiated by the theologian and former Dutch prime minister Abraham Kuyper.- Introduction :...
- Social conservatismSocial conservatismSocial Conservatism is primarily a political, and usually morally influenced, ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. Social conservatism is a form of authoritarianism often associated with the position that the federal government should have a greater role...
- Social market economySocial market economyThe social market economy is the main economic model used in West Germany after World War II. It is based on the economic philosophy of Ordoliberalism from the Freiburg School...
- Political catholicismPolitical CatholicismPolitical catholicism is a political and cultural conception which promotes the ideas and social teaching of the Catholic Church in public life...
- Christian politics