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The centre-right is a political
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
, or organisations (such as think tank
Think tank

A think tank is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice....
s) whose views stretch from the centre
Centrism

In politics, centrism usually refers to the political idea of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle between different political extremes....
 to the right on the left-right spectrum
Left-Right politics

Left-right politics or the left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, ideology, or political party along a one-dimensional political spectrum, with the far-left being radical politics, the Left liberal, the Right conservative, and the far-right reactionary....
, excluding far right
Far right

Far right, extreme right, hard right, ultra-right or radical right are terms used to discuss the Qualitative research or Quantitative research position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum....
 stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition
Coalition

A coalition is an Wiktionary:alliance among individuals, during which they cooperate in Joint venture, each in his own self-interest. Joining forces together for a common cause....
 of centrist and right-of-centre parties. Many political parties of the centre-right are known to have various factions and members who advocate right-of-centre policies.

finition of the term "centre-right" is necessarily broad and approximate because political terms have varying meanings in different countries.






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The centre-right is a political
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
, or organisations (such as think tank
Think tank

A think tank is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice....
s) whose views stretch from the centre
Centrism

In politics, centrism usually refers to the political idea of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle between different political extremes....
 to the right on the left-right spectrum
Left-Right politics

Left-right politics or the left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, ideology, or political party along a one-dimensional political spectrum, with the far-left being radical politics, the Left liberal, the Right conservative, and the far-right reactionary....
, excluding far right
Far right

Far right, extreme right, hard right, ultra-right or radical right are terms used to discuss the Qualitative research or Quantitative research position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum....
 stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition
Coalition

A coalition is an Wiktionary:alliance among individuals, during which they cooperate in Joint venture, each in his own self-interest. Joining forces together for a common cause....
 of centrist and right-of-centre parties. Many political parties of the centre-right are known to have various factions and members who advocate right-of-centre policies.

Ideological definition of the centre-right

A definition of the term "centre-right" is necessarily broad and approximate because political terms have varying meanings in different countries. Parties of the centre-right generally support liberal democracy
Liberal democracy

Liberal democracy is the dominant form of democracy in the 21st century. During the Cold War, liberal democracies were contrasted with the Communist People's Republics or "Popular Democracies", which claimed an alternative conception of democracy....
, capitalism
Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, and the means of producing wealth, are private property and controlled rather than commonly, publicly, or state-owned and controlled....
, the market economy
Market economy

A market economy is a social system based on the division of labor in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system set by supply and demand....
, private property rights and the existence of the welfare state
Welfare State

The Welfare State of the United Kingdom was prefigured in the William Beveridge Report in 1942, which identified five "Giant Evils" in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease....
 in some form. They generally oppose socialism
Socialism

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
 and extreme secularism
Secularism

Secularism is the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs.In one sense, secularism may assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters...
. Such a definition generally includes political parties that base their ideology and policies upon Conservatism
Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social term whose meaning has changed in different countries and time periods, but which usually indicates support for the status quo or the status quo ante....
 and economic liberalism
Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is the economic component of classical liberalism.Theories in support of economic liberalism were developed in the Age of Enlightenment, and believed to be first fully formulated by Adam Smith which advocates...
.

However, parties that subscribe to social liberalism
Social liberalism

Social liberalism is a political position that supports heavier economic regulation and more welfare than other types of liberalism, particularly classical liberalism....
 are often associated with the centre-left whereas those on the right of the liberal
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
 movement are often defined as Conservative liberals
Conservative liberalism

Conservative liberalism is a variant of liberalism, combining liberal values and policies with Conservatism stances, or, more simply, representing the right-wing of the liberal movement....
. Centre-right parties often ground themselves in tradition
Tradition

The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:...
al values; as such, most predominantly Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 states possess a competitive centre-right Christian democratic party, while other centre-right parties may claim to uphold traditional Islamic values (such as in Pakistan) or those of other religious faiths, depending on the region.

The use of centre-right is sometimes expanded to include populist
Populism

Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the elites." Populism may involve either a philosophy urging social and political system changes and/or a rhetorical style deployed by members of political or social movements competing for advantage within the existing party system....
 right-of-centre parties such as the Freedom Party of Austria
Freedom Party of Austria

The Freedom Party of Austria is a national conservatism list of political parties in Austria. Its current leader is Heinz-Christian Strache. The party sees its roots in the "freedom values" of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas....
, the Danish People's Party
Danish People's Party

The Danish People's Party is a social conservatism, national conservative political party in Denmark. In the Danish parliamentary election, 2007, it took 25 seats in the 179-member Folketinget , with 13.8% of the vote, remaining the third largest party in Denmark....
, and the Law and Justice
Law and Justice

Law and Justice is a conservatism List of political parties in Poland.The party was established in 2001, by the Kaczynski twins, Lech Kaczynski, the current President of Poland, and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, current party chairman....
 (PiS) party in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
. While the Freedom Party and the Danish People's Party would generally be classified as right-wing, parties like Law and Justice are both populist and conservative, and so are sometimes classified centre-right.

Examples of centre-right parties

  • Examples of centre-right political parties include:
  • In Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    :
    • Civic Coalition
      Civic Coalition

      The Civic Coalition is a political coalition in Argentina. It was founded by Elisa Carri?, as an association supported by the ARI party , as well as a number of other political groups and individual political leaders....
    • Republican Proposal
      Republican Proposal

      Republican Proposal is a centre-right electoral front in Argentina. It is usually referred to as PRO.PRO is principally an alliance between Commitment to Change, the party of Mauricio Macri based in Buenos Aires, and Recreate for Growth of Ricardo L?pez Murphy....
  • In Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    :
    • The Coalition
      Coalition (Australia)

      The Coalition in Australian politics refers to a pragmatic grouping of centre-right parties that has existed in the form of a coalition since 1922....
       including:
      • Liberal Party of Australia
        Liberal Party of Australia

        The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....
      • National Party of Australia
        National Party of Australia

        The National Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....
    • Liberal National Party of Queensland formed after Lib/Nat merger at State level.
    • Country Liberal Party
      Country Liberal Party

      The Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal Party of Australia and National Party of Australia parties....
      , a Northern Territory
      Northern Territory

      The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
       based party, affiliated with the Liberal and National parties, and a member of the Coalition.
  • In The Bahamas:
    • Free National Movement
      Free National Movement

      The Free National Movement is a socially liberal and economically conservative political party in The Bahamas. It is currently the ruling party, winning 23 of the 41 seats in the Bahamas House of Assembly on May 2, 2007, two of these seats are currently being contested in Electorial Court by the opposition Progressive Liberal Party led by P...
  • In Brazil
    Brazil

    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
    :
    • Democrats
      Democrats (Brazil)

      The Democrats is a political party in Brazil, considered the main centre-right party of Brazil. Despite its former name , the party affiliates itself to the Centrist Democrat International, formerly Christian Democrat International....
  • In Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    :
    • Conservative Party of Canada
      Conservative Party of Canada

      The Conservative Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Tories, is a major political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada....
  • In the Republic of China
    Republic of China

    The Republic of China , also known as Nationalist China is a country in East Asia that has evolved from a single-party state with full global recognition into a multi-party democratic state with Political status of Taiwan....
    :
    • The Pan-Blue Coalition
      Pan-Blue Coalition

      The Pan-Blue Coalition or Pan-Blue Force, is a political alliance in the Republic of China , consisting of the Kuomintang , the People First Party , and the New Party ....
       including:
      • Kuomintang (KMT)
        Kuomintang

        The Kuomintang of China , also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is the founding and the ruling party of the Republic of China ....
  • In Chile
    Chile

    Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
    :
    • Renovación Nacional
      Renovación Nacional

      Renovaci?n Nacional may refer to:* National Renewal * National Renewal ...
  • In The Czech Republic:
    • Civic Democratic Party
      Civic Democratic Party

      The Civic Democratic Party is the largest right-wing political party in the Czech Republic.The party was founded in 1991, after the Civic Forum split, by V?clav Klaus and it is currently led by Mirek Topol?nek since 2002....
    • KDU-CSL
  • In Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
    :
    • Conservative People's Party
      Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

      The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Denmark political party. The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, H?jre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate fraction of Venstre , the liberals....
    • Venstre, Liberal Party of Denmark
      Venstre (Denmark)

      VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party....
  • In the European Parliament
    European Parliament

    The European Parliament is the only direct election parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union , it forms the bicameral Institutions of the European Union#Legislature of the Institutions of the European Union and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world....
    :
    • European People's Party
      European People's Party

      The European People's Party is a Christian Democracy, Liberal conservatism and Conservatism European political party. Founded in 1976, the EPP has 72 member-parties from 39 countries, 12 EU and 6 non-EU heads of government, 10 European Commissioners , and the largest group in the European Parliament with 288 members....
  • In Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    :
    • National Coalition Party
      National Coalition Party (Finland)

      The National Coalition Party is a centre-right Politics of Finland party in Finland. The party was founded on December 9, 1918 by Conservatism fennomans....
    • Christian Democrats
      Christian Democrats (Finland)

      The Christian Democrats is a Politics of Finland party in Finland. The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of the Conservatism National Coalition Party ....
    • Swedish People's Party
      Swedish People's Party (Finland)

      The Swedish Peoples' Party is a Swedish-speaking minority party and mainly liberal parties party in Finland. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party....
  • In France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    :
    • Union for a Popular Movement
      Union for a Popular Movement

      The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right List of political parties in France.Founded in 2002, the party has an absolute majority in the French National Assembly and a plurality in the French Senate....
    • New Centre
      New Centre

      New Centre , also known as the European Social Liberal Party is a political party in France, formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy ? including a majority of former parliamentarians ? who did not agree with Fran?ois Bayrou's decision to found the Democratic Movement and wanted to support the newly elected president...
  • In Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    :
    • Free Democratic Party
      Free Democratic Party (Germany)

      The Free Democratic Party is a centre-right Liberalism political party in Germany. The party's ideology combines beliefs in individual liberty, in a state or government "that is as limited as possible and as extensive as necessary" ....
  • In Ghana
    Ghana

    The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
    :
    • The New Patriotic Party
      New Patriotic Party

      The New Patriotic Party is the Liberalism political party in Ghana and one of two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics. The party is center-right, but is considered to be more liberal than its leading rival, the National Democratic Congress ....
  • In Great Britain
    Great Britain

    Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
    :
    • The Conservative Party
      Conservative Party (UK)

      The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
    • United Kingdom Independence Party
      United Kingdom Independence Party

      The United Kingdom Independence Party is a right-wing United Kingdom political party. Its principal aim is the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union....
  • In Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
    :
    • New Democracy
      New Democracy (Greece)

      New Democracy , founded in 1974, is the main centre-right political party in Greece. After an initial period of success in the 1970s, ND spent most of the 1980s and 1990s in opposition....
  • In Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    :
    • Alliance of Young Democrats
  • In Iceland
    Iceland

    Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
    :
    • Independence Party
    • Liberal Party
      Liberal Party (Iceland)

      The Liberal Party is an Icelandic centre-right political party. The party supports Iceland's membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization but is firmly opposed to the U.S....
  • In India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    :
    • Bharatiya Janata Party
      Bharatiya Janata Party

      The Bharatiya Janata Party , founded in 1980, is a major political party of India. Designed to represent the country's Hinduism and Centre-right in nature, the party advocates Conservatism social policies, self reliance, robust economic growth, foreign policy driven by a nationalist agenda, and strong national defense....
  • In Ireland
    Republic of Ireland

    Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
    :
    • Fianna Fáil
      Fianna Fáil

      Fianna F?il ? The Republican Party , shortened to Fianna F?il is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the leading party in a coalition government with the Green Party , which also has the support of five Independent Teachta D?la including two former Progressive Democrats ....
    • Fine Gael
      Fine Gael

      Fine Gael ? The United Ireland Party, shortened to Fine Gael is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. It claims a membership of 30,000, and is the largest parliamentary opposition party in the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament....
    • Progressive Democrats
      Progressive Democrats

      The Progressive Democrats , commonly known as the PDs, is a free-market liberal parties in the Republic of Ireland. On 8 November 2008, the party began the process of disbanding, and will formally dissolve later in 2009....
  • In Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    :
    • The People of Freedom
      The People of Freedom

      The People of Freedom is a centre-right liberal conservatism list of political parties in Italy. In coalition with Lega Nord and the Movement for Autonomy, it currently forms Italy's government....
  • In Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    :
    • The Liberal Democratic Party
      Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

      The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre right, Conservatism political party and the largest party in Japan and one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world....
  • In Republic of Korea
    • Liberty Forward Party
      Liberty Forward Party

      Liberty Forward Party is a conservative political party in South Korea. This party was created by Lee Hoi Chang, the current party president, after the 2007 presidential election in an attempt to distance themselves from Grand National Party....
    • Grand National Party
      Grand National Party

      The Grand National Party is a conservative and Right-wing political party in South Korea. Its Korean name, Hannara, may be translated either as "Grand Nation" or "One Nation," due to the double meaning of han....
  • In Luxembourg
    Luxembourg

    Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
    :
    • Christian Social People's Party
      Christian Social People's Party

      The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democracy and conservatism ideology, and is strongly pro-European - it is a member of the European People's Party ....
  • In The Netherlands:
    • Christian Democratic Appeal
      Christian Democratic Appeal

      The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Politics of the Netherlands Christian democracy political party. The party is currently the biggest coalition partner in the fourth Balkenende cabinet....
    • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
      People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

      The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a Politics of the Netherlands Liberalism political party. The VVD is the most vocal supporter of private enterprise in the Netherlands although supportive of the welfare state and is often perceived as a more free market party in contrast to the social liberalism D'66....
  • In New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
    • New Zealand National Party
      New Zealand National Party

      The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties....
  • In Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland

    conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
    :
    • Democratic Unionist Party
      Democratic Unionist Party

      The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main Unionism political party in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson , it is the largest party in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom....
    • Ulster Unionist Party
      Ulster Unionist Party

      The Ulster Unionist Party is the more moderate of the two main Unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Prior to the split in Unionism in the late 1960s, when the former Protestant Unionist Party began to attract more hard line support away from the UUP, it governed Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972 as the sole Unionist party....
  • In Norway
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
    :
    • Conservative Party of Norway
      Conservative Party of Norway

      The Conservative Party is a Norway political party. Founded in 1884, it is Norway's second oldest party. The current leader is Erna Solberg....
    • Christian Democratic Party
    • Liberal Party of Norway
  • In Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
    :
    • The Pakistan Muslim League (N)
      Pakistan Muslim League (N)

      The Pakistan Muslim League is a political party in Pakistan. It is led by former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif....
    • The Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
      Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

      The Pakistan Muslim League or officially Pakistan Muslim League is a centrist, conservative political party in Pakistan. The present form of PML-Q was formed in 2001 on the instigation of Pakistan's Establishment ...
    • The Original Pakistan Muslim League
      Pakistan Muslim League

      The Pakistan Muslim League was founded in 1962, as a successor to the previously disbanded Muslim League#The League in Pakistan in Pakistan. Unlike the original PML which ended in 1958 when General Ayub Khan banned all political parties, each subsequent Muslim League was in some way propped by the military dictators of the time: Ayub Khan, Ge...
  • In the Philippines:
    • The Nacionalista Party
      Nacionalista Party

      The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in the Philippines today and was responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since its founding in 1907....
  • In Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    :
    • The Social Democratic Party
      Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

      The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD, however in voting ballots its Acronym and initialism appears as PPD/PSD, the first three letters coming from the party's first name Partido Popular Democr?tico ....
  • In Romania
    Romania

    Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
    :
    • Democratic Liberal Party
      Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)

      The Democratic Liberal Party is a centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on December 15, 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party ....
    • National Liberal Party
      National Liberal Party

      National Liberal Party may mean:* National Liberal Party * National Liberal Party * National Liberal Party * National Liberal Party * National Liberal Party ...
  • In Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    :
    • Union of Right Forces
      Union of Right Forces

      The Union of Right Forces, or SPS , was a Russian democratic opposition party associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the 'Young Reformers' of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar....
  • In Slovakia
    Slovakia

    Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
    :
    • Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party
      Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party

      The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union ? Democratic Party is a right-wing, christian - democratic, political party in Slovakia. Before its merger with the Democratic Party on January 21, 2006, it was called the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union ....
    • Christian Democratic Movement
      Christian Democratic Movement

      The 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 February 7, 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the Conscientious objection on religious grounds....
  • In Slovenia
    Slovenia

    Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
    :
    • Slovenian Democratic Party
      Slovenian Democratic Party

      The Slovenian Democratic Party , known until 2003 as the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia is a Slovenian center-right liberal conservative party....
    • Slovenian People's Party
      Slovenian People's Party

      The Slovenian People's Party is a political party in Slovenia. It is led by Bojan ?rot. In the legislative elections in Slovenia, on 3 October 2004, the party won 6.8% of the popular vote and 7 out of 90 seats....
    • New Slovenia
      New Slovenia

      The New Slovenia ? Christian People's Party or simply New Slovenia, NSi is a right wing political party in Slovenia. At the last legislative elections in Slovenia, 21 September 2008, the party won 3.4 % of the popular vote and did not win any seats in the 90-seat parliament....
  • In Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    :
    • People's Party
      People's Party (Spain)

      The People's Party is the main Right-wing politics political party in Spain.The People's Party was a refoundation of the Popular Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's r?gime, and a politician known to have moderate views....
  • In Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
    :
    • United National Party
      United National Party

      The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP Sinhalese language: ?????? ????? ????? , Tamil language: ?????? ??????? ?????), is a leading political party in Sri Lanka....
  • In Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
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    • The Alliance for Sweden
      Alliance for Sweden

      Alliance for Sweden is a political alliance in Sweden. It consists of the four centre-right political party in the Riksdag. Although it was formed while in opposition , it achieved a majority in the Swedish general election, 2006 of 17 September 2006, forming the current coalition government....
       coalition including:
      • Moderate Party
        Moderate Party

        The Moderate Party is a centre-right, Liberal conservatism List of political parties in Sweden in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of Conservatism in the Riksdag....
      • Centre Party
        Centre Party (Sweden)

        The Centre Party is a Nordic Agrarian parties political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party"....
      • Christian Democrats
        Christian Democrats (Sweden)

        The Christian Democrats is a Politics of Sweden party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on their own accord in 1991....
      • Liberal People's Party
        Liberal People's Party (Sweden)

        The Liberal People's Party is a List of political parties in Sweden in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right bloc Alliance for Sweden, which achieved a majority in the Swedish general election, 2006 of 17 September 2006....
  • In Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
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    • Swiss People's Party
      Swiss People's Party

      The Swiss People's Party also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre is a right-wing politics political party in Switzerland.The Swiss People's Party is the product of a 1971 merger of the Bauern-, Gewerbe- und B?rgerpartei and the Swiss Democratic Party ....
    • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
      Free Democratic Party of Switzerland

      The Free Democratic Party of Switzerland is a Liberalism in Switzerland. Its youth organisation is Young Liberals .The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party....
  • In Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
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    • Democratic Party
    • Justice and Development Party
      Justice and Development Party (Turkey)

      The Justice and Development Party is the incumbent Turkey political party. The AKP portrays itself as a moderate, conservative, pro-Western party that advocates a liberal market economy and Accession of Turkey to the European Union....
    • Motherland Party
      Motherland Party (Turkey)

      The Motherland Party of Turkey, is a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut ?zal. The ANAP is considered a centre-right nationalist party which supported restrictions on the role that government can play in the economy, which favours private capital and enterprise, and which allows for some public expressions of religion...
    • Young Party
      Young Party

      The Young Party is a nationalist, secular, Liberalism political party in Turkey....
  • In the United States:
    • Republican Party
      Republican Party (United States)

      The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....


See also

  • Left-Right politics
    Left-Right politics

    Left-right politics or the left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, ideology, or political party along a one-dimensional political spectrum, with the far-left being radical politics, the Left liberal, the Right conservative, and the far-right reactionary....
    • Centre-left
      Centre-left

      The centre-left is a politics term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political party or organisations whose views stretch from the centrism to the left-wing on the Left-Right politics, excluding far left stances....
    • Ultra leftism
      Ultra leftism

      Ultra-leftism has two, overlapping uses. It is used as a generally pejorative term for certain types of positions on the left-wing politics that are seen as extreme or intransigent in particular ways ....
    • Far left
      Far left

      Far left and extreme left are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within the political spectrum. The terms far left and far right are often used to imply that someone is an Extremism....
    • Left-wing politics
      Left-wing politics

      In politics, left-wing, leftist, and the Left are terms applied to Social progressivism and Egalitarianism positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, left-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the left opposed the monarchy and supported Political radicalism reform....
    • Right-wing politics
      Right-wing politics

      In politics, right-wing, rightist and the Right are terms applied to Conservatism and reactionary positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, right-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported the monarchy and aristocracy....
    • Far right
      Far right

      Far right, extreme right, hard right, ultra-right or radical right are terms used to discuss the Qualitative research or Quantitative research position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum....
  • Ideology
    Ideology

    An ideology is a set of aims and ideas, especially in politics. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society....
  • Glossary of the French Revolution
    Glossary of the French Revolution

    This is a glossary of the French Revolution. It generally does not explicate names of individual people or their political associations; those can be found in List of people associated with the French Revolution....
  • Political spectrum
    Political spectrum

    A political spectrum is a way of modeling different politics positions by placing them upon one or more geometry coordinate axis symbolizing independent political dimensions....
  • Political compass
    Political compass

    A political compass or political diamond is a Political spectrum#Multi-axis models used to label or organize political thought on several dimensions....
  • Nolan chart
    Nolan Chart

    The Nolan Chart is a politics diagram popularized by the United States libertarianism David Nolan . He created it to illustrate the claim that libertarianism stands for both economic freedom and personal freedom , in graphic contrast to left-wing politics "liberalism," which, according to Nolan, advocates only "personal freedom", and right...
  • World's Smallest Political Quiz
    World's Smallest Political Quiz

    The World's Smallest Political Quiz is a 10-question quiz designed as an outreach and educational tool by the libertarian Advocates for Self-Government, created by Marshall Fritz....