List of Christian democratic parties

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Christian democratic parties are 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 Neo-Calvinist theology. [1] [2] Christian democracy 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 centre-right on cultural, social and moral issues, but centre-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" as well as the environment, [3] [nb 1] generally supporting a social market economy. [5] Christian democracy can be seen as either conservative, centrist, or liberal / left of, right of, or center of the mainstream political parties depending on the social and political atmosphere of a given country and the positions held by individual Christian democratic parties. 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 centre-right political movement in Europe, but by contrast, Christian democratic parties in Latin America tend to be left-leaning. [6] Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy. In the United States, Christian democratic parties of Europe and Latin America, deemed conservative and liberal respectively in their geopolitical regions, are both generally regarded as farther left-wing of the mainstream.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Alphabetical list by country

A

Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

B

Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi

C

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

D

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic

E

Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union

F

Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of France.svg  France

G

Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

H

Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

I

Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

K

Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo

L

Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg

M

Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova

N

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

P

Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

R

Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda

S

Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

Flag of Sint Maarten.svg  Sint Maarten

Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

U

Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

V

Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela

Other entities

Indices

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The basic tenets of Christian democracy call for applying Christian principles to public policy; Christian democratic parties tend to be socially conservative but otherwise left of center with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy. [4]

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