List of Christian democratic parties

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.[3] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Alphabetical list by country

A

 Albania
 Argentina
 Armenia
 Aruba
 Australia
 Austria

B

 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bolivia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 Burundi

C

 Canada
 Cape Verde
  • Movement for Democracy
  • União Caboverdeana Independente e Democratica (Cape Verdean Union for an Independent Democracy) – UCID
 Chile
 Colombia
 Costa Rica
 Croatia
 Cuba
 Curaçao
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic

D

 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Denmark
 Dominican Republic

E

 East Timor
 Ecuador
 Egypt
  • Christian Democratic Party (Egypt), a Coptic party in Egypt founded in the 1950s.[16]
 El Salvador
 Estonia
 European Union

F

 Faroe Islands
 Finland
 France

G

 Georgia
 Germany
 Gibraltar
 Greece

H

 Honduras
 Hungary

I

 Indonesia
 Ireland
 Iraq
 Italy

K

 Kosovo

L

 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Lebanon
 Luxembourg

M

 Malta
 Mexico
 Moldova

N

 Netherlands
 Nicaragua
 North Macedonia
 Norway

P

 Panama
 Papua New Guinea
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Philippines
 Poland
 Portugal

R

 Romania
 Russia
 Rwanda

S

 San Marino
 Saint Lucia
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Serbia

 Sint Maarten

 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Africa
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland

U

 Ukraine
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Uruguay

V

 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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