List of Christian democratic parties
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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.
[edit] List of Christian democratic parties organized by country
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Albania
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Andorra
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Argentina
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Aruba
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Australia
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Austria
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Belarus
- Belarusian Christian Democracy (in process of registration)
- Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front
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Belgium
- Christian Democratic and Flemish (Dutch language)
- Humanist Democratic Centre (French language)
- Citizens' Movement for Change (French language)
- Christian Social Party (Belgium) (German language)
- Christene Volkspartij (defunct) (Dutch language)
- Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) (Dutch and French language)
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Bolivia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Christian Democrats (defunct)
- Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian Democratic Union 1990
- Croatian Peasant Party - New Croatian Initiative
- Croatian Christian Democratic Union (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Brazil
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Bulgaria
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Canada
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Chile
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Cuba
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Colombia
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Christian Democrat Party
- Congolese Alliance of Christian Democrats
- Democratic Social Christian Party
- Federalist Christian Democracy-Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy
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Costa Rica
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Croatia
- Croatian Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Croatian Christian Democratic Union
- Croatian Demochristians (defunct)
- Croatian Demochristian Party
- Croatian Democratic Union
- Croatian Democratic Party (defunct)
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Cuba
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
- Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party
- Christian Democratic Party (merged later with Civic Democratic Party)
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Denmark
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Dominican Republic
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East Timor
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estonia
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Fiji
- Christian Democratic Alliance (defunct)
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Finland
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France
- Christian Democratic Party (Part Chrétien-démocrate)
- Centre of Social Democrats (defunct)
- People's Republican Movement (defunct)
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Georgia
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Germany
- Centre Party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Christian Social Union of Bavaria
- Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (defunct)
- Partei Bibeltreuer Christen (PBC) (Party of Bible-abiding Christians)
- Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und Familie (AUF-Partei) (Party for Labour, Environment and Family)
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Gibraltar
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Greece
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Haiti
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Honduras
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Hungary
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Indonesia
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Ireland
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Italy
- Movement for Autonomy
- New Christian Democracy
- Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
- UDEUR Populars
- Christian Democracy (Italy, 1997)
- Christian Democracy (Italy)
- Forza Italia (defunct)
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Jamaica
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Kosovo
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Lebanon
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Macedonia
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Mexico
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Moldova
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Montenegro
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Namibia
- Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Christian Democratic Union (defunct)
- Damara Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Namibia Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
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Netherlands
- see Christian Democracy in the Netherlands for fuller treatment
- Christian Democratic Appeal – formed from the three defunct CD parties below
- Anti Revolutionary Party (defunct) – the first Christian Democratic party in history, founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper
- Catholic People's Party (defunct)
- Christian Historical Union (defunct)
- Christian Union – formed from the two defunct CD parties below
- Reformed Political Alliance (defunct)
- Reformatory Political Federation (defunct)
- Reformed Political Party – broke from the ARP in 1918 for ideological reasons
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Netherlands Antilles
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
- Nicaraguan Christian Democratic Union
- Nicaraguan Social Christian Party
- Popular Social Christian Party (defunct)
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Norway
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Panama
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Papua New Guinea
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Philippines
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Portugal
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Romania
- Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
- Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania)
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
- Christian Democratic People's Alliance
- Christian Democratic People's Party
- National Democratic Christian Party
- New Generation Party – Christian Democratic
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Russia
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Rwanda
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Samoa
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San Marino
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Serbia
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Slovakia
- Christian Democratic Movement
- Party of the Hungarian Coalition
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
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Slovenia
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South Africa
- African Christian Democratic Party
- United Christian Democratic Party
- Christian Democratic Alliance
- Christian Democratic Party
- Christen Party/Christian Party (South Africa)
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
- Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
- Federal Democratic Union
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Syria
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
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- Global - Centrist Democrat International – headquartered in Brussels
- European Union - European People's Party – Centrist Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European Parliament
- Americas - Christian Democrat Organization of America – Centrist Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South
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[edit] Related philosophies
- Catholic social teaching
- Communitarianism
- Distributism
- Neo-Calvinism
- Social conservatism
- Social market economy
- Political catholicism
- Christian politics