Transnational political party

A transnational political party is a single political party with members or representatives in more than one country.

A well-known example is the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, established as an Arab nationalist and socialist party aspiring to pan-Arab political union. The party's central governing body, the National Command, included representatives from its organisations in all the Arab countries where Ba'athists had a significant presence. Each branch of the party, in turn, had a local governing body, the Regional Command, and although practical power became centred in the Syrian and Iraqi Regional Commands and the National Command of each faction assumed an essentially symbolic role, the party split in 1966, with different factions taking control in Syria and Iraq, each faction retained a pan-Arab structure.

Another example of a transnational political party is Sinn Féin, which has 7 Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament, and 37 Teachtaí Dála in the Irish Dáil Éireann. Sinn Féin also has 26 MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Some transnational organisations also have a party-political dimension. The best example of this is the European Union, in which groups of national political parties operate together when participating in EU institutions, especially the European Parliament, as European political parties, or "Europarties". However, Europarties are distinct from transnational political parties in that they do not operate at the national level.

In a broad sense, global movements such as communism, socialism, and Islamism have transnational qualities, but in most such cases the party organization is separate in each country, with the transnational aspect being one more of consultatation and coordination, often through political internationals. One notable exception to this rule is the Progressive Labor Party (United States), which views proletarian internationalism as requiring that they set up party collectives all over the globe. Some Trotskyist parties behave similarly.

List of transnational political parties

Current

Party		Countries/Areas	Ideology	Notes
	Alliance for the Union of Romanians	Romania Moldova	Right-wing populism Conservatism Moldovan-Romanian unionism
	Aontú	Ireland Northern Ireland	Social conservatism Irish republicanism
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	Armenia Lebanon	Armenian nationalism Market socialism
	Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)	Middle East and North Africa Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Palestine Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sudan Syria Tunisia Yemen	Ba'athism
	Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)	Middle East and North Africa Bahrain Iraq Jordan Lebanon Palestine Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sudan Syria Tunisia Yemen	Ba'athism
	Basque Nationalist Party	Spain France	Basque nationalism Christian democracy
	Communist Party of Ireland	Ireland Northern Ireland	Communism Marxism–Leninism
	Economic Freedom Fighters	South Africa Namibia Eswatini Lesotho	Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populism Anti-imperialism Black ultranationalism
	Eusko Alkartasuna	Spain (as part of EH Bildu) France (as part of EH Bai)	Basque nationalism Social democracy
	Hizb ut-Tahrir	globally	Pan-Islamism Caliphatism Jihadism Anti-Zionism Anti-capitalism	Party doesn't partake in democratic elections.
	Irish Republican Socialist Party	Ireland Northern Ireland	Communism Marxism–Leninism
	Jamaat-e-Islami	India Pakistan Bangladesh (formerly)	Pan-Islamism Religious conservatism Islamic socialism
	Militant Left	Ireland Northern Ireland	Trotskyism Socialism
	People Before Profit	Ireland (as part of PBP-S) Northern Ireland	Trotskyism Socialism Anti-capitalism
	Progressive Labor Party	globally	Communism Marxism–Leninism	via collectives
	Ramgavar	Armenia Lebanon	Armenian nationalism Liberalism
	Republican Left of Catalonia	Spain France	Catalan nationalism Social democracy
	Republican Network for Unity	Ireland Northern Ireland	Irish republicanism Socialism
	Saoradh	Ireland Northern Ireland	Irish republicanism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism
	Sinn Féin	Ireland Northern Ireland	Irish republicanism Democratic socialism
	Social Democrat Hunchakian Party	Armenia Lebanon	Armenian nationalism Social democracy
	Socialist Workers Network	Ireland Northern Ireland	Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism
	Sortu	Spain (as part of EH Bildu) France (as part of EH Bai)	Abertzale left Anti-capitalism Democratic socialism
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Syria Lebanon	Social nationalism Syrian nationalism Anti-Zionism
	Volt Europa	Europe Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom	European federalism Social liberalism Progressivism
	Workers' Party	Ireland Northern Ireland	Communism Marxism–Leninism

European political parties

A European political party is an organisation constituted by multiple national political parties which operates as a single party at the European Union level.

• Europeans United for Democracy
• European Democratic Party
• European Free Alliance
• European Green Party
• Party of the European Left
• Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
• European People's Party
• Party of European Socialists
• European Conservatives and Reformists Party
• Alliance for Europe of the Nations
• Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe

Former

• African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
• Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
• Rassemblement Démocratique Africain

See also

• Political international