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The centre-right (or center-right), also known as right of center, is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations (such as think tanks) whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition 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.
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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, capitalism, the market economy (although with some limited government regulation), private property rights, the existence of the welfare state in some limited form, and opposition to socialism and communism. Such definitions generally include political parties that base their ideology and policies upon conservatism and economic liberalism.
Parties that subscribe to social liberalism are often associated with the centre-left whereas those on the right of the liberal movement are often defined as conservative liberals or liberal conservatives. Centre-right parties often ground themselves in social conservative and traditionalist values and civic or liberal nationalism; as such, most predominantly Christian 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 right-of-centre parties such as the Law and Justice in Poland, the Freedom Party of Austria or the Danish People's Party. 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.[citation needed]
Examples of centre-right parties
- Examples of centre-right political parties include:
- In Albania:
- In Argentina:
- In Australia:
- The Coalition including:
- Liberal National Party of Queensland formed after Lib/Nat merger at State level.
- Country Liberal Party, a Northern Territory based party, affiliated with the Liberal and National parties, and a member of the Coalition.
- In The Bahamas:
- In Brazil:
- In Canada:
- In the Republic of China:
- The Pan-Blue Coalition including:
- In Chile:
- In Costa Rica:
- In The Czech Republic:
- In Cyprus:
- In Denmark:
- In the European Parliament:
- In Finland:
- In France:
- In Germany:
- In Ghana:
- In Greece:
- In Hungary:
- In Iceland:
- In India
- In Ireland:
- In Israel
- In Italy:
- In Japan:
- In Republic of Korea
- In Luxembourg:
- In Macedonia:
- In Mexico:
- In The Netherlands:
- In New Zealand
- In Norway:
- In Pakistan:
- The Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- The Pakistan Muslim League (Q)[dubious ]
- The Original Pakistan Muslim League
- In the Philippines:
- In Poland:
- In Portugal:
- In Romania:
- In Russia:
- In Serbia:
- In Singapore
- In Slovakia:
- In Slovenia:
- In Spain:
- In Sri Lanka:
- In Sweden:
- The Alliance for Sweden coalition including:
- In Switzerland:
- In Turkey:
- In the United Kingdom:
- In the United States:
- In Uruguay:
See also
- Moderate
- Left-Right politics
- Ideology
- Glossary of the French Revolution
- Political spectrum
- Political compass
- Nolan chart
- World's Smallest Political Quiz
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/us/politics/30dems.html |accessdate=2009-10-12
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