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Christian Democratic Party espouse Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-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.
List of Christian democratic parties, organised by country
Albania
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Belarus
- Belarusian Christian Democracy (in process of registration)
- Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front
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)
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Christian Democrats
- Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian Peasant Party - New Croatian Initiative
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Colombia
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
Costa Rica
Croatia
- Croatian Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Croatian Christian Democratic Union
- Croatian Demochristians (defunct)
- Croatian Demochristian Party
- Croatian Democratic Union
- Croatian Democratic Party (defunct)
Cuba
- Christian Democratic Party
- Cuban Democratic Project
Cyprus
Czech Republic
- Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party
- Christian Democratic Party (merged later with Civic Democratic Party)
Denmark
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
- Christian Democratic Alliance (defunct)
Finland
France
- Christian Democratic Party (Part Chrétien-démocrate)
- Democratic and Social Centre (defunct)
- People's Republican Movement (defunct)
Georgia
Germany
- Centre Party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Christian Social Union of Bavaria
- Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (defunct)
Gibraltar
Greece
Haiti
- Christian Democratic Party
Honduras
Hungary
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
- Movement for Autonomy
- New Christian Democracy
- Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
- UDEUR Populars
- Christian Democracy (Italy, current)
- Christian Democracy (Italy, historical)
- Forza Italia (defunct)
Kosovo
Lebanon
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Macedonia
Mexico
Moldova
Namibia
- Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Christian Democratic Union (defunct)
- Damara Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
- Namibia Christian Democratic Party (defunct)
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
Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand
Nicaragua
- Nicaraguan Christian Democratic Union
- Nicaraguan Social Christian Party
- Popular Social Christian Party (defunct)
Norway
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
- Christian Democratic People's Alliance
- Christian Democratic People's Party
- National Democratic Christian Party
- New Generation Party – Christian Democratic
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Serbia
Slovakia
- Christian Democratic Movement
- Party of the Hungarian Coalition
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
Slovenia
South Africa
- African Christian Democratic Party
- United Christian Democratic Party
- Christian Democratic Alliance
- Christian Democratic Party (South Africa)
- Christen Party/Christian Party (South Africa)
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
- Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
- Federal Democratic Union
Syria
- Christian Democratic Party of Syria
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Other entities
- Global - Christian Democrat International – Christian Democratic international, headquartered in Brussels
- European Union - European People's Party – Christian Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European Parliament
- Americas - Christian Democrat Organization of America – Christian Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South
- Christian Heritage Party – in Canada
- American Patriot Party
Related philosophies
- Communitarianism
- Catholic social teaching
- Distributism
- Neo-Calvinism
- Social market economy
- Social conservatism
Indices
- Index of Christian politics to browse political ideologies by name
- Index of political parties to browse parties by name
- List of political parties to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
- Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
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