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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. 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, generally supporting a social market economy. 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. 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.
Alphabetical list by country
A
Albanian Christian Democratic Movement Christian Democratic Party of Albania
Christian Democratic Party
Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party Christian Democratic Union of Armenia National Christian Party
Aruban People's Party
Christian Democratic Party Democratic Labour Party
Austrian People's Party
B
People's Party for Democracy and Development
Belarusian Christian Democracy BPF Party
Christian Democratic and Flemish Christian Social Party ProDG Citizens' Movement for Change
Christian Democratic Party
Croatian Democratic Union 1990 Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Christian Democrats
Christian Democracy
Union of Democratic Forces Christ Democratic Party of Bulgaria Reformist Bloc
Christian Democratic Party
C
Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Movement for Democracy União Caboverdeana Independente e Democratica (Cape Verdean Union for an Independent Democracy) – UCID
Christian Democratic Party
Christian National Party Christians for Community Christian Social Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party Reform Party Social Christian Unity Party Social Christian Republican Party Christian Democratic Alliance
Croatian Democratic Union Homeland Movement Croatian Christian Democratic Party Croatian Sovereignists
Christian Democratic Party of Cuba Christian Liberation Movement
National People's Party
Democratic Rally
KDU-ČSL
D
Christian Democratic Party (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Convention of Christian Democrats Democratic Social Christian Party Federalist Christian Democracy – Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy Movement for the Liberation of the Congo
Christian Democrats
Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Party Social Christian Reformist Party
E
Christian Democratic Party (Ecuador) Social Christian Party
Christian Democratic Party (Egypt), a Coptic party in Egypt founded in the 1950s.Democracy Won’t Save the Middle East’s Religious Minorities. Maged Atiya. October 24, 2019. Providence Magazine.
Christian Democratic Party
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union Party of Estonian Christian Democrats
European Christian Political Party European People's Party
F
Centre Party
Christian Democrats
The Republicans Christian Democratic Party
G
Christian-Democratic Movement Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian Social Union in Bavaria Centre Party Family Party of Germany Alliance C – Christians for Germany
New Gibraltar Democracy
Christian Democratic Party of the Overthrow New Democracy
H
Christian Democratic Party of Honduras
Christian Democratic People's Party
I
Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Forza Italia Popular Alternative Populars for Italy Solidary Democracy South Tyrolean People's Party Union of the Centre Us Moderates
K
Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo
L
Fatherland Union
Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Christian Union National Alliance
Kataeb Party Lebanese Forces
Christian Social People's Party
M
Nationalist Party
National Action Party
Christian-Democratic People's Party
N
Alliance Christian Democratic Appeal Christian Union Farmer–Citizen Movement New Social Contract Jezus Leeft
Social Christian Party
VMRO–DPMNE VMRO – People's Party
Christian People's Party
P
People's Party
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party
Christian People's Party Christian Democracy (DC)
Lakas–CMD (Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats) Bangon Pilipinas Party Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines Liberal Party (Philippines) (factions)
Agreement Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic Civic Platform Law and Justice Polish People's Party
Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party
Partido Acción Cristiana Proyecto Dignidad
R
Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party National Liberal Party Force of the Right People's Movement Party
Christian Democratic Party of Russia
Christian Democratic Party
S
United Workers Party
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party Union for the Republic
Christian Democratic Front
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia Democratic Party of Serbia
St. Maarten Christian Party
Christian Democratic Movement
New Slovenia – Christian Democrats Slovenian People's Party
African Christian Democratic Party Christian Democratic Party United Christian Democratic Party
People's Party Basque Nationalist Party Democrats of Catalonia
Christian Democrats
Christian Social Party of Obwalden Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
T
Christian Democratic Party Christian Democratic Union of Timor
U
Batkivshchyna European Solidarity
Conservatives Christian Peoples AllianceFreston, Protestant Political Parties, 53.
American Solidarity Party Prohibition Party
National Party Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay
V
Project Venezuela Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee (COPEI) National Convergence
Other entities Global – Centrist Democrat Internationalheadquartered in Brussels European Union – European People's PartyCentrist Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European ParliamentEuropean Christian Political Party Americas – Christian Democrat Organization of AmericaCentrist Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South
Related philosophies Catholic social teaching Communitarianism Distributism Neo-Calvinism Social conservatism Social market economy Political Catholicism Christian politics Christian Zionism Liberal conservatism Abolitionism New World Order
Indices List of generic names of political parties List of political parties by country
See also Christian left Christian right Communitarianism
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