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, European political parties 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.
Party abroad
Due to global migration, many political parties become transnational and create parties abroad. Migrants become active in the parties of their home land. A party abroad is any informal or formal function, establishment or activity of a national political party, outside the borders of its home country. A predecessor of a party abroad is a party branch abroad.
+ Typology of parties abroad Headquarters in home country Headquarters abroad Emigrant politics Emigrant party branches (e.g. Labour International) Emigrant parties (e.g. and MAIE) Diaspora politics (Anti)-Diaspora parties (e.g. AKP and RCD) Forbidden parties (e.g. NDPT)
List of transnational political parties Current PartyCountries/AreasIdeologyNotesAlliance for the Union of RomaniansRight-wing populismConservatismMoldovan-Romanian unionismAmerican Communist PartyMarxism–LeninismMAGA CommunismAmerican–Canadian unionismAontúSocial conservatismIrish republicanismArmenian Revolutionary FederationArmenian nationalismMarket socialismBa'ath Party(Iraqi-dominated faction)Ba'athismBa'ath Party(Syrian-dominated faction)Ba'athismBasque Nationalist PartyBasque nationalismChristian democracyCommunist Party of IrelandCommunismMarxism–LeninismCroatian Democratic UnionConservatismChristian democracyEconomic Freedom FightersMarxism–LeninismLeft-wing populismAnti-imperialismBlack ultranationalismEndavantSocialismCommunismCatalan independenceAnti-fascismAnti-capitalismPancatalanismEuropean Realistic Disobedience FrontPost-capitalismAnti-austerityProgressivismEco-socialismEcofeminismEuropean federalismEusko Alkartasuna (as part of EH Bildu) (as part of EH Bai)Basque nationalismSocial democracyForum for DemocracyRight-wing populismFreedom Party of AustriaNational conservatismRight-wing populismExists under the name Die Freiheitlichen in Italy.Hizb ut-TahrirgloballyPan-IslamismCaliphatismJihadismAnti-ZionismAnti-capitalismParty doesn't partake in democratic elections.Irish Republican Socialist PartyCommunismMarxism–LeninismJamaat-e-Islami (formerly)Pan-IslamismReligious conservatismIslamic socialismLiberal Democratic Party of Russia (formerly)Russian nationalismUltranationalismMilitant LeftTrotskyismSocialismParty of Democratic Action (formerly)Bosniak nationalismIslamismPeople Before Profit (as part of PBP-S)TrotskyismSocialismAnti-capitalismProgressive Labor PartygloballyCommunismMarxism–Leninismvia collectivesRamgavarArmenian nationalismLiberalismRepublican Left of CataloniaCatalan nationalismSocial democracyRepublican Network for UnityIrish republicanismSocialismSaoradhIrish republicanismRevolutionary socialismAnti-imperialismSerbian Progressive PartyPopulismSerbian Radical Party (formerly) (formerly) (formerly)Serbian irredentismSinn FéinIrish republicanismDemocratic socialismSocial Democrat Hunchakian PartyArmenian nationalismSocial democracySocialist Workers NetworkRevolutionary socialismTrotskyismSortu (as part of EH Bildu) (as part of EH Bai)Abertzale leftAnti-capitalismDemocratic socialismSyrian Social Nationalist PartySocial nationalismSyrian nationalismAnti-ZionismVetëvendosjeSocial democracyLeft-wing populismAlbanian nationalismVolt EuropaEuropean federalismSocial liberalismProgressivismWorkers' PartyCommunismMarxism–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. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party Europe of Sovereign Nations European Christian Political Party European Conservatives and Reformists Party European Democratic Party European Free Alliance European Green Party European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet European People's Party Party of European Socialists Party of the European Left Patriots.eu
Former Adalat Party (Azerbaijan), a party founded in Baku with branches abroad, especially in Iran African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, their Cape Verde branch remains active as African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, the French branch CDC 66 merge in Oui au Pays Catalan. Democratic Left (Ireland) General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers World Agudath Israel, only Agudat Yisrael in Israel remains active as a party
See also Political international :Category:Transnational politicians
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