Centre-right
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The center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) whose views stretch from the center to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Center-right can also describe a coalition of centrist and right-wing parties. Many political parties of the centre-right are known to have various factions and members who advocate right-wing policies.
[edit] 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, private property rights and the existence of the welfare state in some form. They generally oppose socialism, extreme secularism and the use of violence as a political tool. Such a definition generally includes political parties that base their ideology and policies upon Conservatism and economic liberalism.
However, parties that subscribe to social liberalism are often associated with the centre-left. Centre-right parties often ground themselves in traditional values; as such, most predominantly Christian states possess a competitive centre-right Christian democratic party.
The use of centre-right is sometimes expanded to include populist right-wing parties such as the Freedom Party of Austria, the Danish People's Party, and the Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland. 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.
[edit] Examples of centre-right parties
- Examples of centre-right political parties include:
- In Australia:
- In Canada:
- In the Republic of China:
- The Pan-Blue Coalition including:
- In Chile:
- In The Czech Republic:
- In Denmark:
- In the European Parliament:
- In Finland:
- In France:
- In Germany:
- In Greece:
- In Iceland:
- In India:
- In Ireland:
- In Italy:
- In Japan:
- In Republic of Korea
- The Liberty Forward Party
- Grand National Party
- In Luxembourg:
- In The Netherlands:
- In New Zealand
- In Northern Ireland:
- In Norway:
- In Pakistan:
- In the Philippines:
- In Portugal:
- In Russia:
- In Slovakia:
- In Spain:
- In Sri Lanka:
- In Sweden:
- The Alliance for Sweden coalition including:
- In Turkey:
- Democratic Party
- Justice and Development Party (controversial)
- Motherland Party
- Young Party
- In the United Kingdom:
- In the United States:
