Category:Radical parties
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Radicalism doesn't refers here to the American English sense of the term as a left or right-wing "radical", but to the contrary to the political tradition of Radicalism.
Radicalism, on a whole, has been absorbed by the liberal tradition, although it was during the 19th century a proponent of Republicanism and universal suffrage, and thus often opposed to liberal parties, whom mostly upheld constitutional monarchy and census suffrage.
The most important common feature of these parties is the support to secularism, the defense of the separation of church and state and the promotion of civil rights, as divorce, abortion, stem-cell research, euthanasia, etc.
In the last yeas radical parties in the Netherlands and in Italy come out in support of direct democracy institutes as referendum, fist-past-the-post electoral system and direct election of prime ministers and mayors.
Therefore, this category includes old (often defunct) Radical parties or parties maintaining a close relationship with Radicalism. See Radicalism and Left-wing politics for further information.
