List of Christian democratic parties

List of Christian democratic parties
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
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
Brazilian Republican Party
Christian Democracy
Christian Democracy Union of Brazil
Christian Labour Party
Democrats (Brazil)
Social Christian Party
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
Croatian Peasant Party
Croatian Christian Democratic Party
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
Christian Democratic Union of Timor
Christian Democratic Party (Ecuador)
Social Christian Party
Christian Democratic Party (Egypt), a Coptic party in Egypt founded in the 1950s.
Christian Democratic Party
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union
Party of Estonian Christian Democrats
European Christian Political Movement
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
Christian Democratic Party Indonesia
Fine Gael
Fianna Fáil
Chaldean Democratic Party
Forza Italia
Popular Alternative
Populars for Italy
Solidary Democracy
South Tyrolean People's Party
Union of the Centre
K
Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo
L
Fatherland Union
Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Kataeb Party
Lebanese Forces
Christian Social People's Party
M
Nationalist Party
National Action Party
Christian-Democratic People's Party
N
Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Union
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
Democratic Party "We are Peru"
Lakas–CMD (Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats)
Bangon Pilipinas Party
Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines
Agreement
Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic
Civic Platform
Law and Justice
Polish People's Party
Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party
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
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party
Union for the Republic
United Workers Party
Christian Democratic Front
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
Democratic Party of Serbia
St. Maarten Christian Party
Christian Democratic Movement
Alliance
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 Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
Christian Social Party of Obwalden
Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
The Centre (political party)
U
Batkivshchyna
European Solidarity
Conservatives
Christian Peoples Alliance
American Solidarity 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 Movement
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
Notes
References
Christian democrat
Conservatism-related lists