Centre Union (Korolia)

Centre Union (Zvaz Centrystov in Korolian) was a major centrist political party in Korolia. It was nominally centrist, however leaning slightly to the right, making it a centre-right party, with ideologies such as liberal conservatism prevalent across the party.
== Ideology ==
The Centre Union's position on the political spectrum is best described as centre to centre-right, with the most prevalent ideologies being liberal conservatism and social liberalism, but other ideas include mixed economy, classical liberalism, conservative democracy, and a plethora of other centrist and centre-right ideologies.
Centre Union also mostly supported the second reunification with the Second Svalmarc Imperium, following the collapse of the reunified Korolian Republic after its first General Election.
== History ==
=== The Beginnings ===
The beginnings of the Centre Union are dated back to 1087 ACA, specifically the total disaster that the first elections in the Korolian Republic turned out to be. After the elections set the country on fire, with the Electoral Commitee effectively failing in it's role terribly, and the subsequent chaos, re-secession of Second Svalmarc Imperium, the military coup resulting in the foundation of the temporary Militarily Administered States of Korolia under General Vanja Mlecak.
The elections caused the cracks in the League of Korolian Patriots, a party so wide in ideas, ranging from centre-right liberal conservatives to the far-right nationalists, and the Alliance of Social Democrats to widen, and become outright rifts.
The "party separatists" from both ASD and LKP, for ASD ideologically mainly social democrats and social liberals, and for LKP mainly liberal conservatives began to cooperate in secret, effectively marking the beginning of the Centre Union.
=== The Organization ===
While the party idea was born in 1087, it took time before it took off, and the real shape of the Centre Union, was determined in late 1089 and 1090. That's when the Founders' Council, the predecessor to the Leadership Council, began actually deciding on how the party will look like. Out of many names the Centre Party was picked, and the logo was soon made too, by the spring everything was ready to take off. 
However, the planned huge "Launch Convention" would delay for a variety of factors. It allowed the New Korolian Front, another centrist, third way party to enter talks about merging into the Centre Party, which were short and successful, as by Heicane it was already integrated. By that point, the media already made the party known, with many politicians themselves speaking up about the progress on the CP, and its ideas.
By late Tardalan the rushed decision was made to slightly rebrand into the Centre Union.
=== The Launch Convention ===
The Launch Convention was ultimately held in the fall of the year, on the 8th of Luyander 1090 (08/11/1090). During it, the party's program, The Fresh 90s was determined, and also a very important, though fruitless so far, debate on the LKP coalition took place. By that time, the party also officially made it's first appearance to the public.
=== Poll Skyrocketing ===
Centre Union, miraculously immediately skyrocketed in the polls, immediately surpassing the Alliance of Social Democrats and the National Agrarian Party, and at 27% becoming a serious competitor to League's shaky 40%. Then, it skyrocketed even further, surpassing the LKP, achieving a shaky 47% and pushing the LKP down to 29%, meanwhile the remaining two leftist parties scrambled to surpass the electoral threshold.
=== Landslide of 1093 ===
The first election of the reformed Csardom of Korolia was expected to be a neck to neck race between the right-wing League of Korolian Patriots, and the centre to centre-right Centre Union. Nobody expected what came out though, as the Centre Union destroyed the opposition with a landslide absolute majority - 56%, with the LKP scrambling for the 34% they had, and the remaining 10% left for the nominal left - ASD, which experienced a crisis and outright dissolved mid-election and the NAP. The party, despite heavy protest from the LKP and NAP, who instead wanted a compromise candidate, appoint Icy II Zerkalo-Korol as the Pjervod of the first Csardom's government.
=== Collapse ===
However, the CU's government didn't last long, as the party took a staunch nosedive in support soon after the election. While it still somehow held through 1094, still losing their absolute majority - at the time they polled at 42%. However the true disaster happened a year later, in 1095, when the party's support dropped to mere 21%, gaining the first place back to LKP. What ensued after that, was a complete internal disaster in the government, reasons for which is unclear, but in the total chaos that ensued in the governmental halls, majority of the CU government either resigned or got removed, including the Pjervod Icy II Zerkalo-Korol.
The government was replaced with the caretaker government of Olary von Mathijs, the goal of which was to organize new elections quickly.
== Headquarters ==
The Centre Union used to be headquartered in Lipanovo-Ostrokochod at Ostra Street 1, just next to the 3rd Reserve Brigade Bridge.
== Notable Members ==
* Pavel Koronny - the former Governor of the Governorate of New Nebskoslavia, stepped down as the colonial governor to pursue a political career on the mainland - initially joined the PNU, then after the collapse moved to LKP, becoming one of the key players in the moderate wing of it, then split away to form the Centre Union.
* Dalerac Slavski-Zerkalo - the former leader of the New Korolian Front, and former Pjervod.
* Icy II Zerkalo-Korol - one of the former key politicians in the Alliance of Social Democrats, split away to form the CU, and initiated the idea, gathering the rest.
* Matos Slavski-Epitichian - the former Pjervod, and former member of LKP prior to the CU foundation, was also one of the key politicians in LKP's moderate wing.
* Tomas Kovalski - former Reform Union, and later LKP member. Used to be an unremarkable member of the moderate faction, rose to prominence in the CU.
* Konstanty Korol - former ASD Sejm Poslanec/Delegate, also was an NKF member earlier.
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