Conservative Alterran Democrats

Logo of C.A.D.

### Ideology

European Confederalism;Social Conservatism;Liberal Conservatism;Conservatism;Centrism;Alterran Nationalism.Christian Democracy

## Conservative Alterran Democrats

Conservative Alterran Democrats, known as the '*'Second Duply'',* is a mainstream center-right party in Alterra, which models itself on a liberal conservative and a christian democratic platform

## History

In 1991, the traditional and the opposition parties, fell. Diaspora from parties like National Right and the Conservative Party began. Some joined the Nationalist Party, some joined Christian Democratic League, and other people joined Flame Front. In 2001, Hans Steven Audrey left the Christian Democratic League for lack of internal democracy and its hostile relations with other right-wing parties. The Party first included 6 Senators and 11 Deputies, as well as 1 EU parliament MP, with the name of ''Group for Growth'', and it was first primarily a parliamentary group, but a week later a symbol for the Party was made & it began to run a serious platform for the elections. The Party got an organic administration with every party militant being able to suggest new ideas for the Party, as well as frequent primaries. It's best results currently was in 2003 regional elections in Edisné. Vassilis Pandis, recently, won the primaries getting 51.5% becoming the partyleader. In March 2019, after various coalition talks, CAD became part of a moderate , grand coalition with SODEM and UCP.

## Political Agenda

Conservative Alterran Democrats are a force within both the Chambers. It is a registered member of International Democrat Union & the European Group of Conservative and Reformists. The Party supports a confederal model for Europe, in which European countries collaborate in security, foreign policy, internal market & a plan to increase birth rates and incentivize families, but remain sovereign in all other themes including currency. On a EU level, the Party also supports a ''democratic reform'' of the European Commission, in which, citizens of each member state, The Party also runs a pro-NATO policy, supporting Jerusalem as the capital of Jerusalem, and also supported US actions in Iraq & Libya, Israel's actions in West Bank, as well as the Saudi-led blockade against Qatar for supporting terrorism. The Party also supports a strong military , a limited federal government, strong provinces and a two-bracket system in taxes, with a 20% tax on the wealthy and a 15% tax for middle class & the working class. On social issues, the Party supports LGBT rights but opposes adoptions, and supports keeping the same abortion laws but heavily discouraging it due to moral issues. The Party is against euthanasia (but patients can reject artificial life support) & supports a full-on prohibitionism on prostitution. The Party is also supportive for the legalization of marijuana for both recreational and medical use, but subject to heavy taxation, and supports a ''naval blockade'' on Libya's coastline and ridistribution of a ''few of them'' within EU (negotiating with Libyan local authorities). The Party rejects firmly populism, believing that ''they want people to be able to trust politics, rather than plain bashing them'' and also saying how the idea of ''bashing politics'' inspired ideas like Nazism, Fascism & Stalinism.