__NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying

Christian democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of

Catholic social teaching Catholic social teaching, commonly abbreviated CST, is an area of Catholic doctrine concerning matters of human dignity and the common good in society. The ideas address oppression, the role of the state, subsidiarity, social organization, ...

and

Neo-Calvinist Neo-Calvinism, a form of Dutch Calvinism, is a theological movement initiated by the theologian and former Dutch prime minister Abraham Kuyper. James Bratt has identified a number of different types of Dutch Calvinism: The Seceders, split into t ...

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 sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions. The ''secularization thesis'' expresses t ...

. In practice, Christian democracy is often considered

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and m ...

cultural Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor ...

social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

and moral issues, but

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

"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 Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to lean to the left. It is the dominant

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 Conservatism is a Philosophy of culture, cultural, Social philosophy, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in r ...

liberalism Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for ...

, and

social democracy Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to prom ...

. In the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

, 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 Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in so ...

of the mainstream.

Alphabetical list by country

A

; *

Albanian Christian Democratic Movement The Albanian Christian Democratic Movement is a Christian-democratic political party in Albania founded by Nikollë Lesi, an MP and former member of the Demochristian Party of Albania (PDK) on 8 November 2007 over disagreements with his previous p ...

* Christian Democratic Party of Albania ; *

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ 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 te ...

; * Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party * Christian Democratic Union of Armenia * National Christian Party ; *

Aruban People's Party The Aruban People's Party (AVP; nl, Arubaanse Volkspartij, pap, Partido di Pueblo Arubano) is a Christian-democratic political party in Aruba founded in 1942. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party. At the 2001 elections, on 28 Se ...

; *

* Democratic Labour Party ; *

Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is curr ...

B

; * Belarusian Christian Democracy *

BPF Party The BPF Party ( be, Партыя БНФ, Partyja BNF; russian: Партия БНФ, Partiya BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was de facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front (abbr. BPF; be, Бела ...

; * Christian Democratic and Flemish *

Humanist Democratic Centre Humanist Democratic Centre (french: Centre Démocrate Humaniste, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) ...

* Christian Social Party * ProDG * Citizens' Movement for Change ; *

; * Croatian Democratic Union 1990 * Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Croatian Christian Democrats The Croatian Demochristian Party ( hr, Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka or HDS) is a political party in Croatia with the goal that Croatia will become a state with Christian ideals. It was formed in 2009 from three former Christian Democrati ...

; * Brazilian Republican Party *

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

* Christian Democracy Union of Brazil * Christian Labour Party *

Democrats (Brazil) The Democrats ( pt, Democratas, DEM) was a centre-right political party in Brazil that merged with the Social Liberal Party to found the Brazil Union in 2021. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Liberal Front Party (''Partido da Frente Li ...

* Social Christian Party ; * Union of Democratic Forces * Christ Democratic Party of Bulgaria * Reformist Bloc ; *

C

; * Christian Heritage Party of Canada ; * Movement for Democracy *União Caboverdeana Independente e Democratica (Cape Verdean Union for an Independent Democracy) – UCID ; *

; * Christian National Party *

Christians for Community Christians for Community (''Cristiano por la Comunidad'') is a Christian democratic political party in Colombia. At the last legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an in ...

* Christian Social Democratic Party ; *

* Reform Party * Social Christian Unity Party * Social Christian Republican Party * Christian Democratic Alliance ; *

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Cro ...

Croatian Peasant Party The Croatian Peasant Party ( hr, Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS) is an agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Croatia, political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun Radić, Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peo ...

* Croatian Christian Democratic Party ; * Christian Democratic Party of Cuba *

Christian Liberation Movement The Christian Liberation Movement ( es, Movimiento Cristiano Liberación or simply MCL) is a Cuban dissident party advocating political change in Cuba. MCL was founded in 1987 by a group of secular Catholics belonging to the Parish of Cerro, in ...

; * National People's Party ; *

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was found ...

; * Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party

D

; *

Christian Democratic Party (Democratic Republic of the Congo) The Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti Démocrate Chrétien) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The party won 8 out of 500 seats in the 2006 parliamentary elections. In the 19 January 2007 Senate elections ...

Convention of Christian Democrats The Convention of Christian Democrats (french: Convention des Démocrates Chrétiens) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The party won 10 out of 500 seats in the 2006 parliamentary elections. In the 19 January 2007 S ...

* Democratic Social Christian Party * Federalist Christian Democracy – Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy *

Movement for the Liberation of the Congo The Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (french: Mouvement de Libération du Congo, or MLC) is a political party in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Formerly a rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo that fought the govern ...

; * Christian Democrats ; * Christian Democratic Union *

* Social Christian Reformist Party

E

; *

* Christian Democratic Union of Timor ; * Christian Democratic Party (Ecuador) * Social Christian Party ; *

Christian Democratic Party (Egypt) __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political party, 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 Ca ...

, a Coptic party in Egypt founded in the 1950s. ; *

; *

Pro Patria and Res Publica Union Isamaa is a Christian-democratic and national-conservative political party in Estonia. It was founded on 4 June 2006 under the name of "Pro Patria and Res Publica Union", by the merger of two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publ ...

Party of Estonian Christian Democrats The Party of Estonian Christian Democrats (''Erakond Eesti Kristlikud Demokraadid''), formerly known as the Estonian Christian People's Party (''Eesti Kristlik Rahvapartei'') was a political party in Estonia, which is not represented in the Riig ...

; * European Christian Political Movement *

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Fo ...

F

; * Centre Party ; * Christian Democrats ; * The Republicans *

G

; * Christian-Democratic Movement * Alliance of Patriots of Georgia ; *

Christian Democratic Union of Germany The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: link=no, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands ; CDU ) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-rig ...

Christian Social Union in Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria ( German: , CSU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democra ...

* Centre Party * Family Party of Germany * Alliance C – Christians for Germany ; * New Gibraltar Democracy ; *

Christian Democratic Party of the Overthrow The Christian Democratic Party of the Overthrow ( el, Χριστιανοδημοκρατικό Κόμμα Ανατροπής), previously named as Christian Democratic Party of Greece ( el, Χριστιανοδημοκρατικό Κόμμα Ελλ ...

New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a concept based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path that was decisively distinct ...

H

; *

Christian Democratic Party of Honduras The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Spanish: ''Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras),'' known by the abbreviation DC, is a political party in Honduras. At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popula ...

; * Christian Democratic People's Party

I

; * Christian Democratic Party Indonesia ; *

Fine Gael Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil � ...

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian ...

; * Chaldean Democratic Party ; * Union of the Centre *

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

South Tyrolean People's Party The South Tyrolean People's Party (german: Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP) is a regionalist and autonomist political party in South Tyrol, an autonomous province with a German-speaking majority in northern Italy. Founded on 8 May 1945, the SVP h ...

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

Christian Democracy (Italy, 2004) Christian Democracy (''Democrazia Cristiana'', DC), also known as Christian Democracy – Third Pole of the Centre (''Democrazia Cristiana – Terzo Polo di Centro''), is a minor Christian-democratic political party in Italy. It was founded in ...

* Christian Democracy (Italy, 2012)

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 An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...

; * Kataeb Party * Lebanese Forces ; *

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

M

; * Nationalist Party ; * National Action Party ; * Christian-Democratic People's Party

N

; * Christian Democratic Appeal *

Christian Union Christian Union may refer to: * Christian Union (Lithuania), a Lithuanian Christian democratic political party (''Krikščionių sąjunga'' in Lithuanian) * Christian Union (Netherlands), a Dutch Christian democratic political party (''ChristenUn ...

; * Social Christian Party ; *

VMRO–DPMNE Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...

* VMRO – People's Party ; * Christian People's Party

P

; * People's 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 Agreement may refer to: Agreements between people and organizations * Gentlemen's agreement, not enforceable by law * Trade agreement, between countries * Consensus, a decision-making process * Contract, enforceable in a court of law ** Meeting of ...

* Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic * Civic Platform *

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct ...

Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although i ...

; * Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party

R

; *

Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party ( ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat, officially abbreviated PNȚCD) is a Christian democratic and agrarian political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor o ...

* National Liberal Party * Force of the Right * People's Movement Party ; * Christian Democratic Party of Russia ; *

S

; * Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party * Union for the Republic ; * United Workers Party ; *

Christian Democratic Front The Christian Democratic Front ( pt, Frente Democrática Cristã) is a small political party in São Tomé and Príncipe. It failed to win any seats in the National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe, National Assembly following São Tomé and ...

; * Christian Democratic Party of Serbia *

Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr, Нова демократска странка Србије, Nova demokratska stranka Srbije, , NDSS or New DSS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Initially known and formed as Democ ...

Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска напредна странка, Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) has been the ruling political party of Serbia since 2012. Founded by Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić in 2008 as a ...

St. Maarten Christian Party The Sint Maarten Christian Party (abbreviated: SMCP ) is a political party on Sint Maarten with a Christian Democratic signature. History The party was founded by Wycliffe Smith Wycliffe Sylvester Smith (born 18 December 1948) is a Sint Maa ...

; * Christian Democratic Movement *

Alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

* Slovak Conservative Party ; * New Slovenia – Christian Democrats * Slovenian People's Party ; *

African Christian Democratic Party African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** Eth ...

United Christian Democratic Party The United Christian Democratic Party is a minor political party in South Africa. It was founded by Lucas Mangope, leader of the Bophuthatswana bantustan in 1997, as a successor to the Tswana National Party, and led by him for the first fifteen ...

; * People's Party *

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...

* Democrats of Catalonia ; * Christian Democrats ; *

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito P ...

* Christian Social Party of Obwalden *

Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (german: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz), Swiss Evangelical Party (french: Parti évangelique suisse, it, Partito Evangelico Svizzero), or Evangelical Party of Switzerland ( rm, Partida evang ...

* The Centre (political party)

U

; * Batkivshchyna * European Solidarity ; *

Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

* Christian Peoples AllianceFreston, ''Protestant Political Parties'', 53. ; * 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 Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

* European Union –

Centrist Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European Parliament
European Christian Political Movement * Americas –

Christian Democrat Organization of America The Christian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA, Spanish: ''Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América''; Portuguese: ''Organização Democrata Cristã da América'') is an international organization made up of political parties, groups, ...

Centrist Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South

Related philosophies

Communitarianism Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. Its overriding philosophy is based upon the belief that a person's social identity and personality are largely molded by community rela ...

Distributism Distributism is an economic theory asserting that the world's productive assets should be widely owned rather than concentrated. Developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, distributism was based upon Catholic social teaching princ ...

Neo-Calvinism Neo-Calvinism, a form of Dutch Calvinism, is a theological movement initiated by the theologian and former Dutch prime minister Abraham Kuyper. James Bratt has identified a number of different types of Dutch Calvinism: The Seceders, split into ...

* Social conservatism * Social market economy *

Political Catholicism The Catholic Church and politics concerns the interplay of Catholicism with religious, and later secular, politics. Historically, the Church opposed liberal ideas such as democracy, freedom of speech, and the separation of church and state u ...

Christian politics The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left. There ...

* Christian Zionism *

Liberal Conservatism Liberal conservatism is a political ideology combining conservative policies with liberal stances, especially on economic issues but also on social and ethical matters, representing a brand of political conservatism strongly influenced by lib ...

Abolitionism Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The Britis ...

* New World Order

Indices

* List of generic names of political parties * List of political parties by country

Notes

References

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