Pensioners' Party or Party of Pensioners is a name commonly adopted by political organizations composed primarily of people who have a pension (generally elderly retirees) and who are interested in issues affecting their demographic group. However, while some political parties appeal predominantly or significantly to elderly voters in terms of their demographic appeal, they may not be formally designated as a 'pensioners party'. Several

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, as well as New Zealand First, possess such attributes. Political parties that are known by this title include: *

50PLUS 50PLUS (; abbreviated 50+) is a political party in the Netherlands that advocates pensioners' interests. The party was founded in 2009 by Maurice Koopman, Alexander Münninghoff, and Jan Nagel. Henk Krol served as the party's leader from 2016 to ...

, a political party in The Netherlands *

Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia ( sl, Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije, also known by the acronym DeSUS) is a political party in Slovenia led by Ljubo Jasnič. The party claims broadly liberal values with a strong focu ...

* Dor (political party), a political party in Israel * Pensioner Party of Australia *

Pensioners Party (England) Pensioners Party was an English political party for pensioners. The leader was Roger Edwards. They contested two European Parliament elections: in 2004, they stood in the West Midlands, receiving 33,501 votes (2.3%, 0.1% behind Respect); they s ...

* Pensioners Party (Norway) * Pensioners' Party (Hungary) * Pensioners Party (Scotland) *

Pensioners' Party (Italy) The Pensioners' Party (''Partito Pensionati'', PP) is a centrist Italian political party, whose aim is to represent the interests of pensioners. History The Pensioners' Party was founded in 1987 in Milan, and its current leader is Carlo Fatuz ...

* Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska The Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska ( Serbian: Пензионерска Странка Републике Српске, ''Penzionerska Stranka Republike Srpske'') is a Serbian political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and H ...

* Russian Pensioners' Party *

Croatian Party of Pensioners The Croatian Party of Pensioners ( hr, Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika or HSU) is a Croatian Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Croatia, political party that is currently led by Veselko Gabričević. When the party was ...

* Party of Pensioners (Croatia), a political party in Croatia * Club of Pensioners, political party in Czechoslovakia * Party of Pensioners of Ukraine

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