Pensioners' Party or Party of Pensioners is a name commonly adopted by political organizations composed primarily of people who have a

pension A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a " defined benefit plan", wh ...

(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

populist Populism is a contested concept used to refer to a variety of political stances that emphasize the idea of the " common people" and often position this group in opposition to a perceived elite. It is frequently associated with anti-establis ...

social conservative Social conservatism is a political philosophy and a variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional social structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institu ...

and

nationalist Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...

parties within

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, as well as

New Zealand First New Zealand First (), commonly abbreviated to NZ First or NZF, is a political party in New Zealand, founded and led by Winston Peters, who has served three times as Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, deputy prime minister. The party has form ...

, possess such attributes. Political parties that are known by this title include: *

50PLUS 50PLUS (; abbreviated 50+) is a list of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands that advocates List of pensioners' parties, pensioners' interests with a Centrism, centrist political line. The party was founded in ...

, a political party in The Netherlands * Club of Pensioners, political party in Czechoslovakia *

Croatian Party of Pensioners The Croatian Party of Pensioners ( or HSU) is a Croatian centre-left political party that is currently led by Veselko Gabričević. When the party was founded, few people took it seriously and many commentators speculated that the ultimate pur ...

* Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia * Dor (political party), a political party in Israel * Party of Pensioners (Croatia), a political party in Croatia *

Party of Pensioners (North Macedonia) The Party of Pensioners (Macedonian: Партија на пензионери, ''Partiјa na penzioneri'') is a political party in North Macedonia. In the 2020 elections, the party won one seat as part of the SDSM-led coalition. History The p ...

* Party of Pensioners of Ukraine * Pensioner Party of Australia * Pensioners Party (England) *

Pensioners Party (Norway) The Pensioners' Party () is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. It was founded in 1985 to work for the interests of pensioner A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement fr ...

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

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 Fatu ...

* Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Pensioners' Party of the Republika Srpska * Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice

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