Centre-right
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The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist and right-wing parties. Many political parties of the centre-right are known to have various factions and members who advocate right-wing policies.
[edit] Ideological definition of the centre-right
A definition of the term "centre-right" is necessarily broad and approximate because political terms have varying meanings in different countries. Parties of the centre-right generally support liberal democracy, capitalism, the market economy, private property rights and the existence of the welfare state in some form. They generally oppose socialism and extreme secularism. Such a definition generally includes political parties that base their ideology and policies upon Conservatism and economic liberalism.
However, parties that subscribe to social liberalism are often associated with the centre-left whereas those on the right of the liberal movement are often defined as Conservative liberals. Centre-right parties often ground themselves in traditional values; as such, most predominantly Christian states possess a competitive centre-right Christian democratic party, while other centre-right parties may claim to uphold traditional Islamic values (such as in Pakistan) or those of other religious faiths, depending on the region.
The use of centre-right is sometimes expanded to include populist right-wing parties such as the Freedom Party of Austria, the Danish People's Party, and the Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland. While the Freedom Party and the Danish People's Party would generally be classified as right-wing, parties like Law and Justice are both populist and conservative, and so are sometimes classified centre-right.
[edit] Examples of centre-right parties
- Examples of centre-right political parties include:
- In Argentina:
- In Australia:
- The Coalition including:
- Liberal National Party of Queensland formed after Lib/Nat merger at State level.
- In The Bahamas:
- In Brazil:
- In Canada:
- In the Republic of China:
- The Pan-Blue Coalition including:
- In Chile:
- In The Czech Republic:
- In Denmark:
- In the European Parliament:
- In Finland:
- In France:
- In Germany:
- In Ghana:
- In Great Britain:
- In Greece:
- In Iceland:
- In India:
- In Ireland:
- In Italy:
- In Japan:
- In Republic of Korea
- In Luxembourg:
- In The Netherlands:
- In New Zealand
- In Northern Ireland:
- In Norway:
- In Pakistan:
- In the Philippines:
- In Portugal:
- In Romania:
- In Russia:
- In Slovakia:
- In Slovenia:
- In Spain:
- In Sri Lanka:
- In Sweden:
- The Alliance for Sweden coalition including:
- In Turkey:
- In the United States:
