List of Christian democratic parties
























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 teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology.[1][2] 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 practice, Christian democracy often advocates centre-right positions on cultural, social, and moral issues and social market economic policies.[3] In Europe, where their opponents have traditionally been secularist socialists, Christian democratic parties are moderately conservative overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to lean to the left. It is the dominant centre-right political movement in Europe.



Alphabetical list by country




A



 Albania


  • Albanian Christian Democratic Movement

  • Christian Democratic Party of Albania

  • Democratic Party of Albania



 Argentina


  • Christian Democratic Party[4]


 Aruba

  • Aruban People's Party


 Australia


  • Christian Democratic Party

  • Democratic Labour Party



 Austria


  • Austrian People's Party[5]


B



 Belarus


  • Belarusian Christian Democracy

  • BPF Party



 Belgium



  • Christian Democratic and Flemish[6]


  • Humanist Democratic Centre[6]

  • Christian Social Party


  • ProDG[6]

  • Citizens' Movement for Change



 Bolivia


  • Christian Democratic Party[4]


 Bosnia and Herzegovina



  • Croatian Democratic Union 1990[7]


  • Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina[7]

  • Croatian Christian Democrats



 Brazil


  • Brazilian Republican Party

  • Christian Democracy

  • Christian Democracy Union of Brazil

  • Christian Labour Party

  • Social Christian Party



 Bulgaria


  • Union of Democratic Forces

  • Christ Democratic Party of Bulgaria


  • Reformist Bloc[8]



 Burundi

  • Christian Democratic Party


C



 Cape Verde


  • Movement for Democracy

  • União Caboverdeana Independente e Democratica (Cape Verdean Union for an Independent Democracy) – UCID



 Chile


  • Christian Democratic Party[4]


 Colombia


  • Christian National Party

  • Christians for Community


  • Christian Social Democratic Party[4]



 Costa Rica



  • Christian Democratic Party (Costa Rica)[4]


  • Reform Party (Costa Rica)[4]

  • Social Christian Unity Party



 Croatia



  • Croatian Democratic Union[9]


  • Croatian Peasant Party[9]


  • Croatian Christian Democratic Party[9]



 Cuba


  • Christian Democratic Party of Cuba

  • Christian Liberation Movement



 Curaçao

  • National People's Party


 Cyprus


  • Democratic Rally[10]


 Czech Republic


  • Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party[11]


D



 Denmark

  • Christian Democrats


 Dominican Republic


  • Christian Democratic Union


  • Christian Democratic Party (Dominican Republic)[4]

  • Social Christian Reformist Party



E



 East Timor


  • Christian Democratic Party

  • Christian Democratic Union of Timor



 Ecuador



  • Christian Democratic Party (Ecuador)[4]

  • Social Christian Party



 El Salvador


  • Christian Democratic Party[4]


 Estonia



  • Pro Patria and Res Publica Union[12]

  • Party of Estonian Christian Democrats



 European Union


  • European Christian Political Movement


  • European People's Party[13]

  • Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe



F



 Faroe Islands

  • Centre Party


 Finland


  • Christian Democrats[14]


 France



  • The Republicans[15]

  • Christian Democratic Party



G



 Georgia


  • Christian Democratic Movement

  • Alliance of Patriots of Georgia



 Germany



  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany[16]


  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria[16]

  • Centre Party

  • Family Party of Germany



 Gibraltar

  • New Gibraltar Democracy


 Greece


  • Christian Democratic Party of the Overthrow


  • New Democracy[17]



H



 Honduras


  • Christian Democratic Party of Honduras[4]


 Hungary



  • Christian Democratic People's Party[18]

  • Fidesz



I



 Indonesia

  • Christian Democratic Party Indonesia


 Ireland


  • Fine Gael[19]


 Iraq

  • Chaldean Democratic Party


 Italy



  • Union of the Centre[20]

  • New Christian Democracy

  • Popular Alternative

  • Populars for Italy

  • UDEUR Populars


  • South Tyrolean People's Party[20]


  • Forza Italia[20]



K



 Kosovo

  • Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo


L



 Liechtenstein


  • Fatherland Union[21]


 Lithuania


  • Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party


  • Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats [22]


  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania[22]



 Lebanon


  • Kataeb Party

  • Lebanese Forces



 Luxembourg


  • Christian Social People's Party[23]


M



 Malta


  • Nationalist Party[24]


 Mexico


  • National Action Party[4]


 Moldova

  • Christian Democratic People's Party


N



 Netherlands



  • Christian Democratic Appeal[24]


  • Christian Union[24]



 Nicaragua


  • Social Christian Party[4]


 North Macedonia


  • VMRO–DPMNE[25]


 Norway


  • Christian People's Party[26]


P



 Panama


  • People's Party[4]


 Papua New Guinea

  • Christian Democratic Party


 Paraguay


  • Christian Democratic Party[4]


 Peru


  • Christian People's Party[4]


 Philippines



  • Lakas–CMD (Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats)

  • Bangon Pilipinas Party

  • Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines



 Poland



  • Civic Platform[27]


  • Polish People's Party[27]

  • Law and Justice

  • Agreement (political party)

  • Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic



 Portugal



  • Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party[28]

  • Social Democratic Party



R



 Romania


  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party


  • People's Movement Party[29]



 Russia

  • Christian Democratic Party of Russia


 Rwanda

  • Christian Democratic Party


S



 San Marino



  • San Marinese Christian Democratic Party[30]


  • Union for the Republic[30]



 Saint Lucia

  • United Workers Party


 São Tomé and Príncipe

  • Christian Democratic Front


 Serbia


  • Christian Democratic Party of Serbia


  • Democratic Party of Serbia[31]

  • Serbian Progressive Party



 Slovakia



  • Christian Democratic Movement[32]


  • Network[32]

  • Party of the Hungarian Community


  • Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party[32]



 Slovenia



  • New Slovenia – Christian Democrats[33]


  • Slovenian People's Party[33]



 Spain



  • People's Party[34]

  • Democratic Union of Catalonia

  • Junts per Catalunya


  • Basque Nationalist Party[34]



 Sweden


  • Christian Democrats[35]


  Switzerland



  • Christian Democratic People's Party[36]


  • Christian Social Party[36]


  • Evangelical People's Party[36]



U



 Ukraine

  • Christian Democratic Union


 United Kingdom



  • Conservative Party[37][38]

  • Christian Democratic Party


  • The Common Good (political party)[39][40]


  • Christian Peoples Alliance[41]



 United States


  • American Solidarity Party[42]


 Uruguay


  • Christian Democratic Party[4]


V



 Venezuela



  • Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee (COPEI)[4]

  • National Convergence



Other entities



  • Global – Centrist Democrat International – headquartered in Brussels

  • European Union – European People's Party – Centrist Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European Parliament
    European Christian Political Movement

  • Americas – Christian Democrat Organization of America – Centrist Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South



Other Christianity-related parties


  • Christian Heritage Party of Canada


Related philosophies



  • Catholic social teaching

  • Communitarianism

  • Distributism

  • Neo-Calvinism

  • Social conservatism

  • Social market economy

  • Political Catholicism

  • Christian politics

  • Christian Zionism

  • Liberal Conservatism

  • Abolitionism

  • New World Order



Indices



  • List of generic names of political parties

  • List of political parties by country



See also




  • Christian left

  • Christian right

  • Communitarianism



References





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