Centre-left

The centre-left 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 left on the left-right spectrum, excluding far left stances. Centre-left can also describe a coalition of centrist and left-wing parties.

Ideological definition of the centre-left

The centre-left includes social liberals, social democrats, democratic socialists and some greens. Centre-left supporters accept market allocation of resources in a mixed economy with a significant public sector and a thriving private sector. Centre-left policies tend to favour limited state intervention in the economy in matters pertaining to the public interest. The centre-left also often favours moderate environmentalist policies and generally, though not universally, supports individual freedom on moral issues.

Examples of centre-left parties

Examples of centre-left political parties include:

• In Argentina
  • ARI - Support for an Egalitarian Republic
  • Justicialist Party (mixed Right and Left)
• In Australia:
  • Australian Labor Party
  • Australian Democrats
  • Democratic Labor Party
• In Austria:
  • Social Democratic Party of Austria
• In Basque Country
  • Basque Social Democracy (EA)
• In Brazil
  • Workers' Party - Mixture of leftwing and centre-left factions
• In Canada
  • New Democratic Party - split between leftwing and centre-left tendencies
  • Liberal Party of Canada - split between centre-left and centre-right tendencies
• In Chile
  • Socialist Party of Chile
• In Croatia
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia
  • Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
• In Czech Republic
  • Czech Social Democratic Party
• In Denmark:
  • Republican Party
  • Social Democrats
• In the European Parliament
  • Party of European Socialists
• In Finland
  • Green League
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland
• In France
  • Socialist Party
  • Democratic Movement
• In Germany:
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany
  • Green Party of Germany
• In Great Britain:
  • Labour
  • Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales
  • Scottish National Party
  • Liberal Democrats
• In Greece
  • Democratic Social Movement
  • Panhellenic Socialist Movement
• In India
  • Indian National Congress
  • Nationalist Congress Party
• In Ireland
  • Green Party (Comhaontas Glas)
• In Israel
  • Israel Labor Party
  • Meretz-Yachad^[1]
• In Italy:
  • Democratic Party
  • Italian Democratic Socialists
• In Japan
  • Democratic Party of Japan
  • Social Democratic Party
• In The Netherlands:
  • Democrats 66
  • Dutch Labour Party
• In New Zealand:
  • New Zealand Labour Party
• In Northern Ireland:
  • Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  • Progressive Unionist Party
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party
• In Norway:
  • Norwegian Labour Party
  • Red-Green Coalition
• In Mexico:
  • Institutional Revolutionary Party
  • Party of the Democratic Revolution
  • Convergencia
• In Pakistan:
  • Pakistan Peoples Party
• In Poland:
  • Democratic Left Alliance
  • Social Democracy of Poland
  • Labour Union (Poland)
  • The Democratic Party
• In Portugal
  • Socialist Party
• In Republic of Ireland
  • Labour Party
• In Republic of Korea
  • Grand National Party - split between centre-left and centre-right tendencies
  • Creative Korea Party - split between centre-left and centre-right tendencies
  • United New Democratic Party - Mixture of leftwing and centre-left factions
• In Russia
  • Fair Russia
• In Slovakia
  • Direction - Social Democracy
• In Spain:
  • Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)
• In Sweden:
  • Social Democrats
• In Turkey:
  • Republican People's Party
• In the United States:
  • Green Party of the United States
  • United States Democratic Party - split between centre-left and centre-right tendencies
• In Ukraine
  • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
• In Uruguay
  • Frente Amplio

See also

• Centrism
• Left-wing politics
• Left-wing political parties
• Far-left
• Ultra-left
• Left-Right politics
• Centre-right
• Ideology

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