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This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world.

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Introduction

One can argue what a liberal party is. In this list a liberal party is defined as a political party, that adheres to the basic principles of (political) liberalism. This is a broad political current, that includes both more right of center or free market liberals and more left of center liberals. All liberal parties emphasize individual liberty, but they differ in their opinion on an active role for the state. Liberal parties believe in the growth of a free society based on personal liberty, personal responsibility and social justice. When liberals have gained power and realized their first reforms, one often sees a divergence within the ranks of liberals:

  • Some are satisfied and rest apart with these reforms, developing into liberal conservatives or simply becoming conservatives, mostly still adhering to free market policies. An example is the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan). These parties are not included in the list below.
  • The mainstream of liberalism continues on the path of gradual reforms, embraces electoral democracy as a basic liberal position and organizes itself in the form of the traditional liberal parties. These parties are included in the list .
  • Part of this mainstream emphasizes classical liberal issues and concentrates on economic liberalism. This is, for example, the origin of libertarianism. By many people this is considered a separate political theory/current. Others argue that these parties are also liberal parties. Therefore they are included.
  • Another current wants more and radical reforms. It embraces and emphasizes democratic reforms and often strives after social reforms . These parties sometimes prefer to name themselves radical or progressive liberal and are generally quite positive about the role of the state while continuing to support a market economy. United States liberalism developed out of this tradition. Progressive liberals tend to use words as Radical, Progressive, Free-minded or simply Democratic in stead of Liberal. These left wing liberal parties are included in the list.
Note 1: It is said that United States liberalism differs from the liberalism in most other countries. It includes progressive liberals mentioned here, but also people that would be considered social democrats in other countries.
  • For some this doesn’t go far enough: they joined socialist or social democratic parties.
  • Next to these development one sees the rise of new centrist or pragmatic parties that share liberal values and develop into liberal or similar parties. These parties are included in the list too.
  • Finally one sees liberals joining parties with a broader political range. This happens especially in countries where the electoral system favors a two-party system. (See below for a list of parties.)
Note 2: In some cases the liberal current has developed into a populist direction, like in the case of the Freedom Party (Austria) , in other cases populist parties have adopted the word "liberal" in their names, like in the cases of the Liberal Democratic Party (Russia) and the Liberal Democratic Party (Lithuania). These parties have only a tenuous connection to any tradition that would usually be called "liberal".

Many liberal or similar parties are member of the Liberal International and/or of its regional partners, like the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. Mainly due to national contexts or power reasons some of these parties joined either the Socialist International or the conservative International Democratic Union and its regional partners. Generally the membership of the liberal organizations is an indication that a party is a liberal party and all members are listed. This includes also some centre parties of which the liberal character is disputed by some. Membership of the Socialist International or the International Democratic Union is a contra-indication. These contra-indications doesn't exclude a listing.

International organizations of parties

The parties

Defunct parties can be found at the Timeline of liberal parties around the world
See the remarks above about the criteria

Parliamentary parties and other parties with substantial support

This list includes also parties which were represented in the last previous legislature and still exists as well as some banned or exiles parties (Burma, Cuba). Liberals might be active in other parties, but that is no reason to include a party.
  • Argentina: The traditional progressive liberal party is the Radical Civic Union (Unión Civica Radical, a party that joined the SI). Nowadays it more or less adheres to a synthesis of liberal and social democratic ideas. The party Recreate for Growth (Recrear para el Crecimiento) seems to be an attempt to form a market liberal party. Some provincial conservative parties use the label liberal. The Union of Democratic Center of Avellaneda (Unión del Centro Democrático de Avellaneda) considers itself to be a liberal party, others see it as a conservative party.
  • Austria: liberalism almost disappeared in Austria, when the Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum, member LI, ELDR) became a micro-party. Sometimes the name of the main right-wing populist party, the Freedom Party of Austria is wrongly translated as Liberal party of Austria.
  • Benin: The Rebirth Party of Benin (Parti de la renaissance du Bénin), might be considered a liberal party, but it exact profile is not available.
  • Cambodia: The Pak Sam Rainsy (Sam Rainsy Party, member CALD, claims to be a more or less liberal party, though some dispute this and consider it a xenophobic party.
  • Chile: Originally the Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Social-Democráta, member SI) was a left of center liberal party, but nowadays it is a social democratic party.
  • Colombia: The liberal current developed into the Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano, member SI), which is a left of center, somewhat populist party, somewhere between liberalism and social democracy.
  • Cyprus: The United Democrats(Enomeni Dimokrates, member ELDR) are a left of center liberal party. In North Cyprus the left of center Peace and Democracy Movement (Bariş ve Demokrasi Hareketi), might be considered a liberal party, but it exact profile is not available.
  • Czech Republic: Liberalism is clearly unsuccessful in this country. Three parliamentary liberal parties work together, theCivic Democratic Alliance (Obcanska demokraticka aliance, member ELDR), the Freedom Union-Democratic Union (Unie Svobody - Demokratická unie) and the Liberal Reform Party (Liberální Reformní Strana). They were unsuccessful at the last European elections. At these elections the European Democrats (Evropští demokraté) proved to be a liberal alternative, but it joined the EPP.
  • Denmark: Danish liberalism is divided in two parties, the left of center social liberal Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, member LI, ELDR) and the right-wing market liberal Left, (Venstre Danmarks liberale parti, member LI, ELDR).
  • Finland: The dominant LI and ELDR member party is the original agrarian Finnish Center (Suomen Keskusta), however the liberal character of this party is disputed. The Swedish minority party Swedish People's Party (Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland, member LI, ELDR) has a more clear liberal profile. The orginal liberal current is now organized in the Liberals (Liberaalit), a very small extra-parliamentary party. At the autonomous island of Aland the Liberals for Aland (Liberalerna på Åland, observer LI) are a dominant force.
  • France: The original liberal current in France disappeared and market liberalism is now represented in the conservative Union for a Popular Movement. The originally left of center radical liberal party split up in the right of center liberal Radical Party (Parti Radical) and the left of center social liberal Left Radical Party (Parti Radical de Gauche).
  • Hong Kong: The Democratic Party is a liberal party, strongly emphasizing the need of democratic reforms. The Liberal Party is often considered to be the business party, not open for democratic reforms.
  • Israel: The Change (Shinui, member LI) is a strongly anti-clerical, market liberal party.
  • Italy: Liberalism got strongly divided after the shake up of Italian politics. Liberals are now divided over the center liberal Italy of Values-List Di Pietro (Italia dei Valori - Lista Di Pietro, member LI), ELDR), the left of center Daisy (La Margherita, a merger of liberal and Christian-democratic forces, so it includes both liberals and Christian democrats), the left of center European Republican Movement (Movimento Repubblicani Europei, member ELDR), the old - nowadays right of center - Partito Repubblicano Italiano (Italian Republican Party, member ELDR) and the alternative liberal Italian Radicals or Lista Bonino (Italian Radicals or List Bonino).
  • Japan: The word liberal is used in Japan by the main conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party (Jiyu Minshuto). The Democratic Party (Minshu-to) is a left of center liberal, social democratic party. The liberal character of the Liberal League (Jiyu Rengo) is disputed, it is also considered to be conservative party.
  • Netherlands: Liberalism is divided over two parties in the Netherlands, the left of center liberal Democrats 66 (Democraten 66, member LI, ELDR) and the right of center market liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, member LI, ELDR). Furthermore, in 2004, the Green Left started profiling itself as a 'leftist liberal' party, thus possibly breaking with its socialist roots.
  • Serbia and Montenegro: Liberalism is divided in Serbia. The small centrist Civic Alliance of Serbia (Graðanski Savez Srbije) has a clear liberal profile. The right of center Democratic Party (Demokratska Stranka) officially aligned itself with the European social democrats and the G17 Plus is somewhere between liberalism and conservatism. The liberal character of the Liberals of Serbia (Liberali Srbije, observer LI, member ELDR) is disputed due to their campaign for the last elections, in which it lost parliamentary representation. The Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (Liberalni Savez Crne Gore), member LI) is more or less a liberal party.
  • Sweden: The People's Party - Liberals (Folkpartiet Liberalerna, member LI), ELDR) is a center liberal party. The Center Party (Centerpartiet, member ELDR) is an agrarian party that gradually develops into a more or less liberal party. The liberal character is however disputed.
  • Taiwan: The Democratic Progressive Party (Min-chu Chin-pu Tang, member LI, CALD) is a left of center liberal party. The Taiwan Solidarity Union is a progressive centrist party characterised primarily by its Taiwanese nationalism and derives is membership from both the Chinese Nationalist Party's former moderate and Taiwan-oriented fringe and DPP supporters disgruntled by the party's moderation on the question of Taiwanese sovereignty. Its liberal character is questionable, although it its part of the DPP's left-of-centre and Taiwan-oriented Pan-Green alliance (in contrast with the far-right nd China-oriented Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and People First Party.
  • United States: The USA doesn't have a liberal party, but liberals (in the international sense of the word) are active in both main parties, mainly in the Democratic Party. Libertarians organised themselves mainly in the Libertarian Party.
  • Uruguay: Liberalism in Uruguay organized itself in the nineteenth century in the Colorado (or Red) Party, (Partido Colorado) nowadays an heterogonous party, divided in factions ranging from conservatism to social democracy. Its general profile is more or less liberal.
  • Zimbabwe: Liberalism is not organized in Zimbabwe, but the left-leaning opposition Movement for Democratic Change includes liberals and social democrats opposed to the heavy-handed Maoism and social conservatism of dictator Robert Mugabe.

Non-parliamentary parties

  • Afghanistan: Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan
  • Armenia: Armenian Liberal Democratic Party (Ramgavar)
  • Armenia: Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar Azadagan)
  • Armenia: Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia
  • Australia: Liberal Democratic Party of Australia
  • Austria: Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum, member LI, ELDR, formerly parliamentary)
  • Austria: The Democrats (Die Demokraten)
  • Bangladesh: Liberal Party of Bangladesh
  • Canada: Libertarian Party of Canada
  • Chile: Liberal Party (Chile) (Partido Liberal)
  • Czech Republic: Path for Change (Cesta Zmĕny, member ELDR)
  • Czech Republic: Party for an open society (Strana pro otevrenou spolecnost)
  • Dominican Republic: Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Liberal de la República Dominicana)
  • Ecuador: Movement Forwards Ecuador (Moviminiento Fuerza Ecuador, observer LI)
  • France: Pole of freedoms, the French liberal movement (Pôle des Libertés - Le Mouvement Libéral Français)
  • Greece: The Liberals (Oi Fileleytheroi)
  • Haiti Liberal Party (Parti Libéral)
  • India: Swatantra Bharat Party
  • Italy: Federation of Liberals (Federazione dei Liberali Italiani, observer LI)
  • Italy: Liberal Party (Partito Liberale)
  • Kosovo: Liberal Party of Kosovo (Partia Liberale e Kosoves, observer LI, member ELDR)
  • Laos: Lao Liberal Democratic Party (SeripasathipataiLao)
  • Mongolia: Mongolian Liberal Democratic Party
  • Netherlands Antilles: Democratic Party (Democratische Partij)
  • Norway: Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkepartiet)
  • Peru: Liberal Party of Peru (Partido Liberal del Peru)
  • Spain: Liberal Coalition (Coalición Liberal)
  • Spain: Mallorcan Union (Unió Mallorquina, member [[LI])
  • Sri Lanka: Liberal Party of Sri Lanka, member LI, CALD
  • Turkey: Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Demokrat Parti, member LI)
  • United Kingdom: Liberal Party
  • United States: Liberal Party (New York State)
  • Uruguay: Liberal Party (Partido Liberal)
  • Venezuela: Liberal Force (Fuerza Liberal)
  • Venezuela: Civil Resistance (Resistencia Civil): micro-party
Last updated: 08-03-2005 17:11:53
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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