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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. 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 is often considered centre-right on cultural, social and moral issues, but centre-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" as well as the environment, generally supporting a social market economy. Christian democracy can be seen as either conservative, centrist, or liberal / left of, right of, or center of the mainstream political parties depending on the social and political atmosphere of a given country and the positions held by individual Christian democratic parties. 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, but by contrast, Christian democratic parties in Latin America tend to be left-leaning. Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy. In the United States, Christian democratic parties of Europe and Latin America, deemed conservative and liberal respectively in their geopolitical regions, are both generally regarded as farther left-wing of the mainstream.

Alphabetical list by country

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A

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  • Albanian Christian Democratic Movement
  • Christian Democratic Party of Albania

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  • Christian Democratic Party
  • Christian Democratic Union of Armenia
  • National Christian Party

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  • Aruban People's Party

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  • Christian Democratic Party
  • Democratic Labour Party

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  • Austrian People's Party

B

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  • People's Party for Democracy and Development

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  • Belarusian Christian Democracy
  • BPF Party

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  • Christian Democratic and Flemish
  • Christian Social Party
  • ProDG
  • Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Christian Democratic Party

C

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  • Christian Heritage Party of Canada

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

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  • Christian Democratic Party
  • Homeland Movement
  • Croatian Christian Democratic Party

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  • KDU-ČSL

D

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  • Christian Democratic Party (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Convention of Christian Democrats
  • Democratic Social Christian Party
  • Federalist Christian Democracy – Convention of Federalists for Christian Democracy
  • Movement for the Liberation of the Congo

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  • Christian Democrats

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  • Christian Democratic Union
  • Christian Democratic Party

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  • Christian Democratic Party
  • Party of Estonian Christian Democrats

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  • European Christian Political Party
  • European People's Party

F

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  • Centre Party

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  • Christian Democrats

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  • The Republicans
  • Christian Democratic Party

G

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  • Christian-Democratic Movement
  • Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

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  • Christian Democratic Union of Germany
  • Christian Social Union in Bavaria

H

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  • Christian Democratic Party of Honduras

I

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  • Fine Gael
  • Fianna Fáil

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  • Forza Italia
  • Union of the Centre

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  • Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party
  • Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania

M

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  • Nationalist Party

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  • Christian-Democratic People's Party

N

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  • Alliance
  • Christian Democratic Appeal
  • Christian Union
  • VMRO – People's Party

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  • Christian People's Party

P

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  • People's Party
  • Law and Justice
  • Polish People's Party

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  • Partido Acción Cristiana
  • Proyecto Dignidad

R

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  • Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party
  • National Liberal Party
  • Force of the Right
  • People's Movement Party

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  • Christian Democratic Party of Russia

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  • Christian Democratic Party

S

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  • United Workers Party

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  • Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party
  • Union for the Republic
  • St. Maarten Christian Party

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  • Christian Democratic Movement

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  • New Slovenia – Christian Democrats
  • Slovenian People's Party
  • Basque Nationalist Party

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  • Christian Democrats

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  • Christian Social Party of Obwalden
  • Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
  • Christian Peoples Alliance

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  • American Solidarity Party
  • Prohibition Party

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  • National Party
  • Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay
  • Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee (COPEI)