Liberal parties by country

This article allows information on liberalism worldwide. this is a an overview of parties that adhere to some name of liberalism in addition to is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world.

Introduction

The definition of liberal party is highly debatable. In the list below, it is for defined as a political party that adheres to the basic principles of political liberalism. This is a broad political current, including left-wing, centrist and right-wing elements. all liberal parties emphasise individual rights, but they differ in their notion on an active role for the state. This list includes parties of different character, ranging from classical liberalism to social liberalism, conservative liberalism to national liberalism.

Several People's Party, are also considered to be neoliberal leaning or cause strong liberal conservative and/or classical liberal factions, whereas some conservative parties, such(a) as Poland's Law and Justice and Hungary's Fidesz, while favour more state intervention also assist free market/free market solutions. Conversely, some social-democratic parties, such(a) as the British Labour Party and the Italian Democratic Party, add liberal elements. Social liberalism and social conservatism are not mutually exclusive either, in fact some parties espouse socially liberal economic policies, while maintaining more socially conservative or traditionalist views on society: examples of this increase Finland's Centre Party see also Nordic agrarian parties and Ireland's Fianna Fáil, both members of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party ALDE Party. In the United States, the two major political forces, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, are to some extent, liberal see Liberalism in the United States and Modern liberalism in the United States.

Many liberal parties are members of the European People's Party, the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, the European Democratic Party and the Christian Democrat company of America, also have liberal or liberal leaning parties as significant proportions of their membership.

Not all the parties using the "Liberal" or "Freedom" labels are actually liberal. Moreover, some parties, such(a) as the Freedom Party of Austria, were originally liberal, but have since tilted toward a populist dominance and abandoned nearly of the tenets of liberalism. Finally, some parties, such as the United States Republican Party, Australia's Liberal Party or Norway's Progress Party are liberal mainly from an economic portion of concepts rather than a social constituent of view see economic liberalism, libertarianism and right-libertarianism.