Right-wing politics

:Right wing is also a term used in several sports; see winger (sport).

Political parties on the right

One might normally characterize the following parties as on the political right in their respective countries, though they might have relatively little in common with other right-wing groups beyond their opposition to the left. For instance, Sweden's Folkpartiet and Centerpartiet are centrist by European standards, and probably left-wing by American standards, but are seen as part of the right-wing opposition bloc to the usually-ruling Social Democrats.

Related Topics:
Folkpartiet - Centerpartiet - Social Democrats

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Naturally, in all cases "left" and "right" express relative positioning. For example, the Log Cabin Republicans align on the right in the context of the U.S.'s gay community, but generally appear within the Republican Party as part of the left wing of the party.

Related Topics:
Log Cabin Republicans - Gay - Republican Party

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Many right-wing and/or conservative parties worldwide are part of the International Democrat Union.

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This list generally excludes far-right parties; they can be found at far-right.

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Argentina

• Unión del Centro Democrático
• Recrear Argentina
• Partido de la Unidad Federalista
• Some fractions of the Partido Justicialista

Armenia

• Republican Party of Armenia
• Liberal Democratic Union of Armenia
• Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia
• Christian Democratic Party

Australia

• Liberal Party of Australia
• National Party of Australia
• One Nation Party
• Christian Democratic Party

Austria

• Austrian Freedom Party
• Austrian People's Party
• Alliance for the Future of Austria

Belgium

• Center-right
• Christen Democratisch & Vlaams (CD&V)
• Right
• Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD)
• Mouvement Reformateur (MR)
• Far Right
• Vlaams Belang - formerly Vlaams Blok
• Front National

Bulgaria

• Union of Democratic Forces
• Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria
• Union of the Free Democrats
• Democratic Party

Canada

• Conservative Party of Canada - formerly the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance.
• Christian Heritage Party of Canada
• Progressive Canadian Party
• Nationalist Party of Canada
• British Columbia Liberal Party

Chile

• National Renewal (RN)
• Independent Democratic Union (UDI)

Colombia

• Colombian Conservative Party (PCC)
• Partido Cambio Radical (PCR)

Czech Republic

• Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA; conservative liberal; in Czech: Ob?anská democratická aliance)
• Civic Democratic Party (ODS; conservative; in Czech: Ob?anská democratická strana)
• Conservative Party (KONS; in Czech: Konzervativní strana)
• Czech Right (CP; far-right; in Czech: ?eská Pravice)
• European Democrats (ED; conservative liberal; in Czech: Evrop?tí demokraté)
• Freedom Union - Democratic Union (US-DEU conservative liberal; in Czech: Unie svobody - Demokratická Unie)
• I Want My Chance (CISN; regional; in Czech: Chci svou ?anci)
• Liberal Reform Party (LiRa; free market liberal; in Czech: Liberální reformní strana)
• Path of Change (CZ; free market liberal; in Czech: Cesta zm?ny)
• Right Block - Party for Reversiblity of Politics, Referenda and Direct Democracy WWW.CIBULKA.NET (PB; extreme liberal; in Czech: Pravý Blok - strana za ODVOLATELNOST politik?, REFERENDA a P?ÍMOU demokracii WWW.CIBULKA.NET)

Denmark

• Fremskridtspartiet
• Dansk Folkeparti (Danish People's Party, populist)
• Venstre (conservative liberal)
• Centrumsdemokraterne
• Det Konservative Folkeparti
• Kristendemokraterne (Christian Democrats, traditionalist Christian conservative)

Finland

• Coalition Party, or Kokoomus, identifies itself as the main right-wing party of Finland.
• Swedish People's Party (Finland) or Svenska folkpartiet, the party of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Somewhat diverse in its policy on the left-right -scale, but mostly right-wing.
• Centre Party (Finland) or Suomen keskusta, a party with close ties to the agricultural population.
• True Finns
• Young Finnish Party
• former Patriotic People's Movement (Finland)

France

• Front National (Seen by many as extreme-right)
• Mouvement National Republicain
• Movement for France
• Union for a Popular Majority
• Union pour la Démocratie Française

Germany

• Right
• Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
• Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)
• Extremist Right
• Democratic People Union (DVU)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
• The Republicans (REP)
• Former and now forbidden extremist

Greece

• ND - New Democracy (Conservative Right)
• LA.O.S. - Popular Orthodox Rally (Far Right)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

In Hong Kong, the right-wing parties are often known as the "pro-democracy camp", which is in contrast with the pro-Beijing parties.

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• Democratic Party
• The Frontier
• Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood

Hungary

• Fidesz ? Hungarian Civic Union

Iceland

• Independence Party (Conservative / Libertarian)

India

• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
• Shiv Sena (SS)

Ireland

This section is about the Republic of Ireland. For right-wing parties in Northern Ireland see the United Kingdom section below. Also, please note that Irish parties do not fall in the same typical Left/Right categories as political parties in most other European countries, so the inclusion of Irish parties in the "right-wing" is only an approximation.

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• Fine Gael (FG) (mainly Christian democratic)
• Progressive Democrats (PDs, conservative liberal)
• Fianna Fail (FF) (populist)

Israel

• Parties with seats in the Knesset
• Likud (center-right conservative party)
• Historical Herut
• Gahal
• Gesher
• Israel Ba-Aliya (headed by Natan Sharansky)
• Mafdal (National Religious Party)
• National Union
• Moledet
• Yisrael Beytenu (headed by Avigdor Lieberman)
• Tkuma
• Shas (Ultra-Orthodox Sepharadi party)
• United Torah Judaism (Ultra-orthodox Ashkenazi party)
• Parties without seats
• Tzomet
• Tehiya (historical party)
• Herut
• Chayil
• Non-parliamentary:
• Gush Emunim (Settlers' movement)
• Kippot Srugot (Religious Zionists)
• Yesha council ("Moetzet Yesha") - the official representatives of the Israeli settlements
• Women in Green
• Professors For National Strength "פרופסורים למען חוסן מדיני"
• Mateh Homat Magen
• Youth Movements
• Betar (revisionist, affiliated with Likud)
• Bnei Akiva (religious Zionist, affiliated with Mafdal)
• Ezra (Haredi, also support Zionism)
• Moledet Youth
• Extremist right
• Hilltop Youth
• Kach (outlawed)

Italy

• Forza Italia
• Alleanza Nazionale (AN)
• Forza Nuova (FN)
• Lega Nord

Japan

• Liberal Democratic Party
• New Clean Government Party
• Liberal League
• Environmental Green Political Assembly

Latvia

• Jaunais Laiks
• Tautas Partija
• Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība
• Latvijas Pirmā Partija
• Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK

Lithuania

• Tėvynės sąjunga (Lietuvos konservatoriai)
• Liberalų ir centro sąjunga

Mexico

• Partido Acción Nacional.

Netherlands

• Christen-Democratisch Appèl
• Leefbaar Rotterdam (a local party)
• Lijst Pim Fortuyn
• Nieuw Rechts
• Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie

New Zealand

• New Zealand National Party
• ACT New Zealand

Norway

• Fremskrittspartiet
• Høyre
• Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF, Christian People's Party)

Poland

• Liga Polskich Rodzin
• Unia Polityki Realnej
• Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc
• Platforma Obywatelska

South Korea

• Grand National Party
• United Liberal Democrats

Spain

• Right
• Partido Popular
• PNV
• Coalición Canaria
• Convergencia i Unió
• Unidad Alavesa
• Far Right
• Falange

Sweden

• Kristdemokraterna (Christian Democrats, traditionalist Christian conservative)
• Moderata samlingspartiet (Moderate Party, free-market conservative)
• Not right-wing by European standards but identified with Sweden's "non-socialist" bloc.
• Folkpartiet
• Centerpartiet

Slovakia

• Christian Democratic Movement
• Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
• Civic Conservative Party

Slovenia

• Slovenia Democratic Party/far right-ruling party http://www.sds.si
• Slovenian People's Party/far right-ruling http://www.nsi.si
• New Slovenia-Christian People`s Party/far right-ruling http://www.sls.si
• Slovenian National Party/extreme right http://www.sns.si

Taiwan

• Nationalist Party of China
• People First Party
• New Party

United Kingdom

Right

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• Tory or Conservative Party
• Ulster Unionist Party (Seen as many as a centralist political party)
• United Kingdom Independence Party
• Democratic Unionist Party
• Veritas

Far Right

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• British National Party (Has gradually moved away from a former extreme position but still considered far right)
• National Front

United States

• Parties represented in the U.S. Congress
• Republican Party
• National parties that fielded candidates for national office in 2004
• American Independent Party
• American Party
• Constitution Party
• Prohibition Party
• Contemporary national parties that did not field candidates for national office in 2004
• America First Party
• American Heritage Party
• Constitutional Action Party
• Independent American Party
• Regional/Single-State Parties
• American Heritage Party (Washington)
• Christian Freedom Party (Minnesota)
• Conservative Party of New York State
• New Jersey Conservative Party
• Reform Party of Michigan (not affiliated with the Reform Party USA nor the American Reform Party)
• School Choice Party (New York)
• Secessionist (NB: Only those secessionist parties that apparently espouse right-wing doctrines are listed here.)
• Alaskan Independence Party