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A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern ...
Parti Québécois. The Parti Québécois ( French for 'Quebec Party'; PQ; pronounced [paʁti kebekwa]) is a sovereignist [10] and social democratic [2] provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state.
La France Insoumise ( FI or LFI; pronounced [la fʁɑ̃s ɛ̃sumiz], lit. 'France Unbowed') [a] is a left-wing populist political party in France, [18] launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims to implement the eco-socialist and democratic ...
The Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec, a minor political party which garners less than 1% of the popular vote, was founded in 2000 and emulates the Union Nationale by combining moderate Quebec nationalism with Christian social conservatism. It changed its name in 2012 to the Parti unité nationale. Vocabulary
Democratic Movement (France) The Democratic Movement (French: Mouvement démocrate, pronounced [muv.mɑ̃ de.mɔ.kʁat]; MoDem, [mɔ.dɛm]) is a centre [6] to centre-right [4] [5] political party in France that is characterised by a strong pro-European stance. MoDem was founded by François Bayrou to succeed the Union for French Democracy (UDF ...
French Wars of Religion. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, politiques ( French pronunciation: [pɔlitik]) were Western European statesmen who prioritized the strength of the state above all other organs of society, including religion. During the French Wars of Religion, this included moderates of both religious faiths ( Huguenots ...
The Republicans ( French: Les Républicains [le ʁepyblikɛ̃]; LR) is a liberal-conservative [5] [6] [7] political party in France, largely inspired by the tradition of Gaullism. [8] [5] [9] The party was formed on 30 May 2015 as the re-incorporation of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which had been established in 2002 under the ...
The Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste, PS) is a social democratic French-speaking political party in Belgium. As of the 2019 elections, it is the third largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party. The party is led by Paul Magnette.