Centrist Democrat International

The Christian Democratic International ( officially " Centrist Democrat International - International Démocrate - chrétienne " (CDI - IDC), International Democratic Centrists ), the World Association of Christian Democrat, centrist and Christian Social parties. Founded in 1961 in Santiago de Chile as a " Christian- Democratic World Union ," the organization announced on June 11, 1976, its political and ideological manifesto. The renamed Christian Democratic International took place in 1982. 's Current name should also allow the integration of parties who do not profess Christianity, but in the political center or slightly to the right of their position, for example, bourgeois political parties. The organization is based in Brussels.

Key members of the German Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Democratic parties of Scandinavia (for example Kristdemokraterna in Sweden ), the Christian Democratic People's Party and Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland, the Christians Democratisch Appèl in the Netherlands, the Partido Popular in Spain and the numerous Christian Democratic and Christian Social parties in Latin America which are partly also located left of center (for example, Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile). European Department of the CDI is the European People's Party.

In addition to the CDI, there are also founded in 1983, International Democratic Union ( IDU ), which is generally considered to be further to the right standing and more market- liberal and therefore, in contrast to the Christian Democrat CDI called conservative. There are however a lot of overlap, as well as joint members. The CDU, for example, is a member of both organizations.

President of the Christian Democratic International 's Pier Ferdinando Casini of the Italian UDC. You to stand by 17 deputies, including Peter Hintze ( CDU). Secretary General is the Spanish MEP Antonio López- Istúriz White ( PP), treasurer of the former Minister of Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet.

Members

The following parties are full members of the Christian Democratic International:

• Albania Albania: Democratic Party of Albania
• Algeria Algeria: National Democratic collection
• Andorra Andorra: Andorra Centre Demócrata
• Angola Angola: União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola
• Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea: Accion Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial
• Argentina Argentina: Partido Demócrata Cristiano
• Armenia Armenia: Land of the right
• Aruba Aruba: Arubaanse Volkspartij
• Belgium: Christian - Democratisch en Vlaams
• Bolivia Bolivia: Christian Democratic Party
• Brazil Brazil: Democratas
• Bulgaria: Sajus na Demokratitschnite Sili
• Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Union pour la République
• Chile Chile: Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile
• Curacao Curacao: National People's Party
• Danemark Denmark: Kristendemokraterne
• Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo: Mouvement de Libération du Congo
• Germany Germany: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
• Dominican Republic: Partido Social Cristiano reform Ista
• Ivory Coast Ivory Coast: Rassemblement of Républicains
• El Salvador El Salvador: Partido de la Esperanza
• France France: Union pour un mouvement populaire
• Greece: New Democracy
• Ireland Ireland: Fine Gael
• Italy Italy: Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro Democratici and popolari - Unione Democratici per l' Europe
• Cambodia: Front Uni National pour un Cambodge Indépendant, Neutre, Pacifique, et Coopératif
• Cape Verde Cape Verde: Movimento para a Democracia
• Catalonia: Unio Democràtica de Catalunya
• Colombia Colombia: Partido Conservador Colombiano
• Croatia: Hrvatska Demokratska zajednica
• Cuba Cuba: Movimiento Cristiano Liberación and Christian Democratic Party of Cuba
• Lebanon Lebanon: Union Chretienne democrate Libanaise and Kata'ib
• Malta Malta Nationalist Party
• Morocco Morocco: Istiqlal
• Mauritania Mauritania: Union pour la Démocratie et le Progres and Union pour la République
• Mexico Mexico: Partido Acción Nacional (Mexico)
• Mozambique Mozambique: Movimento Democrático de Moçambique
• Netherlands Netherlands: Christians Democratisch Appèl
• Norway Norway: Kristelig Folkeparti
• Paraguay Paraguay: Christian Democratic Party
• Philippines Philippines: Laban ng Pilipino and Lakas -CMD Demokratikong
• Portugal: Partido Social Democrata
• Romania Romania: Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Crestin Democrat, Romaniai Magyar Keresztendemokrata Part and the Democratic- Liberal Party (Romania )
• San Marino San Marino: Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese
• Sweden Sweden: Kristdemokraterna
• Slovakia Slovakia: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party
• Slovenia: New Slovenia and Slovenian Democratic Party
• Switzerland Switzerland: Křesťanská a demokratická unie - Československé strana Lidová
• Ukraine: Christian Democratic Union ( Ukraine)
• Hungary Hungary: Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union
• Venezuela: Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente
• Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: Dimokratikos Synagermos

Observer

• Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea: Partido Popular Union
• Brazil Brazil: Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira
• Bulgaria: Balgarski Semedelski Naroden Sajus - Naroden Sajus and Democratic Party
• Honduras Honduras: Partido Nacional de Honduras
• Madagascar Madagascar: Fanorenana
• Romania Romania: Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
• Serbia Serbia Demohrišćanska Stranka Srbije
• Hnutie Party of the Hungarian community and Kresťanskodemokratické: Slovakia Slovakia
• Belarus Belarus: Belarusian Christian Democrats