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Centrist Democrat International

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Centrist Democrat International
AbbreviationCDI (English)
IDC (French, Spanish)
Formation30 July 1961 (1961-07-30)[1]
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Region served
Worldwide
Members109 political parties
Official languages
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
President
Andrés Pastrana Arango
SubsidiariesYouth of the Centrist Democrat International
AffiliationsChristian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA)
European People's Party (EPP)
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)
Websiteidc-cdi.com

The Centrist Democrat International (CDI; Spanish: Internacional Demócrata de Centro, IDC) is an international political organization.

The CDI was founded on 30 July 1961 in Santiago, Chile, as the Christian Democrat World Union, reflecting the central role that Christian democratic parties played in its foundation. However, over the decades, the CDI has progressively expanded its identity and membership to include parties from a wide range of ideological traditions, and in 1999, it was renamed the Centrist Democrat International due to the participation of groups from other religions.

Today, it represents a broad political family committed to defending and strengthening constitutional democracy as the only viable system for guaranteeing freedom, pluralism, and social justice. To achieve this, the CDI works through its regional organizations.

The CDI's European division is the European People's Party, the largest European political party. Its African equivalent is the regional IDC.Africa, which has its own statutes aligned with the principles of the CDI. The CDI also works with think tanks such as the National Democratic Institute and the Wilfred Martens Centre (WMCES).

Timeline

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  • December 1925: The first international gathering of Catholic-Christian democratic parties takes place in Paris, establishing the International Secretariat of Democratic Parties of Christian Inspiration (SIPDIC). Member parties were from Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, and Lithuania.
  • 1939 to 1945: World War II suspends the SIPDIC.
  • 23 April 1947: Political leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay meet in Montevideo to create an international organization of Christian democratic parties. Representatives from Bolivia and Peru participate via diplomatic correspondence. The Declaration of Montevideo establishes the Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América (ODCA), although the name is not formalized until their second meeting in July 1949.
  • 3 June 1947: European Christian Democrats form the Nouvelles Équipes Internationales (NEI) in Chaudfontaine, Belgium, prompted by the Swiss a year before restarting the SIPDIC. The NEI, open to non-Catholic parties who subscribed to the principles of social democracy, sees European integration as the best way to prevent the spread of communism into western Europe and encourages exile groups from Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia to attend. The NEI plays a significant role in preparations for the Hague Congress and the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community.
  • 26 July 1950: The Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe (CDUCE) is formed in New York City to assist Christian democratic parties in exile by organizing forces in opposition to communism. By 1955, it begins working with underground operatives in the Soviet bloc while trying to coordinate efforts between European and Latin American Christian Democratic parties.
  • May and July 1956: The ODCA, NEI, and CDUCE meet for the first time in Paris at a gathering of 33 delegations from 28 countries to discuss the creation of a global Christian democratic organization.
  • 1960: The three regional Christian democratic organizations establish the Christian Democratic International Information and Documentation Centre (CDI-IDC) in Rome to provide political analyses for Christian democratic parties around the world.
  • 1961: The World Union of Christian Democrats (WUCD) is established in Santiago.
  • 1982: The WUCD changes its name to the Christian Democrat International (CDI).
  • 1999: The CDI changes its name to the Centrist Democrat International due to the increasing membership of non-Christian political parties. Since October 2000, some have informally referred to the CDI as the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International.
  • 2021: The CDI underwent a profound change in its legal and constitutive form, considerably increasing its political, communicative and organisational skills.

Executive committee

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The CDI Executive Committee consists of the President, Secretary-general, and Vice-Presidents. The President is Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of Colombia and the Secretary-General is MEP Antonio López-Istúriz of Spain.

Members of the executive committee are:

Member parties

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Country Party Abbr Government Lower Chamber Upper Chamber
BERJAYA Albania Democratic Party of Albania PD Opposition
50 / 140 (36%)
BERJAYA Algeria National Rally for Democracy RND Junior party in coalition
58 / 407 (14%)
21 / 144 (15%)
BERJAYA Angola National Union for the Total Independence of Angola UNITA Opposition
90 / 220 (41%)
BERJAYA Argentina Christian Democratic Party PDC Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 257 (0%)
0 / 72 (0%)
BERJAYA Armenia Rule of Law OEK Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 107 (0%)
Republican Party of Armenia RPA Opposition
4 / 107 (4%)
BERJAYA Aruba Aruban People's Party AVP/PPA Government
9 / 21 (43%)
BERJAYA Bangladesh Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP Government
208 / 350 (59%)
BERJAYA Belgium Christian Democratic and Flemish CD&V Junior party in coalition
11 / 150 (7%)
5 / 60 (8%)
BERJAYA Botswana Botswana National Front BNF Government
22 / 65 (34%)
BERJAYA Brazil Brazilian Social Democracy Party PSDB Opposition
14 / 513 (3%)
1 / 81 (1%)
BERJAYA Burkina Faso Union for the Republic UR Opposition
0 / 127 (0%)
BERJAYA Cambodia National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia FUNCINPEC Neither government nor opposition
5 / 125 (4%)
2 / 62 (3%)
Cambodian People's Party CPP Government
120 / 125 (96%)
55 / 62 (89%)
BERJAYA Cape Verde Movement for Democracy MPD Government
38 / 72 (53%)
BERJAYA Chile Christian Democratic Party PDC Opposition
8 / 155 (5%)
3 / 50 (6%)
National Renewal RN Government
13 / 155 (8%)
10 / 50 (20%)
BERJAYA Republic of China Kuomintang KMT Opposition
52 / 113 (46%)
BERJAYA Colombia Colombian Conservative Party PCC Government
25 / 188 (13%)
15 / 108 (14%)
New Democratic Force NFD Opposition
0 / 187
0 / 108
Democratic Center CD Opposition
15 / 188 (8%)
13 / 108 (12%)
Colombia Justa Libres CJL Opposition
0 / 188
1 / 108
BERJAYA Democratic Republic of the Congo Movement for the Liberation of the Congo MLC Opposition
19 / 500 (4%)
4 / 108 (4%)
BERJAYA Costa Rica Social Christian Unity Party PUSC Opposition
9 / 57 (16%)
BERJAYA Croatia Croatian Democratic Union HDZ Government
55 / 151 (36%)
BERJAYA Cuba Christian Liberation Movement MCL Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 470 (0%)
Christian Democratic Party of Cuba PDCC Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 470 (0%)
BERJAYA Curaçao National People's Party NVP/PNP Opposition
4 / 21 (19%)
BERJAYA Cyprus Democratic Rally DISY Opposition
17 / 56 (30%)
BERJAYA Czech Republic KDU-ČSL KDU–ČSL Opposition
16 / 200 (8%)
12 / 81 (15%)
BERJAYA Dominican Republic Social Christian Reformist Party PRSC Opposition
4 / 190 (2%)
1 / 32 (3%)
BERJAYA Dominican Republic Dominicans for Change DxC Junior party in coalition
2 / 190
1 / 32
BERJAYA El Salvador Christian Democratic Party PDC Opposition
1 / 84 (1%)
BERJAYA France The Republicans LR Opposition
52 / 577 (9%)
121 / 348 (35%)
BERJAYA Gabon Gabonese Democratic Party PDG Opposition
98 / 143 (69%)
BERJAYA Georgia European Georgia — Movement for Liberty Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 150
BERJAYA Germany Christian Democratic Union CDU Government
164 / 630 (26%)
19 / 69 (28%)
BERJAYA Greece New Democracy ND Government
156 / 300 (52%)
BERJAYA Guinea Parti de l'espoir pour le développement national PEDN Extraparliamentary opposition
BERJAYA Guinea-Bissau Party for Social Renewal PRS Opposition
12 / 102 (12%)
BERJAYA Equatorial Guinea Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea APGE Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 100 (0%)
0 / 70 (0%)
BERJAYA Hungary Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance FIDESZ Opposition
44 / 199 (22%)
Christian Democratic People's Party KDNP Opposition
8 / 199 (4%)
BERJAYA Indonesia National Awakening Party[2] PKB Junior party in coalition
68 / 580 (12%)
BERJAYA Ireland Fine Gael FG Government
38 / 160 (24%)
17 / 60 (28%)
BERJAYA Italy Union of the Centre UDC Junior party in coalition
1 / 400 (0.3%)
1 / 200 (0.5%)
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad MAIE Junior party in coalition
1 / 400
1 / 400
BERJAYA Ivory Coast Rally of the Republicans[3] RDR Government
127 / 255 (50%)
BERJAYA Kenya Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya WDM-K Opposition
25 / 349 (7%)
3 / 67 (4%)
BERJAYA Lebanon Kataeb Phalange Government
4 / 128 (3%)
BERJAYA Madagascar Malagasy Miara-Miainga MMM Opposition
BERJAYA Malawi Malawi Congress Party MCP Government
55 / 193 (28%)
BERJAYA Mali Union for the Republic and Democracy URD Extraparliamentary opposition
19 / 147 (13%)
BERJAYA Malta Nationalist Party PN Opposition
37 / 79 (47%)
BERJAYA Mauritania Union for Democracy and Progress UDP Junior party in coalition
10 / 176 (6%)
Equity Party El Insaf Government
107 / 176 (61%)
BERJAYA Mauritius Parti Mauricien Social Democrate PMSD Opposition
1 / 66
BERJAYA Mexico National Action Party PAN Opposition
70 / 500 (14%)
21 / 128 (16%)
BERJAYA Montenegro Europe Now! PES! Government
20 / 81 (25%)
BERJAYA Morocco Istiqlal Party Junior party in coalition
81 / 395 (21%)
24 / 120 (20%)
BERJAYA Mozambique Democratic Movement of Mozambique MDM Opposition
8 / 250 (3%)
BERJAYA Panama People's Party PP Opposition
2 / 71 (3%)
BERJAYA Paraguay Christian Democratic Party PDC Opposition
0 / 80 (0%)
0 / 45 (0%)
BERJAYA Peru Christian People's Party PPC Extraparliamentary opposition
0 / 130 (0%)
BERJAYA Philippines Fight of Democratic Filipinos LDP Junior party in coalition
1 / 316 (0.3%)
0 / 24 (0%)
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats Lakas Senior party in coalition
111 / 316 (35%)
1 / 24 (4%)
BERJAYA Portugal Social Democratic Party PSD Government 89|230|#FF9900|per=1}
BERJAYA Romania National Liberal Party PNL Senior party in coalition
49 / 330 (15%)
22 / 136 (16%)
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania RMDSZ Junior party in coalition
23 / 330 (7%)
10 / 136 (7%)
BERJAYA San Marino Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party PDCS Government
22 / 60 (37%)
BERJAYA São Tomé and Príncipe Independent Democratic Action ADI Government
30 / 55 (55%)
BERJAYA Senegal Centrist Union of Senegal UCS Junior party in government
Bloc des centristes Gaïndé BCG Opposition
BERJAYA Serbia Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians VMSZ In coalition
6 / 250
BERJAYA Slovenia New Slovenia NSi Opposition
8 / 90 (9%)
Slovenian Democratic Party SDS Opposition
24 / 90 (27%)
BERJAYA Spain People's Party PP Opposition
137 / 350 (39%)
140 / 266 (53%)
BERJAYA Sweden Christian Democrats KD Government
19 / 349 (5%)
BERJAYA Ukraine Party of Hungarians of Ukraine KMKSZ Extraparliamentary
0 / 450
BERJAYA Venezuela Christian Social Party 'Copei' COPEI Opposition
1 / 277 (0.4%)
Justice First PJ Extraparliamentary
0 / 277 (0%)

Former members

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Observer parties

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The IDC-CDI has 21 observers, including:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Durand, Jean-Dominique, ed. (2015-01-01). Christian Democrat Internationalism. Peter Lang. p. 71. doi:10.3726/978-3-0352-6492-0. ISBN 978-3-0352-9924-3.
  2. ↑ Safitri, Eva. "PKB Resmi Jadi Anggota Koalisi Partai Demokratis Internasional". detiknews. Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  3. ↑ Parties, Centrist Democrat International, idc-cdi.com, retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Heritage Party Has Become an Observer Member of Centrist Democrat International". www.heritage.am. Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  5. ↑ "parties". IDC-CDI. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Osa Osa Ecoro welcomes the president of the IDC". Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2024-11-12.

Further reading

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  • Papini, Roberto (1997). The Christian Democrat International. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  • Grabow, Karsten & Hartleb, Florian (Eds.) (2013). Exposing the Demagogues. Center for European Studies & Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
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