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While some definitions of political parties state that a party is an organization that advances a specific set of ideological or policy goals, [80] many political parties are not primarily motivated by ideology or policy, and instead exist to advance the career of a specific political entrepreneur. [81] [82]
Horizons (French: ⓘ) is a centre-right [1] [2] [3] [4] political party in France founded in October 2021 by Édouard Philippe, at the time mayor of Le Havre and ...
La France Insoumise (LFI or FI; French: [la fʁɑ̃s ɛ̃sumiz], lit. ' France Unbowed ', also translated as ‘France in Revolt’) is a left-wing political party in France. It was launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG).
Lavalas emerged as a powerful social movement in the late 1980s, [2] and it backed Jean Bertrand Aristide's election campaign in 1990. The establishment of the Lavalas movement as a formal political party, renamed Fanmi Lavalas, took place in 1996 as a split by Aristide from the Struggling People's Party (OPL) over the question of his resumption of the three years he lost in exile following ...
A party system is a concept in comparative political science concerning the system of government by political parties in a democratic country. The idea is that political parties have basic similarities: they control the government, have a stable base of mass popular support, and create internal mechanisms for controlling funding, information and nominations.
The term politique often had a pejorative connotation of moral or religious indifference, especially after 1576 in contrast with the radical Catholic League calling for the eradication of Protestantism in France. By 1588, the politiques were seen by pious detractors as a faction more pernicious than heretics. Similar clashes emerged during the ...
In December 2019, the party won the by-election in Jean-Talon and in April 2022 won the by-election in Marie-Victorin, both of which had been Liberal and Parti Québécois strongholds, raising its seat total to 76. The party won another majority government in the 2022 elections, raising their seat count to 90.
The Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (French: Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire — Rassemblement Démocratique Africain; abbreviated PDCI-RDA) is a centre-right political party in Ivory Coast.