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German Christian-democratic party of Adenauer, Kohl, Merkel and Friedrich Merz, it defends the social market economy, Europe, NATO, order and family, with a conservative wing, and has led the German government since 2025.
Political axes
Leans further toward globalism than 86% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
Centrist branch that combines economic moderation and institutional respect with social conservatism, valuing family, religion, order, and gradual change without joining the authoritarian right or populist radicalism.
Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
Right-wing current that unites free markets, traditional values, and an interventionist foreign policy, advocating the promotion of democracy and national interests through military force and global leadership.
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CommunalismAnarchist32%
West Germany's first chancellor, Adenauer consolidated Christian democracy, the social market economy, and the country's integration into the West, rebuilding the nation after the war and anchoring it in Europe.
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Liberal-conservative opposition to Vargas and to labor politics between 1945 and 1965, it defended free enterprise, anti-communism and the fight against corruption, had Carlos Lacerda as its loudest voice and backed the 1964 coup.
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