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Party of Gandhi and Nehru that led India's independence and governed it for decades, now in opposition to the BJP. It defends secularism, social welfare, a mixed economy, pluralism and federalism.
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Leans further toward multiculturalism than 82% of the 165 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Trade, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
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A 1970s Western European communist current that sought a national path to socialism through elections, party pluralism and civil liberties, independent of Moscow, with a mixed economy under democratic planning.
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
Branch that seeks concrete social results by negotiating with the market and existing institutions, prioritizing responsible fiscal austerity, targeted social policy, and governability over revolutionary ideological purity.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismFar-Right34%
A Brazilian politician, Ciro Gomes champions a national-developmentalist project, with a strong state role in the economy, industrialization, and national sovereignty, positioning himself as a voice of center-left labourism.
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Center-left party founded in 1947 and re-founded in 1985, of social democracy and democratic socialism, allied with Lula. It defends the welfare state, regional development and civil rights, with Geraldo Alckmin as vice president and a strong base in Pernambuco.
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