Alliance of Democrats

The Alliance of Democrats is a loose partnership between the United States Democratic Party, the European Democratic Party and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, which gathers Liberal International members from Asia. After the EDP's first political meeting in Rome in February 2005, the parties established the Alliance, with offices in Brussels and Washington, DC.

The Alliance is not a true political international in the model of the Socialist International and presently unites parties positioning themselves between social-democrats and conservatives. While the Alliance has not published an official manifesto, it mainly consists of political parties that are broadly speaking moderate or centre-left. What has been published by the Alliance, however, seems to point in the direction of a more right-wing stance compared to the Liberal International on issues of international trade deregulation and foreign policy and more to the left of it on economic policy and welfare. [ [http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/cms/view.php?dir_pk=10&cms_pk=29 Rebuilding Transatlantic Relations. Dialogue between US and European Democrats - Www.allianceofdemocrats.org ] ]

The Alliance is led by three co-Chairs: François Bayrou, Francesco Rutelli and Ellen Tauscher.

Observer members of the Alliance include both members of the Centrist Democrat International (the Christian Democrat Party of Chile) and the Liberal International (the Senegalese Democratic Party), as long as former members of Socialist International (the Indian National Congress) and the International Democrat Union (Kadima).

Members

*flagicon|United States New Democrat Coalition of the United States Democratic Party [The United States Democratic Party is also indirectly affiliated to the Liberal International through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. The Democratic National Committee, which is led by Howard Dean (personally keen on the Socialist International, see http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/aprile/22/Dean_socialdemocratici_Sono_meta_del_co_9_070422057.shtml), or the Democratic Party itself, are however not directly affiliated with any of these organisations, or indeed with any political international or alliance.] Members of the European Democratic Party:
*flagicon|Belgium Citizens' Movement for Change
*flagicon|Cyprus European Party
*flagicon|Czechia Path of Change
*flagicon|France Democratic Movement
*flagicon|Italy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy
*flagicon|Lithuania Labour Party
*flagicon|San Marino Popular Alliance
*flagicon|Spain Basque Nationalist Party

Members of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats:
*flagicon|Burma National Council of the Union of Burma
*flagicon|Cambodia Sam Rainsy Party
*flagicon|Philippines Liberal Party
*flagicon|Malaysia Malaysian People's Movement Party
*flagicon|Singapore Singapore Democratic Party
*flagicon|Sri Lanka Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
*flagicon|Thailand Democrat Party
*flagicon|Taiwan Democratic Progressive PartyObserver members:
*flagicon|Chile Christian Democrat Party of Chile
*flagicon|Egypt Democratic Front Party
*flagicon|Hong Kong Democratic Party
*flagicon|India Indian National Congress
*flagicon|Israel Kadima
*flagicon|Iraq Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq
*flagicon|Japan Democratic Party of Japan
*flagicon|Kazakhstan Democratic Party
*flagicon|Senegal Senegalese Democratic Party
*flagicon|Slovakia Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
*flagicon|South Africa Democratic Alliance

External links

* [http://www.allianceofdemocrats.org/ Official website]

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