Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Democratic Left Alliance


Related Topics

In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Programme of the Left Alliance of Finland
A democratic society is characterised by the fact that freedom and civil rights are not based on ownership or social position, but on the recognition of the equal human dignity of all people.
Democratic communities are pluralistic so they respect the differences and individuality of their members and the opinions they hold.
In this battle, the new, Third Left - of which the Left Alliance is a genuine part - stands firmly on the side of democracy, equality and social security, against the complete freedom of the market, the right of the strongest and the permanent exclusion of people pursued by neo-liberalism.
www.spectrezine.org /europe/FinnishLeftAlliance.htm   (11166 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Democratic Left Alliance
The Social Democratic Party of Poland (Socjaldemokracja Polska, SDPL) is a new leftist political party in Poland founded in April 2004 as a splinter group from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (it should not be confused with a former party Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland - SdRP).
SdRP and some other socialist and social democratic parties had formed the original Alliance of the Democratic Left as a left-wing coalition just prior to the nation's first free elections in 1991.
In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Democratic-Left-Alliance   (7120 words)

  
 Poland RISE TO POWER
In November 1993, he became chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly (comprising both the Sejm and Senate) which was charged with drafting the new constitution.
In the 1997 parliamentary elections, the right-of-center Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS), a loose alliance of over 40 parties, defeated the Democratic Left Alliance, the excommunists who governed the country through four years of economic growth.
In the 2001 parliamentary elections, Leszek Miller, another ex-Communist, formed a government of the center-left and became prime minister, as the Democratic Left Alliance won a landslide victory.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /World-Leaders-2003/Poland-RISE-TO-POWER.html   (526 words)

  
 Left Alliance Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Left Alliance party, surprised observers Wednesday by announcing that she would start as the chief executive of the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland (...
The parliamentary faction of the Finnish Left Alliance on Wednesday elected Annika Lapintie, 51, as its new chair.
Practically Left Alliance is a follower of the Finnish People's Democratic League, which was an "umbrella party" uniting most of the Finnish leftwing.
www.wikiverse.org /left-alliance-finland   (277 words)

  
 Democratic Left - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Democratic Left, political party in the Republic of Ireland.
It was led by the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)...
The major political parties of South Africa are the ANC, founded in 1912; the Democratic Alliance, founded in 2000 as a result of a merger between...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Democratic_Left.html   (131 words)

  
 Democratic Left Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic Left Alliance (Polish: Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) is one of the main Polish social democratic political parties.
The president of SLD is former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Wojciech Olejniczak, elected on May 29, 2005.
In the 2004 to the European Parliament, the party received 9% of the votes, giving it 5 of 54 seats reserved for Poland in the European Parliament, as part of the Party of European Socialists.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sojusz_Lewicy_Demokratycznej   (581 words)

  
 Social Democratic Party Of Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is one of the most influential political parties in Finland.
This decision is often indicated as one of the main reasons behind the increased and cemented weakness of the Social Democrats, and the high percentage of Communist voters in the first elections after the Continuation War.
After the Continuation War the Social Democratic party finally seemed to have become equally respected as any other party, although it remained obvious that the Soviet Union was more suspicious against SDP than against the "openly" bourgeois parties.
www.wikiverse.org /social-democratic-party-of-finland   (873 words)

  
 Alliance of the democratic left - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Start the Alliance of the democratic left article or add a request for it.
Look for Alliance of the democratic left in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for Alliance of the democratic left in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/alliance_of_the_democratic_left   (169 words)

  
 Socialism Today - Germany: left alliance promises fresh breeze
Quite rightly, the new left alliance is also seen as a threat by the far-right and fascist parties which thought they would be able to benefit by getting the support of non-voters who no longer feel represented by any party.
Amongst the left, the PDS is discredited because of its ‘realpolitik’ of social cuts.
On the other hand, it is possible that the leaders of the left alliance will be pushed to the left by protests and the general mood of the working class.
www.socialismtoday.org /93/germany.html   (3098 words)

  
 [No title]
The Democratic Left Alliance, as the former communists renamed themselves, won 41 percent of the vote, a lopsided victory against a host of other parties that were relegated to the status of distant also-rans.
On the left, there's a creeping arrogance as memories fade of the injustices of the old system, a feeling that ex-communists don't have to be contrite about anything.
In Berlin, the Party of Democratic Socialism, the direct successor of the East German Communist Party, may end up in a coalition government in that city after elections are held there later this month.
work.colum.edu /~amiller/polesvoteleft.htm   (775 words)

  
 Left Alliance (Finland)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Practically Left Alliance is a follower of Finnish People's Democratic League which was an party" uniting most of the Finnish leftwing.
The largest member organization of People's Democratic with a share close to 90% was Communist Party of Finland which went bankrupt in 1990.
Left had three portfolios in the two cabinets Paavo Lipponen (1995 - 2003).
www.freeglossary.com /Left_Alliance_(Finland)   (439 words)

  
 [No title]
In the 1993 election, he won 82 per cent of the votes cast for his political formation in the province of Bialystok /north-eastern Poland/.
In 1990-1991, he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Caucus of the Democratic Left Alliance.
In 1991, together with the incumbent President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski, he initiated the establishment of the Democratic Left Alliance.
www.chez.com /vipsgov/poland.htm   (852 words)

  
 Democratic Left Movement
The alienation and marginalization of the Left in the aftermath of the prisoner exchange is not the half measure, inconsiderate or silly act that those who condemned it said it was.
It I, as a matter of fact, a behavioral pattern inseparable from the culture of alienation on which all members of the alliance supporting the status quo agree, and one upon which the logic of the treatment of Lebanon, its people and those that refuse to bend under pressure, is based.
The history of the Left belongs to public opinion and to all the Lebanese, in addition to being rife with feats and heroism as well as mistakes and stumbling.
www.freewebtown.com /democraticleft/s001.htm   (1514 words)

  
 CNN.com - Polish Solidarity facing oblivion - September 24, 2001
They will be replaced in government by the Democratic Left Alliance and its coalition partner, a grouping on course to win about 220 seats in the 460-seat Sejm lower house of parliament and a majority in the upper house, the polls say.
Alliance leader Leszek Miller, who is poised to become Poland's next prime minister, said: "It's the first time since 1989 that any political group got so many votes and a majority of seats in the parliament.
Exit polls also showed the Democratic Left won control of the Senate, with 75 of 100 seats, the AP said.
edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/09/23/poland.election/index.html   (386 words)

  
 Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
The PFP was ousted as the official opposition by the far-right Conservative Party in the whites-only parliamentary elections held on May 6 1987.
The involvement of the NNP lasted only until 2001, when the NNP left the alliance to form a new alliance with the African National Congress.
The Democratic Alliance won 12.4% of the votes and 50 seats at the 14 april 2004 elections, and remains the second largest political party in South Africa.
www.mcfly.org /wik/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)   (638 words)

  
 S/R 13: Independent Political Action, Not Fusion
Unfortunately, although several articles presented a fusion perspective, no one articulated the position of those who believe in the necessity of an electoral alliance, but who are also convinced that such an alliance needs to start from a position of total independence from the two party system.
It also allows for expanding the alliance to include other organizations which are committed to a platform of fundamental change, and which have broken entirely with the Democratic party.
If such an alliance is to be in operation by 1998, we need to begin soon a series of discussions that could encourage statewide formations to begin forming.
www.greens.org /s-r/13/13-16.html   (1068 words)

  
 Poland - MSN Encarta
He was overruled by parliament, and Józef Oleksy, a member of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and former Communist, was eventually nominated.
The administrative reform, which took effect on January 1, 1999, was part of Poland's efforts to bring its laws and procedures in line with EU standards for admission.
The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) emerged as the largest party in the September 2001 legislative elections and it formed a coalition government with the Polish Peasant Party (PSL).
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559758_14/Poland.html   (1249 words)

  
 The rout of Solidarity
THE victory of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in Poland in the general elections held in the last week of September is in tune with the current trend in the region.
He and President Alexander Kwasiniewski were instrumental in remoulding the former Polish Communist Party into the Democratic Left Alliance.
One of the likely coalition partners of the Democratic Left is the Peasants Party, which is not too favourably disposed towards Poland being a part of the E.U. Miller's priority is to accelerate Poland's entry into the E.U., a goal he shares with the former Solidarity-led government.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1821/18210540.htm   (1343 words)

  
 Poland on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although the state was weakened, the constitution of the royal republic created a certain democratic egalitarianism among the gentry and noble classes.
Foreign policy in the 1920s was based on alliances with France and Romania; in the 1930s, under the guidance of Col. Josef Beck, Poland attempted to steer a course among the powers of Europe (especially Germany and the USSR) by following a pragmatic policy of balance.
On Aug. 25, 1939, a treaty of alliance between Poland and England was concluded.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Poland_Government.asp   (4485 words)

  
 Polish government calls elections in fall -- World Peace Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Poland's ruling Democratic Left Alliance has called for autumn elections, the PAP news agency reported Monday.
Analysts say a poor showing in opinion polls, where the Democratic Left Alliance has struggled to push its support into double figures, was probably the main reason for the decision to go for a later date.
Alliance party officials privately say they hope strong growth will eventually translate into increased support for the government's policies.
www.wpherald.com /print.php?StoryID=20050131-104530-7049r   (151 words)

  
 Holocaust History - Poland's Holocaust - Maps & Info
Poland is a sovereign and democratic country whose institutions operate under the rule of law.
The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) received more than 20% of the general vote and the Polish Peasant's Party received more than 15%, and both became considered as post-Communist parties.
It was only the Democratic Union (UD), a center party with 10.6% of the votes cast, who saw only a minor decline in popularity from 12% in the previous election.
www.holocaustforgotten.com /info.htm   (1581 words)

  
 History of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) received the largest percentage of votes.
The AWS and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) held the majority of the seats in the Sejm.
Poland's September 2001 parliamentary elections saw the center-left Democratic Left Alliance (SLD--successor to the communist party twice removed), triumph and form a coalition with the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) and leftist Union of Labor (UP), with Leszek Miller (SLD) as Prime Minister.
www.historyofnations.net /europe/poland.html   (2744 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Falling Down: The decline of liberalism in CEE
In 1990, the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), a liberal party established mainly by former anti-Communist dissidents, and the Alliance of Young Democrats (FIDESZ), a party of non-conformist and anti-Communist university students, won 21.3 and 8.9 per cent, respectively.
True, the FIDESZ, once an ally of the Free Democrats, turned out to be the real winner of the elections, expanding its share of the vote from seven to 29 per cent, but, in fact, the FIDESZ had moved substantially away from its old image of a liberal party.
During their coalition with the MSZP, the Free Democrats began to be perceived as an unimportant arm of the Socialists, as a second, merely a bit more centrist, version of this party.
www.ce-review.org /00/31/lang31.html   (2374 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.