Progressive Alliance

The Progressive Alliance (PA) is a political international of social-democratic, socialist and progressive political parties and organisations founded on 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany.[1] The alliance was formed as an alternative to the existing Socialist International, of which many of its member parties are former or current members.[2] The Progressive Alliance claims 140 participants from around the world.

For other uses, see Progressive Alliance (disambiguation).

Progressive Alliance

Motto	Freedom, Justice, Solidarity
Formation	14–15 December 2012 (first conference) 22 May 2013 (foundation)
Purpose	Global network of social-democratic and progressive political parties and organisations
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Region served	Worldwide
Main organ	Conference of the Progressive Alliance
Website	progressive-alliance.info

Countries with participants of the PA; dark green as head of government, light green in opposition, gray with no member (As of July 2019) (Excluding Chile).

History

The first step towards the creation of the Progressive Alliance was the decision in January 2012 by Sigmar Gabriel, then chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), to cancel payment of the SPD's £100,000 yearly membership fee to the Socialist International. Gabriel had been critical of the Socialist International's admittance and continuing inclusion of undemocratic political movements into the organization.[3][4][5]

An initial Conference of the Progressive Alliance was held in Rome, Italy on 14–15 December 2012, with representatives of 42 political parties attending.[6][7] They included Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party of Italy, Harlem Désir, Chair of the French Socialist Party, Hermes Binner, Chair of the Argentinian Socialist Party, Peter Shumlin, Democratic Governor of Vermont, and Mustapha Ben Jafar, Secretary General of the Tunisian Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties.[8] Also present were representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Workers' Party of Brazil, and PASOK of Greece.[9][10] The Dutch Labour Party also supported the formation of the organization,[11] as did the Swiss Socialist Party,[12] and the Social Democratic Party of Austria.[13]

During the Council of the Socialist International in Cascais, Portugal, on 4–5 February 2013, 50 political parties discussed on the sidelines the formation of the Progressive Alliance, including the Movement for Democratic Change of Zimbabwe.[14]

The official foundation of the organization was held on the 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany, on the 150th anniversary of the formation of the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), the predecessor of the SPD.[15][16][17][18][19] The organization stated the aim of becoming the global network of "the progressive, democratic, social-democratic, socialist and labour movement".[20][21] It was reported that representatives of approximately 70 social-democratic political parties from across the world attended the event.[22][23][24][25] The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament joined the organization upon its official foundation.[26] Many member parties are also affiliated to the Socialist International.[27] In September 2013 the Democratic Party of Cyprus (DIKO) announced that it was negotiating to join the Progressive Alliance and that its representatives were to attend a seminar of the international in Stockholm on 24 October.[28] On 4–5 December 2014, a Progressive Alliance conference was held in Lisbon for member parties of the S&D group.[29] A regional seminar was held on 25 September 2015 in Batu Ferringhi, Malaysia, which also hosted delegates from the Democratic Action Party of Malaysia, Democratic Party of Japan and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.[30] On 25 April 2016 the organisation held a seminar in São Paulo hosted by the Workers' Party of Brazil.[31]

Participants

The Progressive Alliance lists the parties and organisations which participate in the network, rather than claiming members.[32]

Country	Party/Organization	Acronym	National Lower Houses	Government	Notes
Algeria	Socialist Forces Front	FFS	14 / 462	In opposition
Argentina	Socialist Party	PS	1 / 257	In opposition
Argentina	Generation for a National Encounter	GEN	0 / 257	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Australia	Australian Labor Party	ALP	68 / 151	In opposition	In government in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory.
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria	SPÖ	40 / 183	In opposition	Ruling at state-level in Burgenland, Carinthia and Vienna. In governing coalition in Lower Austria, Styria, Upper Austria.
Bahrain	National Democratic Action Society	Waad	0 / 40	Extra-parliamentary opposition	Banned in its country as a terrorist organization in June 2017.
Belarus	Belarusian Social Democratic Party	Hramada	0 / 110	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Belgium	Socialist Party	PS	20 / 150	Confidence and supply
Belgium	Socialist Party Differently	sp.a	9 / 150	Confidence and supply
Bolivia	Movement for Socialism	MAS	88 / 130	In opposition
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina	SDP	4 / 42	In opposition
Brazil	Workers' Party	PT	53 / 513	In opposition	In government in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte.
Brazil	Brazilian Socialist Party	PSB	32 / 513	In opposition
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	BSP	79 / 240	In opposition
Burkina Faso	People's Movement for Progress	MPP	55 / 127	In government
Burkina Faso	Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party	PDP/PS	0 / 127	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Cameroon	Social Democratic Front	SDF	5 / 180	In opposition
Canada	New Democratic Party	NDP	24 / 338	In opposition	In government in the province of British Columbia.
Central African Republic	Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People	MLPC	9 / 100	In opposition
Chile	Socialist Party of Chile	PS	19 / 120	In opposition
Chile	Party for Democracy	PPD	8 / 120	In opposition
Costa Rica	Citizens' Action Party	PAC	10 / 57	In government
Croatia	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	SDP	34 / 151	In opposition
Cyprus	Movement for Social Democracy	EDEK	3 / 56	In opposition
Cyprus	Democratic Party	Diko	10 / 56	In opposition
Czech Republic	Czech Social Democratic Party	ČSSD	14 / 200	Junior party in coalition
Democratic Republic of Congo	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	UDPS	32 / 500	Junior party in coalition
Denmark	Social Democratic Party		48 / 179	In government
Dominican Republic	Modern Revolutionary Party	PRM	90 / 190	In government
East Timor	Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor	FRETILIN	23 / 65	In opposition
Egypt	Egyptian Social Democratic Party	ESDP	4 / 596	In opposition
Equatorial Guinea	Convergence for Social Democracy	CPDS	1 / 100	In opposition
Eritrea	Eritrean People's Democratic Front	EPDP	0 / 150	Extra-parliamentary opposition	Banned as a legal party due to country being a one-party state.
European Union	Party of European Socialists	PES	146 / 705	Junior party in coalition
Finland	Social Democratic Party of Finland	SDP	40 / 200	Senior party in coalition
France	Socialist Party	PS	25 / 577	In opposition
Georgia	Georgian Dream		89 / 150	In government
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	SPD	152 / 709	Junior party in coalition
Ghana	National Democratic Congress	NDC	106 / 275	In opposition
Greece	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	PASOK	19 / 300	In opposition
Grenada	National Democratic Congress	NDC	0 / 15	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Guinea	Guinean People's Assembly	RPG	53 / 114	In government
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Party	MSzP	15 / 199	In opposition
India	Indian National Congress	INC	52 / 543	In opposition	Ruling at state-level in Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry. In governing coalition in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
India	Samajwadi Party	SP	5 / 543	In opposition
Indonesia	National Democratic Party	NasDem	59 / 575	Junior party in coalition
Indonesia	Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle	PDIP	128 / 575	In government
Iran	Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan	PDKI	0 / 290	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Iran	Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan	KPIK	0 / 290	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Iraq	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	PUK	18 / 329	In opposition
Iraq	Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party	KSDP	0 / 329	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Ireland	Labour Party		6 / 160	In opposition
Israel	Israeli Labor Party	HaAvoda	3 / 120	Junior party in coalition	Only 2 of the 3 current MK's support the ruling government.
Israel	Meretz		3 / 120	In opposition
Italy	Democratic Party	PD	90 / 630	Junior party in coalition
Ivory Coast	Cap Union for Democracy and Development	CAP-UDD	0 / 255	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Ivory Coast	Freedom and Democracy for the Republic	LIDER	0 / 255	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Jordan	Jordanian Social Democratic Party	KPK	0 / 130	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Kenya	Labour Party of Kenya	KLP	0 / 320	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Latvia	Concord Social Democratic Party	SDPS	22 / 100	In opposition
Lebanon	Progressive Socialist Party	PSP	9 / 128	In opposition
Lithuania	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	LSDP	8 / 141	In opposition
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	LSAP	10 / 60	Junior party in coalition
Malaysia	Democratic Action Party	DAP	42 / 222	In opposition
Mauritania	Rally of Democratic Forces	RFD	6 / 95	In opposition
Mauritius	Mauritius Militant Movement	MMM	7 / 69	In opposition
Mexico	Party of the Democratic Revolution	PRD	11 / 500	In opposition	In government in the state of Michoacán.
Mexico	Citizens' Movement	MC	28 / 500	In opposition
Moldova	Democratic Party of Moldova	PDM	23 / 101	Junior party in coalition
Mongolia	Mongolian People's Party	MPP	62 / 76	In government
Montenegro	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro	SDP	4 / 81	In opposition
Montenegro	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	DPS	35 / 81	Senior party in coalition
Morocco	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	USFP	20 / 395	In opposition
Myanmar	Democratic Party for a New Society	DPNS	0 / 224	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Nepal	Nepali Congress	NC	63 / 275	In opposition
Netherlands	Labour Party	PvdA	9 / 150	In opposition	Ruling at provincial-level in Drenthe, Flevoland and Utrecht.
New Zealand	New Zealand Labour Party	NZLP	46 / 120	Senior party in coalition
Nicaragua	Sandinista Renovation Movement	MRS	0 / 92	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Niger	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism	PNDS	75 / 171	Senior party in coalition
North Macedonia	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia	SDSM	31 / 120	Senior party in coalition
Northern Cyprus	Republican Turkish Party	CTP	12 / 50	In opposition	Northern Cyprus is not a UN-recognized state.
Norway	Norwegian Labour Party	Ap	49 / 169	In opposition
Palestine	Fatah		45 / 132	In government
Palestine	Palestinian National Initiative	PNI	2 / 132	In opposition
Paraguay	Party for a Country of Solidarity	PPS	0 / 80	In opposition	Has 6 senators in the upper chamber.
Philippines	Akbayan Citizens' Action Party		0 / 304	In opposition	Has 1 senator in the upper chamber.
Poland	Democratic Left Alliance	SLD	24 / 460	In opposition
Portugal	Socialist Party	PS	108 / 230	In government
Republic of Congo	Citizens' Convergence	CC	0 / 151	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Romania	Social Democratic Party	PSD	139 / 329	In opposition
Sao Tome and Principe	Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party	MLSTP-PSD	23 / 55	Senior party in coalition
Senegal	Socialist Party of Senegal	PS	0 / 150	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Serbia	Democratic Party	DS	0 / 250	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Singapore	Workers' Party of Singapore	WP	10 / 104	In opposition
Slovakia	Direction – Social Democracy	Smer-SD	26 / 150	In opposition
Slovenia	Social Democrats	SD	10 / 90	In opposition
Spain	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PSOE	120 / 350	Senior party in coalition
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia Labour Party	SLP	6 / 17	In opposition
Swaziland	People’s United Democratic Movement	PUDEMO	0 / 66	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Swaziland	Swazi Democratic Party	SWADEPA	0 / 66	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Sweden	Swedish Social Democratic Party	SAP	100 / 349	Senior party in coalition
Switzerland	Social Democratic Party of Switzerland	SP	39 / 200	Junior party in coalition
Syria	Syrian Democratic People's Party		0 / 250	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Tanzania	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	CCM	287 / 393	In government
Tunisia	Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties	Ettakatol	0 / 217	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Turkey	Peoples' Democratic Party	HDP	58 / 600	In opposition
Turkey	Republican People's Party	CHP	138 / 600	In opposition
United Kingdom	Labour Party	Lab	202 / 650	In opposition	In control of the Welsh Parliament and London Assembly.
United States	Democratic Party	D	232 / 435	In opposition	In control of the House of Representatives.
Uruguay	Socialist Party of Uruguay	PSU	42 / 99	In opposition
Western Sahara	Polisario Front		53 / 53	One-party state	Due to its conflict with Morocco over its sovereignty, Western Sahara's constitution currently links formation of government power to this party inherently.
Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party	YSP	8 / 301	In opposition
Zimbabwe	Movement for Democratic Change	MDC	88 / 210	In opposition
Africa	Central African Progressive Alliance	APAC
The Americas	Center for American Progress	CAP
The Americas	Trade Union Confederation of the Americas	CSA
Asia	Network of Social Democracy in Asia	SOCDEM
Asia	Arab Social Democratic Forum	ASDF
Europe	Party of European Socialists Women	PES Women
Europe	Young European Socialists	YES
Europe	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	S&D
Europe	Foundation for European Progressive Studies	FEPS
Europe	Socialist Group in the Council of Europe	SOC
Europe	European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
International	Socialist International Women	SIW
International	International Union of Socialist Youth	IUSY
International	International Trade Union Confederation	ITUC
International	National Democratic Institute for International Affairs	NDI
International	Olof Palme International Center	OPIC
International	Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD	TUAC
International	Association for Democratic Socialism
International	CEE Gender Network
International	Global Progressive Forum
International	Industrial Global Union
International	Just Jobs Network
International	Solidar

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External links

• Official website