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The '''Workers' Party''' ([[Azmaran language|Azmaran]]: ''Arbeiderpartii'', pronounced [ɑɹbɛɪðɛɹpɑɹtiː]), also translated as the '''Labour Party''', is a {{wpl|Centre-left politics|centre-left}} political party within [[Azmara]].
The '''Workers' Party''' ([[Azmaran language|Azmaran]]: ''Arbeiderpartii'', pronounced [ɑɹbɛɪðɛɹpɑɹtiː]), also translated as the '''Labour Party''', is a {{wpl|Centre-left politics|centre-left}} political party within [[Azmara]].


The party was founded in 1902 as the political wing of the [[Bund âb de Arbeiden]], a federation of labour unions, and was initially a {{wpl|Democratic socialism|socialist}} political party advocating for the social ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange. Amidst eternal divisions it managed to win the 1921 election, forming a coalition with dissident members of Gold Flame and introducing key workers rights legislation and poor relief, but was voted out as the party quarreled over further approach.  
The party was formed in 1925 as a merger of the {{wpl|Christian socialism|Sotirian socialist}} National Association and the {{wpl|Reformism#Socialism|reformist}} factions of the {{wpl|council communism|council socialist}} Azmaran Section of the Workers' International. Both parties had governed together in coalition between 1921 and 1923, and merged to form a united opposition to the {{wpl|right-wing politics|right-wing}} National Coalition government, becoming the official opposition and, along with the newly formed [[The Radicals (Azmara)|Radicals]], became strict opponents of the {{wpl|collaborationism}} and {{wpl|authoritarianism}} of the government.


Under a more moderate leadership it came to dominate between 1933 and 1951, establishing the Azmaran welfare state and further strengthening workers rights. It alternated power in the decades to come with the other major parties, before the 1978 election of a {{wpl|neoliberalism|neoliberal}} government saw mass deregulation. As the 1990's approached the party moved into the political centre, forming a government in 1993 and forming the "purple coalition" in 1999 with Gold Flame, which saw a period of economic and social liberalism. It left government in 2005, before returning in 2008. In the early 2010's, it saw its support drop to new lows under centre-right coalitions, before a grassroots, anti-neoliberal campaign in 2017 saw the largest rise in a vote percentage in Azmaran history, leading to Eryk Jorśsun becoming Prime Minister.
After being a major supporter of the 1932 General Strike which toppled the National Coalition and the withdrawal of Azmara from the Great War, the party won the 1933 elections and formed a coalition with the Radicals. This coalition would come to rule for the next two decades, implementing many progressive reforms which laid the groundwork of the modern Azmaran welfare state and bringing Azmara into both the United Nations of Euclea and the [[Euclean Community]].  


As of the 2017 election, the party holds 56 seats in the Folksmot and 18 in the Landsmot, and holds the provincial presidencies of Aalmsted, Sompland and Westmaark.
In the years since, the party has cemented itself as the {{wpl|dominant-party system|natural governing party}} of Azmara, ruling for 57 out of 87 years between 1933 and 2020 and party leader [[Sofija Anasdohter]] currently serves as Thingspeaker of Azmara serving in a three-party coalition with the Radicals and the Greens, with the party having won 51 seats and 33.1% of the vote in the 2020 election.
==History==
==History==
==Ideology and electorate==
==Ideology and electorate==
The party has been largely categorised as a {{wpl|centre-left politics|centre-left}} and {{wpl|social democracy|social democratic}} party, advocating for a strong welfare state and workers' rights. It has declared its key value as being {{wpl|social justice}}, and cites their support for the welfare state and workers' rights as evidence for this, as well as its record on {{wpl|LGBT rights}}, {{wpl|womens' rights}} and {{wpl|environmental conservation}}. It remains committed to Azmaran membership of the [[Euclean Community]], advocating for a "confederal Euclea" where "the views of all its peoples are taken into account".
The party has traditionally described itself as a democratic socialist party, stating its goal to be the "emancipation of the Azmaran working class through the parliamentary process and the institutions of organised labour and co-operative enterprise". However, despite this ideological claim to democratic socialism, many political scientists have positioned the party as adhering to the Eastern Euclean tradition of {{wpl|social democracy}}, with many considering it one of the most successful parties within this tradition.


Many have noted the divide between the "Reht-Arbeiderpartii" and the "Winster-Arbeiderpartii", describing the former as being more in favour of the {{wpl|Third Way}} and {{wpl|social liberalism}} and being dominant between 1991 and 2014, and the latter being supportive of {{wpl|democratic socialism}} and {{wpl|left-wing populism}}, having grown in opposition to the neoliberal policies of the 1990's and 2000's, becoming the dominant force after the crushing defeat at the 2014 election.
The party has traditionally been a champion of universalist welfare policies, full employment, compulsory negotiation between trade unions and employers and {{wpl|Keynesian economics|demand-side}} policies for dealing with economic recessions. However, this has changed over the course of the party's existence; the three Workers' Party governments of Herman Jonssun, Jorś Mâþijassun and Eleina Helmutsdohter between 1993 and 2005, for example, declared their support for "{{wpl|Third Way|professional socialism}}", a more middle-class focused set of policies centred on {{wpl|social liberalism}} and an acceptance of free-market policies, opposing proposals for renationalisation and strengthening of union power in favour of comprehensive welfare measures, private-public co-operation, a focus on public services and heavy investment in national infrastructure.
 
The party is traditionally the party of the Azmaran working class, gaining large support from unionised and blue-collar workers and the unemployed in many elections. It also gains the votes of many young people and public sector employees. Geographically, its support is concentrated in Aalmsted, as well as the former industrial regions of Groonbank, Sompland and Westmaark. It performs relatively weakly within the provinces of Hytklif, Nordberg and Haadland, due to the lack of organised labour in the provinces and the largely agrarian economies of them.


In contrast to this, the party in its post-2009 state has been associated with a move back to leftism, with "old left" trade unionists Frei Alekssun and Marie Mellon leading the party between 2009 and 2015, and prominent socialist academic [[Eryk Jorśsun]] becoming party leader in 2015 and leading the party to its greatest electoral result since 1996 in the 2017 election, winning 56 seats and forming a left-wing coalition which pursued policies of renationalisation, strengthening of the unions and direct intervention in economically deprived areas. Current leader Sofija Anasdohter has also been considered part of the left of the party, albeit many have noted the contrast between her lack of a trade unionist background and focus on social progressivism to other figures on the left of the party.
==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
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Revision as of 17:42, 21 November 2020

Arbeiderpartii
LeaderSofija Anasdohter
FoundedSeptember 22, 1925 (1925-09-22)
Merger ofNational Association
Azmaran Section of the Workers' International (Reformist)
IdeologySocial democracy
Pro-Eucleanism
Internal Factions
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationSocialist Alternative for Euclea
Landsmot
18 / 75
Folksmot
51 / 150
Province Presidents
4 / 8

The Workers' Party (Azmaran: Arbeiderpartii, pronounced [ɑɹbɛɪðɛɹpɑɹtiː]), also translated as the Labour Party, is a centre-left political party within Azmara.

The party was formed in 1925 as a merger of the Sotirian socialist National Association and the reformist factions of the council socialist Azmaran Section of the Workers' International. Both parties had governed together in coalition between 1921 and 1923, and merged to form a united opposition to the right-wing National Coalition government, becoming the official opposition and, along with the newly formed Radicals, became strict opponents of the collaborationism and authoritarianism of the government.

After being a major supporter of the 1932 General Strike which toppled the National Coalition and the withdrawal of Azmara from the Great War, the party won the 1933 elections and formed a coalition with the Radicals. This coalition would come to rule for the next two decades, implementing many progressive reforms which laid the groundwork of the modern Azmaran welfare state and bringing Azmara into both the United Nations of Euclea and the Euclean Community.

In the years since, the party has cemented itself as the natural governing party of Azmara, ruling for 57 out of 87 years between 1933 and 2020 and party leader Sofija Anasdohter currently serves as Thingspeaker of Azmara serving in a three-party coalition with the Radicals and the Greens, with the party having won 51 seats and 33.1% of the vote in the 2020 election.

History

Ideology and electorate

The party has traditionally described itself as a democratic socialist party, stating its goal to be the "emancipation of the Azmaran working class through the parliamentary process and the institutions of organised labour and co-operative enterprise". However, despite this ideological claim to democratic socialism, many political scientists have positioned the party as adhering to the Eastern Euclean tradition of social democracy, with many considering it one of the most successful parties within this tradition.

The party has traditionally been a champion of universalist welfare policies, full employment, compulsory negotiation between trade unions and employers and demand-side policies for dealing with economic recessions. However, this has changed over the course of the party's existence; the three Workers' Party governments of Herman Jonssun, Jorś Mâþijassun and Eleina Helmutsdohter between 1993 and 2005, for example, declared their support for "professional socialism", a more middle-class focused set of policies centred on social liberalism and an acceptance of free-market policies, opposing proposals for renationalisation and strengthening of union power in favour of comprehensive welfare measures, private-public co-operation, a focus on public services and heavy investment in national infrastructure.

In contrast to this, the party in its post-2009 state has been associated with a move back to leftism, with "old left" trade unionists Frei Alekssun and Marie Mellon leading the party between 2009 and 2015, and prominent socialist academic Eryk Jorśsun becoming party leader in 2015 and leading the party to its greatest electoral result since 1996 in the 2017 election, winning 56 seats and forming a left-wing coalition which pursued policies of renationalisation, strengthening of the unions and direct intervention in economically deprived areas. Current leader Sofija Anasdohter has also been considered part of the left of the party, albeit many have noted the contrast between her lack of a trade unionist background and focus on social progressivism to other figures on the left of the party.

Electoral history