RU/ABP
RU/ABP | |
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| Chairperson | Thomas Falkner (RU) Gustav Friedmann (ABP) |
| Parliamentary leader | Benjamin Jank (RU/ABP group) |
| Founded | 7 January 1978 |
| Youth wing | Youth Union |
| Ideology | Social liberalism Liberal nationalism Pro-Telmerianism Factions: Centrism Mild conservatism Neoliberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue |
| Reichsrat | 147 / 448
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| Reichssenat | 19 / 45
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| State Councils | 361 / 1,569
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| Ministers-lords of the states | 10 / 18
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| Website | |
| ruabp | |
The terms RU/ABP, the Centre, or Centre parties (Hesurian: Zentrumsparteien) refer to the two sister parties of the Rehunion (RU) and the Adwhinish Citizens's Party (Adwhinische Bürgerpartei, ABP) in Mascylla. They establish a shared group in the Mascyllary Reichsrat, the RU/ABP group, otherwise known as the Central Coalition (Zentrumsfraktion). Members of both parties are sometimes referred to as the Union Centrists (Unionszentristen). The union is derived from the Centre Party, a long-standing former major Mascyllary party being a catch-all party for centre to centre-right politics for much of Mascyllary history and an initial founder of the May Republic and subsequent Crowned Republic in 1924, with Peter Zeschtemann as its first Prime Minister being a Centre member. Consequential infighting following the Kornbach scandal in 1968 and policies of decolonization led to the split and dissolution of the party in 1978. The parties formed then, the modern-day RU and ABP, signed a permanent contract to regain popularity in the Reichsrat and combat the growing strength of the Social Democratic Party. Since, they steadily re-emerged as one of the major blocs of Mascyllary politics.
The two parties are financially and structurally independent and lawfully completely separated. The ABP rejects election participation outside of Adwhin, while the RU is not present there. However, they form federal organizations, such as the Youth Union and frequently partake in coalition government, most recently with the current First Falkner cabinet under RU politician Thomas Falkner inaugurated in 2016.