People's Party (Crylante)

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People's Party of Crylante
West Crylantian namePartita Populorum
East Crylantian nameFolkeparti
Federal OfficerUlrikke Nørup (BA)
FoundedApril 4, 2009 (2009-04-04)
Split fromReform Party
Headquarters3 25 de Martii 1897, Nebligen
Student wingStudents for a Better Crylante
Youth wingBright Future
LGBT wingMagnus I Movement
Membership (2016)105,693
IdeologySocial liberalism
Progressivism
Centrism
Green liberalism
Political positionCentre
Colors  Pink
SloganFor a free and fair society.
People's Assembly
13 / 225
States' Assembly
2 / 51
National Council
0 / 7

The People's Party (West Crylantian: Parti Populaire, East Crylantian: Folkeparti) is a social liberal and green liberal party within the Crylantian Federation.

The party split from the Reform Party in 2009, originally consisting of five members of the People's Assembly for the party who were more left-wing economically, and thus had a disagreement over the tax cuts that the Reform Party was supporting at the time. The party stood in the 2013 elections, and got 14 seats in the lower house, and even broke into the upper house, getting a seat in both Lentini and Dybøll in it.

The party advocates a platform informed by the ideological trend of social liberalism, with a significant green influence, and they consider themselves a party of the "progressive centre". Their economic policy has been described as a "best of both worlds" approach: they support the vast welfare state of the Socialist Party, and the pro-business agenda and competitive free market advocated by the Reform Party. The party is a strong supporter of political decentralization, wishing to devolve more power from the federal government to the states as to give the nation a more localized governance, and environmentalism, wishing to make Crylante carbon-neutral by 2030. On social issues, they are very liberal, with civil rights being a key touchstone of the party's ideology. The party, on defense issues, supports ending the militia forces, introducing gun control and establishing a specialized force, however with a strong commitment to Crylante's traditional neutrality. This approach to defense has set them apart from much of the rest of the country.

The party currently holds 13 out of 225 seats in the People's Assembly, and 2 out of 51 seats in the States' Assembly. Their current leader is Ulrikke Nørup, a former Reform Party politician who represents the island state of Badessa in the People's Assembly.