Moderate Centrist Party (Gylias)
Moderate Centrist Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1957 |
| Ideology |
Historical: Conservatism (1957–1969) |
| Political position | Centre Historical: Centre to Centre-right (1957–1969) |
| National affiliation | Centre Group |
| Colours | Orange |
| Website | |
| http://www.mcp.gls/ | |
The Moderate Centrist Party (French reformed: Parti modéré d'centre), abbreviated MCP (PMC), is a Gylian political party, part of the Centre Group bloc.
History
The Moderate Centrist Party was founded in 1957, to reunite centrist formations of the Free Territories.
It nearly fell short of the electoral threshold in the 1958 federal election, but entered the Popular Assembly after it was revised. It formed an alignment with the Rally of the Democratic Centre, which became the Centre Group.
The MCP was affected by the "constructive"–"recalcitrant" battle within Gylian conservatism. Many "constructives" joined it during the 1960s, causing it to lean centre-right under Sasa Ruişela's leadership. The establishment of the National Bloc in 1969 drew away most of the "constructives", allowing the MCP to reposition itself in the centre.
During the wretched decade, it grew close to the NB in opposition to the Aén Ďanez government. It joined Filomena Pinheiro's grand coalition cabinet after the Ossorian war crisis of 1986, its first participation in government.
During the 1990s, the MCP took an ambiguous stance towards Mathilde Vieira's "plural coalition" — formally outside it, but providing support on occasion.
The CG obtained its best result in the 2020 federal election, and subsequently joined the Lena Haidynraix government.
Ideology
The MCP represents the social liberal formation of the CG, whose platform emphasises progressivism, social democracy, and maintenance of a welfare state.
Symbols
The MCP uses the colour orange as its official colour.
