Political parties in The Furbish Islands

This article lists political parties in The Furbish Islands.

The Furbish Islands is a multi-party democracy and has hundreds of registered political parties, the vast majority existing only in the provincial and territorial level. On the federal and regional level, many parties align themselves with one of the "Big Three" party alliances, the Christian Democratic Union, Liberal Union, and Progressive Union, or the Union of Furbish Green Parties. Other parties with seats in the National Assembly include Alternative for The Furbish Islands, the Conservative Party, De Burgers, the Liberal Party, and the Peoples' Party.

Organization

Furbish political parties, especially the four alliances, are more loosely organized than parties in most countries. The four alliances exist only on the national and regional levels. Other parties have separate organizations in different provinces, territories, and regions they are active in. While they are technically separate entities, they often have an organization leading all of them, which may or may not be the regional or national organization of that party.

The Furbish constitution requires that parties are "democratic organizations representing the interests of their members" and lays out how they are to be organized.

Delegates

The party delegates are the main governing body of each political party.

Chair and executive committee

The party executive committee handles administrative tasks such as managing finances. It is elected by the delegates, but has little power over the party's politics.

Party leaders

Party leaders are elected by party members. They are considered the "face" of the party and represent its views in debates and to the general public. Parties have a leader in the federal government and in every federal subject it is active in, and leaders are also the party's candidate for Prime Minister or the provincial equivalent, or serve in the cabinet or shadow cabinet.

In addition to the leaders there is a number of co-leaders, though rules differ by party. The leader in the National Assembly is also one of the co-leaders.

Parliamentary leaders

Parliamentary leaders lead representatives of the party in the National Assembly or in local assemblies, and are elected by deputies of the party.

List

Current parties

Christian Democratic Union

Name			Leader(s)	Ideology	National Assembly	Federal subject executives	Political Position
		Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	Arthur Trudeau	Christian democracy Liberal conservatism	420 / 600	69 / 130	center to center-right

Liberal Union

Name			Leader(s)	Ideology	National Assembly	Federal subject executives	Political Position
		Liberal Union (LU)	Floris Hutters	Classical liberalism Conservative liberalism	420 / 600	69 / 130	center to center-right

Progressive Union

Name			Leader(s)	Ideology	National Assembly	Federal subject executives	Political Position
		Progressive Union (PU)	Thomas Norup	Social democracy Social liberalism	420 / 600	69 / 130	Center-left to left-wing

Other national parties

Name			Leader(s)	Ideology	National Assembly	Federal subject premiers	Political Position
		Alternative for The Furbish Islands (AFÐFI)	Chad Grosderhan	Right-wing populism National conservatism Furbish nationalism	420 / 600	0 / 130	Right-wing to far-right

Local parties

Only parties with seats in any federal subject legislatures are listed here.

Former parties

Only parties with seats in any federal subject legislatures are listed here.

Coalitions

As legislatures on all levels of Furbish governments are elected proportionally, it is rare when a single party or party alliance wins an absolute majority, so parties have to form a coalition government. Since the Third Great War each party is associated with a color, and certain coalitions have been given nicknames by the media. The following are ones which have been in power in a federal subject government in the post-Third Great War era, organized by major parties. They are listed by names preferred by the Furbish National Broadcasting Company, with names used by other sources listed below.

Certain parties are usually grouped together due to being ideologically similar and operating in different provinces, but almost always enter coalition talks together in higher levels. For example the CDU and ALJ are both socially conservative and economically centrist, while both the CP and DPK are socially and fiscally conservative.

Christian Democratic Union and/or ALJ:

• Zarare coalition (CDU and/or ALJ and CP and/or DKP)     

Liberal Union:

Progressive Union:

• Atocha coalition (PU and CP and/or DKP)    
  • Sometimes called New Piedmont coalition
• Christmas coalition (PU and De Burgers)   
• Christmas storm coalition (PU, De Burgers, and LP)    
  • Sometimes called icy Christmas coalition by foreign media
• Gryva coalition (PU and LP)   
• Strawberry coalition (PU and UFGP)   
  • Sometimes called Sexish coalition
• TBD coalition (PU, UFGP, and LP)    

CDU and/or ALJ and LU:

CDU and/or ALJ and PU:

LU and PU:

• Mavona coalition (LU and PU)   

Hypothetical coalitions

The following are hypothetical coalitions that have been discussed either by politicians or the media.

Christian Democratic Union and/or ALJ:

Liberal Union:

Progressive Union:

• Valentines coalition (PU and Pirates)   

CDU and/or ALJ and LU:

CDU and/or ALJ and PU:

LU and PU:

CDU and/or ALJ, LU, and PU:

Minor parties only:

• Avocado coalition (De Burgers and NI)   

AFTFI The following coalitions include AFTFI, which is under a cordon sanitaire by other parties.

Pre-Third Great War

The following are names given to past coalition. They were not contemporary, and it should be noted past party colors do not align with ones used by current parties even with a similar ideology.