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The '''Modern Centre Party''' (''{{wp|German language|Weranic}}'': '''Partei des Modernen Zentrums''') abbreviated to '''PMZ''' is a {{wp|centre-right}} political party in [[Werania]]. It is currently the junior partner in the current coalition government with the social-democratic [[Social Democratic Republican Party of Werania|Social Democratic Republican Party]] (SRPO) with PMZ leader [[Veronika Althammer]] serving as Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance. It also maintains a permanent electoral alliance with the small [[Sotirian Democratic Homeland]], a Ruttish regionalist party.  
The '''Modern Centre Party''' (''{{wp|German language|Weranic}}'': '''Partei des Modernen Zentrums''') abbreviated to '''PMZ''' was a {{wp|centre-right}} political party in [[Werania]]. It served as the junior partner in coalition governments from 1988-1995 alongside the centre-left [[Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania]] (SRPO), 1999-2007 with the centre-right [[National Consolidation Party]] (NKP) and 2011-2019 with the SRPO. In 2021 it merged with the SRPO into [[Euclean Werania]].


The Modern Centre Party was founded in 1970 as a merger of the [[Democratic Republican Party (Werania)|Democratic Republican Party]] (DRP) and the liberal-republican faction of the [[National Consolidation Party]] (NKP) following the 1970 student protests. The DRP was the former right-wing faction of the [[Radical and Republican Union]] that refused to merge into the SPRO in 1968, whilst following the student protests liberal members of the NKP supportive of the protests left the governing party. Initially these MP's functioned as a loose parliamentary group known as the '''Union of the Centre''' but in August 1970 merged to create the Modern Centre Party.  
The Modern Centre Party was founded in 1987 as a refoundation of the [[Centre Party (Werania)|Centre Party]] which had increasingly abandoned its agarian roots in favour of a more liberal approach. The PMZ brought together {{wp|Christian democracy|Sotirian democrats}}, {{Wp|Liberalism|liberals}} and {{Wp|Agrarianism|agrarians}} becoming a rather centrist party. It advocated {{wp|social liberalism|social}} and {{wp|economic liberalism|economic}} {{wp|liberalisation}} alongside {{wp|Pro-Europeanism|pro-Eucleanism}} in order to challenge the long held hegemony of the NKP and the left-wing parties, becoming the main force of liberalism, attracting former NKP and left-wing politicians and voters disillusioned in their lack of affinity with the major parties.  


The founding document of the party established it as an upholder of the radical, liberal republican tradition in Weranian politics. It advocated {{wp|social liberalism|social}} and {{wp|economic liberalism|economic}} {{wp|liberalisation}} alongside {{wp|Pro-Europeanism|pro-Eucleanism}} in order to challenge the long held hegemony of the NKP and the SPRO. The party soon became the dominant pro-Eucleanist party but was locked out of government due to the dominance of the {{wp|two-party system}}.  
Following the 1988 election the PMZ entered as a junior coalition partner of the first "{{wp|Purple (government)|purple}}" government of [[Ludolf Ostermann]] between SPRO and PMZ. The Ostermann government was noted internationally for its social and economic liberal policies with the PMZ being a strong force in the {{wp|marketisation}} of the Weranic economy. The purple government was re-elected in 1992 but differences over economic policy led the PMZ to leave the government in 1995. They re-entered government this time with the conservative NKP in 1999 serving until the 2007 election when the Euclean financial crisis saw their vote count plummet. Following the 2007 electoral collapse the PMZ began to reinvent itself and underwent a strong revival in the 2011 election after which they formed another coalition as the junior partner with the SPRO. The coalition was re-elected in 2015 before both parties went into opposition in 2019 after securing historically poor results. The SRPO-PMZ government implemented several economically liberal reforms to deal with the 2000's Euclean financial crisis.  


Following the 1983 election the PMZ entered as a junior coalition partner of the first "{{wp|Purple (government)|purple}}" government of [[Ludolf Ostermann]] between SPRO and PMZ. The Ostermann government was noted internationally for its social and economic liberal policies with the PMZ being a strong force in the {{wp|marketisation}} of the Weranic economy. The purple government was re-elected in 1987 and 1991 but lost power in 1995.
Modern Centre was often seen as a liberal party with the majority of its members both {{wp|economic liberalism|economic}} and {{Wp|social liberalism}}. The party was historically split between a "reformist" faction that wished to take over the NKP as the largest party of the right and a "liberal" faction who wished to position it as a centrist party. The party since the 1990's became mostly seen as being controlled by the "liberal" faction, although divisions how hew along a more conventional left and right wing of the party who differ on the issue of economic reform. PMZ was considered the most pro-Euclean party in Werania being a member of the Euclean Liberal Party (ELP).
 
The PMZ stayed in opposition during this where they created an alliance with the Sotirian Democratic Homeland (SDT), a Sotirian democratic party that exclusively ran in Ruttland. In the 2007 election the PMZ nominated SDT leader [[Rasa Šalaševičiūtė]] as its chancellor candidate, with Šalaševičiūtė leading the PMZ-SDT to its best ever result becoming the largest party in the Volkstag, forming a {{Wp|grand coalition}} with the SPRO. The unpopularity of the grand coalition led to PMZ to have a landslide victory under Šalaševičiūtė in the 2011 election when it formed a majority government. The Šalaševičiūtė government implemented several economically liberal reforms to deal with the 2000's Euclean financial crisis. Šalaševičiūtė retired from national politics in 2014 with PMZ leader [[Dietrich Wittmann]] becoming Chancellor. In 2015 the PMZ lost a large amount of seats resulting in it forming a purple government with the SPRO which became the senior partner in government.
 
Modern Centre is often seen as a liberal conservative party with the majority of its members supporting {{wp|economic liberalism}} and centrist social views. However there exists {{wp|Christian Democracy|Sotirian Democratic}} and {{wp|social liberalism|social liberal}} factions. PMZ is considered the most pro-Euclean party in Werania being a member of the Alliance of Conservatives and Democrats for Euclea (ACDE).
==History==
==History==
===Early history===
===Early history===
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===Modern history===
===Modern history===
==Ideology==
==Ideology==
The Modern Centre Party at its foundation had a broad range of ideologies ranging from {{wp|Christian democracy|Sotirian democrats}} to {{wp|Social liberalism|social liberals}}. Although formed predominantly from members of the [[National Consolidation Party]] (NKP) the PMZ sought to present itself as moving beyond the left-right divide that permeated Weranian politics and claimed to incorporate elements of all ideologies into it's philosophy instead standing for political renewal.
The strongest ideological influence on the PMZ since it's foundation has been {{wp|liberalism}}. The party from it's foundation claimed to strongly support the notion of individual liberty and personal freedoms, criticising the NKP and the socialist left for appealing to sectional groups rather then the people. Political scientist Werner Rüstow considered the PMZ to be an example of liberal populism with their presentation of the state and the political actors tied to it as irredeemably corrupt, civil society and individuals as being inherently virtuous and their advocacy for a new untainted elite to replace the current "dysfunctional" state with a "''friendly, minimal state''".
From it's foundation the PMZ was divided between those who wished to make the party into a {{wp|liberal conservatism|liberal conservative}} competitor to the NKP and those who wanted a more {{wp|big tent}} party focused on political renewal.
==Organisation==
==Organisation==
==Leaders==
==Leaders==
==Electoral results==
==Electoral results==
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Latest revision as of 01:36, 29 July 2023

Modern Centre Party

Partei des Modernen Zentrums
FoundedAugust 13, 1987 (1987-08-13)
Dissolved15 August 2021
Preceded byCentre Party
Merged intoEuclean Werania
HeadquartersWestbrücken
Youth wingModern Centre Future
Membership (2015)217,000
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Eucleanism
Factions
Social liberalism
Liberal conservatism
Sotirian democracy
Political positionCentre to centre-right
Euclean Parliament groupEuclean Liberal Party
Colors   Blue, yellow

The Modern Centre Party (Weranic: Partei des Modernen Zentrums) abbreviated to PMZ was a centre-right political party in Werania. It served as the junior partner in coalition governments from 1988-1995 alongside the centre-left Social Democratic Radical Party of Werania (SRPO), 1999-2007 with the centre-right National Consolidation Party (NKP) and 2011-2019 with the SRPO. In 2021 it merged with the SRPO into Euclean Werania.

The Modern Centre Party was founded in 1987 as a refoundation of the Centre Party which had increasingly abandoned its agarian roots in favour of a more liberal approach. The PMZ brought together Sotirian democrats, liberals and agrarians becoming a rather centrist party. It advocated social and economic liberalisation alongside pro-Eucleanism in order to challenge the long held hegemony of the NKP and the left-wing parties, becoming the main force of liberalism, attracting former NKP and left-wing politicians and voters disillusioned in their lack of affinity with the major parties.

Following the 1988 election the PMZ entered as a junior coalition partner of the first "purple" government of Ludolf Ostermann between SPRO and PMZ. The Ostermann government was noted internationally for its social and economic liberal policies with the PMZ being a strong force in the marketisation of the Weranic economy. The purple government was re-elected in 1992 but differences over economic policy led the PMZ to leave the government in 1995. They re-entered government this time with the conservative NKP in 1999 serving until the 2007 election when the Euclean financial crisis saw their vote count plummet. Following the 2007 electoral collapse the PMZ began to reinvent itself and underwent a strong revival in the 2011 election after which they formed another coalition as the junior partner with the SPRO. The coalition was re-elected in 2015 before both parties went into opposition in 2019 after securing historically poor results. The SRPO-PMZ government implemented several economically liberal reforms to deal with the 2000's Euclean financial crisis.

Modern Centre was often seen as a liberal party with the majority of its members both economic and social liberalism. The party was historically split between a "reformist" faction that wished to take over the NKP as the largest party of the right and a "liberal" faction who wished to position it as a centrist party. The party since the 1990's became mostly seen as being controlled by the "liberal" faction, although divisions how hew along a more conventional left and right wing of the party who differ on the issue of economic reform. PMZ was considered the most pro-Euclean party in Werania being a member of the Euclean Liberal Party (ELP).

History

Early history

Purple government

Modern history

Ideology

The Modern Centre Party at its foundation had a broad range of ideologies ranging from Sotirian democrats to social liberals. Although formed predominantly from members of the National Consolidation Party (NKP) the PMZ sought to present itself as moving beyond the left-right divide that permeated Weranian politics and claimed to incorporate elements of all ideologies into it's philosophy instead standing for political renewal.

The strongest ideological influence on the PMZ since it's foundation has been liberalism. The party from it's foundation claimed to strongly support the notion of individual liberty and personal freedoms, criticising the NKP and the socialist left for appealing to sectional groups rather then the people. Political scientist Werner Rüstow considered the PMZ to be an example of liberal populism with their presentation of the state and the political actors tied to it as irredeemably corrupt, civil society and individuals as being inherently virtuous and their advocacy for a new untainted elite to replace the current "dysfunctional" state with a "friendly, minimal state".

From it's foundation the PMZ was divided between those who wished to make the party into a liberal conservative competitor to the NKP and those who wanted a more big tent party focused on political renewal.

Organisation

Leaders

Electoral results