National Liberal Party (Gylias)
National Liberal Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1877 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Liberal Union |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Website | |
| http://www.nlp.gls/ | |
The National Liberal Party (French reformed: Parti nationale liberale), abbreviated NLP (PNL), is a Gylian political party, part of the Liberal Union bloc.
Established in 1877, it is the second oldest Gylian party in continuous existence. It has been among the standard-bearers of Gylian liberalism, playing a significant role in the Gylian ascendancy and a central one in the Popular Progressive Front that governed Alscia.
History
The National Liberal Party was founded in 1877, during the Gylian ascendancy. It was envisioned from the start as a big tent organisation uniting all strands of Gylian liberalism. However, this made it vulnerable to popular pressure and Xevdenite intransigence as the classical liberal and social liberal factions battled for dominance.
It participated in two Xevdenite coalition governments led by Raţiáş Keýmer (1890–1897) and Gezy Nemáz (1900–1902). It was banned during the royal dictatorship imposed in 1902, driving it underground for a period. After the Cacerta-Xevden War, it moved its headquarters to Alscia.
In Alscia, the NLP became a leading party in the Popular Progressive Front and the Donatella Rossetti government. It completed its purge of classical liberals and placed itself firmly on the centre-left. It stood for a mixture of economic interventionism, social liberalism, and pragmatic reformism that mainly appealed to the FPP's wealthier and Hannaist-leaning electorate.
The "hurried province" became "a jewel in the crown of Gylian liberalism", in the words of historian Herta Schwamen, but beneath the image of undisputed dominance, strong internal competition occurred within the FPP, with liberals gradually losing ground to socialists. Alscia's entrance into the Free Territories led the NLP to attempt to reconcile its government experience with the anarchism of the Free Territories, bringing it closer to liberal socialism and market anarchism.
After the 1958 federal election, it formed an alignment with the National Unity Party and People's Radical Reformist Alliance, coalition partners in the former FPP, which became the Liberal Union. In the Darnan Cyras government, it was mainly represented by foreign minister Erika Ďileş, interior minister Akane Tsunemori, and regional coordination minister Sae Chabashira.
During the wretched decade, it was part of the LU faction open to reaching an agreement with the Centre Group and National Bloc, against the fierce opposition of the Left Liberal Rally and Freedom and Solidarity Party. The grand coalition only came to fruition after the Ossorian war crisis of 1986, under Filomena Pinheiro.
The NLP returned to a leading coalition role under Mathilde Vieira, the first Prime Minister to come from the party.
Ideology
The NLP is the social liberalism-oriented party of the LU, whose platform emphasises ordoliberalism and progressivism. Due to its focus on dirigisme and the state's role in regulating the functioning of markets, it is one of Gylias' more strongly statist parties.
Symbols
The NLP uses the colour yellow as its official colour.
