Popular Democratic Union (Gylias)

Popular Democratic Union
Founded	1969
Ideology	Progressive conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	National Bloc
Colours	Cyan
Website
http://www.pdu.gls/
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The Popular Democratic Union (French reformed: Union démocratique populaire), abbreviated PDU (UDP), is a Gylian political party, part of the National Bloc bloc.

History

The Popular Democratic Union was founded in 1969, after the "constructive"–"recalcitrant" battle within Gylian conservatism ended with a "constructive" victory and the destruction of the Conservative Coalition.

It formed an alignment with several new centre-right parties that were established in the wake of the Civic National Party, which became the National Bloc.

During the wretched decade, the party's support grew as the NB established itself as the leading opposition to the Aén Ďanez government. Bloc leader Lea Kersed strongly advocated a grand coalition of conservatives, leftists, liberals, and centrists against authoritarianism of the left and right. This came to fruition after the Ossorian war crisis of 1986, with the Filomena Pinheiro government, in which Lea served as Deputy Prime Minister.

The long period in opposition contributed to a rift within the NB, as the PDU remained loyal to Hannaism while the Free Economy Party and Independent Freedom Party increasingly moved towards economic liberalism and right-wing populists. Lea's death and the dérive au droite exposed these tensions, and caused the Union for Freedom and Prosperity to split off from the NB in 1989.

Despite its distinguished role in opposition, the party suffered at the 1990 federal election due to fallout from the dérive au droite and neoliberal conspiracy. During the 1990s, the PDU took an ambiguous stance towards Mathilde Vieira's "plural coalition", supporting it on occasion.

It formed the Lena Haidynraix government after the 2020 federal election.

Ideology

The PDU represents the progressive formation of the NB, whose platform emphasises progressivism, reformism, direct democracy, and paternalism.

Symbols

The PDU uses the colour cyan as its official colour.