Socialist Party of Austeria
Socialist Party of Austeria Partito Socialista d'Austria | |
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| Leader | Vedat Kokona |
| Founder | Ivica Godo |
| Founded | August 15, 2005 |
| Preceded by | Austerian Liberation Front (de facto) |
| Headquarters | Kartha |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left wing |
| National affiliation | March Bloc |
| Colors | Red |
| Senate | 14 / 131
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| Regional Councils | 46 / 332
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The Socialist Party of Austeria, commonly known as just the PSA, is a {wp|Centre-left politics|centre-left}} and left wing political party in Austeria. It is the de facto successor to the Austerian Liberation Front, the founding political party of the Austerian People's Republic.
The Socialist Party was founded in 2005, shortly after the Olive Revolution, by former members of the Austerian Liberation Front who opposed ethnic and sectarian politics and the collapse of the socialist system. It became the leading party after the 2009 election. The Socialist-led govenrment renewed its diplomatic ties with Valduvia and increased economic cooperation between the two countries. The Socialist lost their leading role in the following election, but it remains a major force in Austerian politics. Although it was officially founded as an multi-ethnic party, it lost most of its support among non-Tethian voters in the decade following the 2009 election, when it began to lean more towards Tethian populism, and now gathers most of its support from Tethians. Like its predecessor, the Socialist Party has significant links to the security establishment.
The party describes itself as a democratic socialist party, but it has a significant social democratic faction. The PSA The party is traditionally euclosceptic and supports closer relations with Valduvia and the Association for International Socialism, but the party's more moderate factions have become increasingly pro-Euclean.