International Democrat Union

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alliance of political parties international political organization

The International Democrat Union is a global alliance of center-right political parties that promotes conservative and Christian-democratic values and cooperation across democratic countries.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alliance of political parties → international political organization →
abbreviation	IDU →
cooperatesWith	regional centre-right party organizations →
founded	1983 →
foundedBy	George H. W. Bush → Helmut Kohl → Jacques Chirac → Margaret Thatcher →
foundingLocation	London, United Kingdom →
hasChairman	Håkan Svenneling (example; verify current holder) →
hasMember	Canadian Conservative Party → Christian Democratic Union of Germany → Conservative Party (United Kingdom) → Fine Gael → Liberal Party of Australia → New Zealand National Party → People's Party (Spain) → Republican Party (United States) → Swedish Moderate Party →
hasMemberType	political party →
hasOrgan	Executive Committee → IDU Forum → IDU Standing Committees →
headquartersLocation	Munich, Germany →
holds	leadership meetings → regular international conferences →
ideology	Christian democracy → conservatism →
language	English →
membershipCriteria	centre-right political orientation →
motto	Alliance of Conservatives and Christian Democrats (paraphrased; verify exact wording) →
politicalFamily	centre-right international →
politicalPosition	centre-right →
predecessor	International Democrat Union (founding conference network) →
promotes	free market economy → human rights → representative democracy → rule of law →
purpose	facilitate cooperation among member parties → promote Christian-democratic values → promote centre-right policies → promote conservative values → support democracy worldwide →
regionServed	worldwide →
scope	global →
status	active →
website	https://www.idu.org →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christian Democratic Union of Germany → Christian Democratic Union of Germany ("Centrist Democrat International") → Christian Social Union in Bavaria → Conservative Party (UK) → Conservative Party of Canada → People's Party (Spain) → People's Party (Spain) ("Centrist Democrat International") →	internationalAffiliation
Christian Democratic Appeal ("Centrist Democrat International") → Christian Democratic Appeal → Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) → ODS → Swedish Moderate Party →	memberOf
CDA ("Centrist Democrat International") → CDA → Liberal Party of Australia →	hasInternationalAffiliation
European People’s Party ("Centrist Democrat International") → European People’s Party →	affiliatedOrganization
Social Democratic Party (Portugal) ("Centrist Democrat International") → Social Democratic Party (Portugal) →	membershipOf
Christian Democratic Union of Germany ("MIT – Association of the Christian Democratic Middle Class") →	businessWing
IDU Standing Committees →	governingBody
European Conservatives and Reformists Party ("New Democracy (Greece) (past or associate membership)") →	hasMemberParty
Liberal Party of Australia ("Asia Pacific Democrat Union") →	hasRegionalAffiliation
IDU Standing Committees →	partOf
International Democrat Union ("International Democrat Union (founding conference network)") →	predecessor
Alliance of Conservatives and Christian Democrats →	usedBy