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New Social Democratic Party
The New Social Democratic Party (NSDP; ) is a centre-left, social democratic political party in North Macedonia. Its leader is Goran Misovski. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, it received 6% of the vote. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, it participated in an electoral coalition An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand ... with SDSM and 15 other parties. The coalition won 436,981 votes and 49/120 MPs in Macedonian assembly. The party also participated in the 2024 parliamentary elections within the electoral coalition of SDSM. References External linksOfficial website (in Macedonian) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Misovski
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Social Democracy
Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, social democracy has taken the form of predominantly capitalist economies, a robust welfare state, policies promoting social justice, market regulation, and a more Redistribution of income and wealth, equitable distribution of income. Social democracy maintains a commitment to Representative democracy, representative and participatory democracy. Common aims include curbing Social inequality, inequality, eliminating the oppression of Social privilege, underprivileged groups, eradicating poverty, and upholding universally accessible public services such as child care, Universal education, education, elderly care, Universal health care, health care, and workers' compensation. Economically, it support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro-European Political Parties In North Macedonia
Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).Krisztina Arató, Petr Kaniok (editors). ''Euroscepticism and European Integration''. Political Science Research Centre Zagreb, 2009. p.40 The opposite of Pro-Europeanism is Euroscepticism. Political position Pro-Europeans are mostly classified as centrist ( Renew Europe) in the context of European politics, including centre-right liberal conservatives ( EPP Group) and centre-left social democrats ( S&D and Greens/EFA). Pro-Europeanism is ideologically closely related to the European and Global liberal movement. Pro-Europeans often argue that EU membership has specific benefits for member nations such as that the EU encourages economic prosperity among members, that it promotes peace and stability in member states, that it encourages social progress among member states, that the EU gives countries greater leverage on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 North Macedonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in North Macedonia on 8 May 2024. The slow pace of Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union, EU integration and corruption were the main issues during the campaign. The right-wing opposition coalition led by the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party decisively won the election receiving 45% of the vote and 58 seats which were three short of an outright majority. The incumbent center-left coalition led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia lost 28 seats and collapsed to 16% of the popular vote. The second round of the 2024 North Macedonian presidential election, 2024 presidential election was held on the same day which was also won by the VMRO-DPMNE candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. Electoral system Of the 123 seats in the Assembly of North Macedonia, Assembly of the Republic (Sobranie), 120 are elected from six 20-seat constituencies in North Macedonia using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Coalition
An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political party, political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections. Each of the parties within the alliance has its own policy, policies but chooses temporarily to put aside differences in favour of common goals and ideology in order to pool their voters' support and get elected. On occasion, an electoral alliance may be formed by parties with very different policy goals, which agree to pool resources in order to stop a particular candidate or party from gaining power. Unlike a coalition formed after an election, the partners in an electoral alliance usually do not run candidates against one another but encourage their supporters to vote for candidates from the other members of the alliance. In some agreements with a larger party enjoying a higher degree of success at the polls, the smaller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Macedonian Parliamentary Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in North Macedonia, Macedonia on 11 December 2016, having originally been planned for 24 April and later 5 June. The elections were held in the midst of a political crisis and national protests since 2015. The incumbent VMRO-DPMNE led government, which had been in government since the 2006 Macedonian parliamentary election, 2006 elections, were unable to form a coalition despite winning the most seats. The centre-left Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, SDSM successfully formed a government with members of the Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanian-interest parties Democratic Union for Integration, DUI and Alliance for Albanians following prolonged negotiations. Background The elections were called as part of an agreement brokered by the European Union to end the protests against the government of Nikola Gruevski. The demonstrations were sparked by the wiretapping scandal involving high ranking politicians and security personnel. From 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Macedonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 5 July 2006. The VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition emerged as the largest group in the Assembly, winning 45 of the 120 seats. Its leader Nikola Gruevski became Prime Minister after forming a coalition government with the Democratic Party of Albanians, New Social Democratic Party, Democratic Renewal and the Party for a European Future. Electoral system The 120 seats were elected from six 20-seat constituencies by proportional representation.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 1276, Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 5%. Conduct The international community sent 6,000 observers to monitor electoral procedures, as NATO and European Union officials saw the elections as a key test of Macedonian ambitions of joining both organizations after local elections in March 2005 were marred by irregularities. The campaign was marked by serious cross-political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the north. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's population of over 1.83 million. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, a South Slavs, South Slavic people. Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks in North Macedonia, Turks, Romani people in North Macedonia, Roma, Serbs in North Macedonia, Serbs, Bosniaks in North Macedonia, Bosniaks, Aromanians in North Macedonia, Aromanians and a few other minorities. The region's history begins with the Paeonia (kingdom), kingdom of Paeonia. In the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Political Parties In North Macedonia
North Macedonia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties which must work with each other to form coalition governments. Parties in the Parliament Extra-parliamentary parties Macedonian: * VMRO – People's Party (''ВМРО - Народна Партија''), with the SDSM * Democratic Renewal of Macedonia (''Демократска обнова на Македонија''), with the SDSM * Democratic Union (''Демократски сојуз''), with VMRO-DPMNE * Party of United Democrats of Macedonia (''Партија на обединети демократи на Македонија''), with VMRO-DPMNE * (''Македонски Концепт''), with VMRO-DPMNE * United for Macedonia (''Обединети за Македонија''), with VMRO-DPMNE * (''Глас за Македонија''), with VMRO-DPMNE * Macedonian Action/MAAK-Conservative Party (''МААК-Конзервативна Партија''), with VMRO-DPMNE *Macedonian Progressive Party (''� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre-left
Centre-left politics is the range of left-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. Ideologies commonly associated with it include social democracy, social liberalism, progressivism, and green politics. Ideas commonly supported by the centre-left include welfare capitalism, social justice, liberal internationalism, and multiculturalism. Economically, the centre-left supports a mixed economy in a democratic capitalist system, often including economic interventionism, progressive taxation, and the right to unionize. Centre-left politics are contrasted with far-left politics that reject capitalism or advocate revolution. The centre-left developed with the rest of the left–right political spectrum in 18th and 19th century France, where the centre-left included those who supported transfer of powers from the monarchy to parliament or endorsed moderate republicanism. Early progressivism and left liberalism evolved in the late-19th and early- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Petkovski
Tito Petkovski () (born 23 January 1945) is a Macedonian politician, and leader of the New Social Democratic Party. Early life Petkovski was born in Kriva Palanka, DFR Yugoslavia and was named after President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito. He earned his law degree from and went on to work in the municipal courts for the State Bureau of Physical Planning. His spouse is Trajanka Petkovska. Career Petkovski served as[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of North Macedonia
The municipalities are the first-order administrative divisions of North Macedonia. North Macedonia is currently organized into 80 municipality, municipalities (, ''opštini''; singular: општина, ''opština,'' Albanian language, Albanian: ''komunat''; singular: ''komuna''), established in February 2013; 10 of the municipalities constitute the Skopje, City of Skopje (or Greater Skopje), a distinct unit of local self-governance and the country's Capital (political), capital. Most of the current municipalities were unaltered or merely amalgamated from the previous 123 municipalities established in September 1996; others were consolidated and their borders changed. Prior to this, local government was organized into 34 administrative districts, communes, or counties (also ''opštini''). In 2004 they were reduced to 84, and in 2013, the following municipalities were merged into the Kičevo Municipality: Drugovo Municipality, Drugovo, Zajas Municipality, Zajas, Oslomej Municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
