The Libra Party or ''Equal List'' () is a political party in Albania. It was founded in 2016.

History

The party was founded by

Ben Blushi Ben Blushi (born 1 January 1969) is an Albanian politician, writer and journalist. Biography Ben Blushi, born in Tirana, studied at the University of Tirana, graduating in Albanian language and literature. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper ...

, a prominent politician/writer, and

Mimoza Hafizi Mimoza Hafizi (born 1962) is an Albanian politician and physicist who is a former member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Libra Party (Albania), LIBRA Party. She has been representing the Socialist Party of Albania, Socialist Pa ...

; both former MPs of the

Socialist Party of Albania The Socialist Party of Albania (, PSSh), also known as simply the Socialist Party (, PS), is a Social democracy, social-democratic centre-left political party in Albania. It is the successor to the Party of Labour of Albania, which reconstituted ...

. They left the Socialist Party after months of discussions with the leader

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and opposed the government's decisions. The pair wanted elections to be held within the party to elect a new leader. In October 2016, after leaving the party they created LIBRA, which in Albanian is an acronym for 'Lista e Barabartë' (The equal list). Currently both

and

serve as Members of the

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from the LIBRA Party.

Ideology

Libra means Knowledge, Freedom and Balance. It is a

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 commo ...

political party with

centrist Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics, including people who strongly support moderate policie ...

tendencies, which promotes equality and human rights.

Social liberalism Social liberalism is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses social justice, social services, a mixed economy, and the expansion of civil and political rights, as opposed to classical liberalism which favors limited g ...

civic nationalism Civic nationalism, otherwise known as democratic nationalism, is a form of nationalism that adheres to traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights, and is not based on ethnocentrism. Civic nationalists ...

and

pro-Europeanism 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''. Pol ...

are its 3 main ideologies. It promotes democracy and education and believes that all people should be treated as equal. The main goal is to help reduce poverty and to create a society that lives in harmony and justice.

Leader

Parliamentary representation

References

External links

* 2016 establishments in Albania Political parties established in 2016 Political parties in Albania Pro-European political parties in Albania {{Albania-party-stub