International Democracy Union

Abbreviation	IDU
Formation	24 June 1983; 41 years ago (1983-06-24)
Purpose	World federation of right-of-centre/moderate-to-conservative political parties[1][2]
Headquarters	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	84 political parties and 8 organizations
Official language	English
Chairman	Stephen Harper (Conservative Party of Canada)
Deputy Chairman	Brian Loughnane (Liberal Party of Australia)
Website	idu.org
Formerly called	International Democrat Union (until 2023)

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The International Democracy Union (IDU; known as the International Democrat Union until September 2023)^[3] is an international alliance of centre-right political parties.^[4][5] Headquartered in Munich, Germany,^[6] the IDU consists of 84 full and associate members from 65 countries.^[7] It is chaired by Stephen Harper, former prime minister of Canada. It has two affiliated international organizations (International Young Democrat Union and International Women's Democracy Union) and six affiliated regional organizations (Union of Latin American Parties, Asia Pacific Democrat Union, Caribbean Democrat Union, Democrat Union of Africa, European People's Party and European Conservatives and Reformists Party).

The IDU allows centre-right conservative political parties around the world to establish contacts and discuss different views on public policy and related matters. Their stated goal is the promotion of "democracy and center-right policies around the globe".^[8] The IDU has some overlap of member parties with the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), but the CDI is more centrist, Christian democrat and communitarian than the IDU.^[9]

The group was founded in 1983 as the umbrella organisation for the European Democrat Union (EDU), Caribbean Democrat Union (CDU), and the Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU). Created at the instigation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush, the organisation was founded at a joint meeting of the EDU and APDU in London, United Kingdom.^[10]

Founding

The IDU was founded in London on 24 June 1983.^[11] According to Richard V. Allen, to be admitted as a member, a party must qualify as a "mainstream conservative" party influenced by classical liberalism.^[12]

The founding declaration was signed by 19 persons:^[13]

Person	Party	Country
Alois Mock	Austrian People's Party	Austria
Margaret Thatcher	Conservative Party	United Kingdom
Helmut Kohl	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	West Germany
Franz Josef Strauss	Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Jacques Chirac	Rally for the Republic	France
Andrew Peacock	Liberal Party of Australia	Australia
Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza	New Democracy	Greece
Manuel Fraga	People's Alliance	Spain
Oscar Alzaga	People's Democratic Party
Susanne Wood	New Zealand National Party	New Zealand
Glafcos Clerides	Democratic Rally	Cyprus
Ilkka Suominen	National Coalition Party	Finland
Lucas Pires	CDS – People's Party	Portugal
Tatsuo Tanaka [ja]	Liberal Democratic Party	Japan
Ulf Adelsohn	Moderate Party	Sweden
Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada	Canada
Poul Schlüter	Conservative People's Party	Denmark
Jo Benkow	Conservative Party	Norway
Frank Fahrenkopf	Republican Party	United States

Member parties

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Full members

Country	Party	Abbreviation	Government	Lower Chamber	Upper Chamber
Albania	Democratic Party of Albania	PD	Opposition	59 / 140 (42%)
Argentina	Republican Proposal	PRO	Government	37 / 257 (14%)	6 / 72 (8%)
Australia	Liberal Party of Australia	LIB	Opposition	40 / 151 (26%)	25 / 76 (33%)
Austria	Austrian People's Party	ÖVP	Government	71 / 183 (39%)	25 / 61 (41%)
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan National Independence Party	AMIP	Extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 125 (0%)
Bolivia	Social Democratic Movement	MDS	Extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 130 (0%)	0 / 36 (0%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Party of Democratic Progress	PDP	Opposition	2 / 42 (5%)	0 / 15 (0%)
	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina	HDZ	Government	4 / 42 (10%)	3 / 15 (20%)
Belgium	New Flemish Alliance	N-VA	Opposition	24 / 150 (16%)	9 / 60 (15%)
Brazil	Brazil Union	UNIÃO	Independent	59 / 513 (12%)	7 / 81 (9%)
Bulgaria	GERB	GERB	Independent	66 / 240 (28%)
	Union of Democratic Forces	SDS	Independent	2 / 240 (0.8%)
Canada	Conservative Party of Canada	CPC / PCC	Opposition	119 / 338 (35%)	15 / 105 (14%)
Costa Rica	Social Christian Unity Party	PUSC	Opposition	9 / 57 (16%)
Chile	Independent Democratic Union	UDI	Opposition	23 / 155 (15%)	9 / 50 (18%)
	National Renewal	RN	Opposition	22 / 155 (14%)	11 / 50 (22%)
Colombia	Colombian Conservative Party	PCC	Independent	28 / 187 (15%)	15 / 108 (14%)
Croatia	Croatian Democratic Union	HDZ	Government	55 / 151 (36%)
Cyprus	Democratic Rally	DISY	Opposition	17 / 56 (30%)
Czech Republic	Civic Democratic Party	ODS	Government	34 / 200 (17%)	21 / 81 (26%)
	TOP 09	TOP 09	Government	14 / 200 (7%)	4 / 81 (5%)
Denmark	Conservative People's Party	DKF	Opposition	10 / 179 (6%)
Dominican Republic	National Progressive Force	FNP	Extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 190 (0%)	0 / 32 (0%)
Ecuador	Social Christian Party	PSC	Independent	16 / 137 (12%)
El Salvador	Nationalist Republican Alliance	ARENA	Opposition	2 / 60 (3%)
Estonia	Isamaa		Opposition	10 / 101 (10%)
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