Progressive Alliance

For other uses, see Progressive Alliance (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Progressive International.

The Progressive Alliance (PA) is a political international of progressive and social democratic political parties and organisations founded on 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany.^[1] The alliance was formed as an alternative to the existing Socialist International, of which many of its member parties are former or current members.^[2][3] The Progressive Alliance claims to have 140 participants from around the world.

Progressive Alliance

Progressive Alliance logo
Light green: Countries with a political party affiliated with the Progressive Alliance Dark green: Countries with the ruling party affiliated with the Progressive Alliance
Abbreviation	PA
Formation	22 May 2013
Type	Political international
Purpose	Network of social democratic and progressive political parties and organisations
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Main organ	Conference of the Progressive Alliance
Website	progressive-alliance.info

History

The first step towards the creation of the Progressive Alliance was the decision in January 2012 by Sigmar Gabriel, then chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), to cancel payment of the SPD's £100,000 yearly membership fee to the Socialist International. Gabriel had been critical of the Socialist International's admittance and continuing inclusion of undemocratic political movements into the organisation.^[4][5][6]

An initial Conference of the Progressive Alliance was held in Rome, Italy, on 14–15 December 2012, with representatives of 42 political parties attending.^[7][8] They included Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party of Italy; Harlem Désir, Chair of the French Socialist Party; Hermes Binner, Chair of the Argentine Socialist Party; Peter Shumlin, Democratic governor of Vermont; and Mustapha Ben Jafar, Secretary General of the Tunisian Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties.^[9] Also present were representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Workers' Party of Brazil, and PASOK of Greece.^[10][11] The Dutch Labour Party also supported the formation of the organisation,^[12] as did the Swiss Socialist Party,^[13] and the Social Democratic Party of Austria.^[14]

During the Council of the Socialist International in Cascais, Portugal, on 4–5 February 2013, 50 political parties discussed on the sidelines the formation of the Progressive Alliance, including the Movement for Democratic Change of Zimbabwe.^[15]

The official foundation of the organisation was held on 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany, on the 150th anniversary of the formation of the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), the predecessor of the SPD.^{[16][17][18][19][20]} The organisation stated the aim of becoming the global network of "the progressive, democratic, social-democratic, socialist and labour movement".^[21][22] It was reported that representatives of approximately 70 social-democratic political parties from across the world attended the event.^[23][24][25] The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament joined the organisation upon its official foundation.^[26] Many member parties are also affiliated to the Socialist International.^[27] In September 2013 the Democratic Party of Cyprus (DIKO) announced that it was negotiating to join the Progressive Alliance and that its representatives were to attend a seminar of the international in Stockholm on 24 October.^[28] The Democratic Party of Korea was a founding member but withdrew in 2016. The Korean Justice Party currently participates as an observer.

On 4–5 December 2014, a Progressive Alliance conference was held in Lisbon for member parties of the S&D group.^[29] A regional seminar was held on 25 September 2015 in Batu Ferringhi, Malaysia, which also hosted delegates from the Democratic Action Party of Malaysia, Democratic Party of Japan and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.^[30] On 25 April 2016 the organisation held a seminar in São Paulo hosted by the Workers' Party of Brazil.^[31]

Participants

The Progressive Alliance lists 117 parties and 28 organisations which participate in the network, rather than claiming members.^[32]

Country	Party/Organization	Abbreviation	Nationwise Lower/Unicameral House	Government status	Notes
Algeria	Socialist Forces Front	FFS	0 / 407	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Argentina	Socialist Party	PS	2 / 257 [33]	In opposition
	Generation for a National Encounter	GEN	1 / 257	In opposition
Australia	Australian Labor Party	ALP	78 / 151	In government	Ruling at a national level with a parliamentary majority since 2022. Ruling at state-level in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. In coalition in the Australian Capital Territory.
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria	SPÖ	40 / 183	In opposition	Ruling at state-level in Burgenland, Carinthia, Vienna.
Bahrain	National Democratic Action Society	Waad	0 / 40	Extra-parliamentary opposition	Banned in its country as a terrorist organisation as of 2017.
Belarus	Belarusian Social Democratic Party	Hramada	0 / 110	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Belgium	Socialist Party	PS	16 / 150	In coalition
	Forward	Vooruit[34]	13 / 150	In coalition
Bolivia	Movement for Socialism	MAS	75 / 130	In government
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina	SDP	5 / 42	In government
Brazil	Workers' Party	PT	68 / 513	In government	In government in Bahia, Ceará, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte.
	Brazilian Socialist Party	PSB	14 / 513	In coalition	In government in Espírito Santo, Maranhão and Paraíba.
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	BSP	18 / 240	In opposition
Burkina Faso	People's Movement for Progress	MPP	Dissolved	Extra-parliamentary opposition	President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, a member of the party, was deposed in a midterm coup d'état.
Cameroon	Social Democratic Front	SDF	5 / 180	In opposition
Canada	New Democratic Party	NDP/NPD	24 / 338	In opposition	In government in the provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba. Supply and confidency agreement in the territory of Yukon.
Central African Republic	Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People	MLPC	9 / 100	In opposition
Chile	Socialist Party of Chile	PS	13 / 155	In coalition
	Party for Democracy	PPD	7 / 155	In coalition
Democratic Republic of Congo	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	UDPS	69 / 484	In government
Costa Rica	Citizens' Action Party	PAC	0 / 57	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Croatia	Social Democratic Party of Croatia	SDP	37 / 151	In opposition
Cyprus	EDEK Socialist Party	EDEK	3 / 56	In government
	Democratic Party	DIKO	9 / 56	In government
Czech Republic	Social Democracy	SOCDEM	0 / 200	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Denmark	Social Democratic Party		50 / 179	In coalition
Dominican Republic	Modern Revolutionary Party	PRM	88 / 190	In government
East Timor	Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor	FRETILIN	19 / 65	In opposition
Egypt	Egyptian Social Democratic Party	ESDP	7 / 596	In opposition
Equatorial Guinea	Convergence for Social Democracy	CPDS	1 / 100	In opposition
Eritrea	Eritrean People's Democratic Front	EPDF	0 / 150	Extra-parliamentary opposition	Banned as a legal party due to country being a one-party state.
Eswatini	People's United Democratic Movement	PUDEMO	0 / 66	Extra-parliamentary opposition
	Swazi Democratic Party	SWADEPA	0 / 66	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Finland	Social Democratic Party of Finland	SDP	43 / 200	In opposition
France	Socialist Party	PS	67 / 577	In opposition
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	SPD	206 / 736 [35]	In government
Ghana	National Democratic Congress	NDC	137 / 275	In opposition
Greece	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	PASOK	32 / 300 [36]	In opposition
Grenada	National Democratic Congress	NDC	9 / 15	In government
Guinea	Guinean People's Assembly	RPG	1 / 81	In opposition	President Alpha Condé, a member of the party, was deposed in a midterm coup d'état. Moreover, the National Assembly, where it held a supermajority, was replaced by the junta-appointed National Transitional Council.[37]
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Party	MSzP	10 / 199	In opposition
India	Indian National Congress	INC	97 / 543	In opposition	In government, Telangana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh. With coalitions in Delhi, Punjab, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
	Samajwadi Party	SP	37 / 543	In opposition
Indonesia	Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle	PDI-P	110 / 575	Confidence and supply
	National Democratic Party	NasDem	69 / 575	Confidence and supply
Iran	Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan	PDKI	0 / 290	Extra-parliamentary opposition
	Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan	KPIK	0 / 290	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Iraq	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan	PUK	18 / 329	In opposition
	Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party	KSDP	0 / 329	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Ireland	Labour Party		7 / 160	In opposition
Israel	Israeli Labor Party	HaAvoda	4 / 120	In opposition
	Meretz		0 / 120	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Italy	Democratic Party	PD	69 / 400	In opposition
Ivory Coast	Cap Union for Democracy and Development	CAP-UDD	0 / 255	Extra-parliamentary opposition
	Freedom and Democracy for the Republic	LIDER	0 / 255	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Jordan	Jordanian Social Democratic Party	KPK	0 / 130	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Kenya	Labour Party of Kenya	KLP	0 / 320	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Kosovo	Vetëvendosje	LV	59 / 120	In government
Kyrgyzstan	Social Democrats	SDK	1 / 90	opposition	Represented in city councils and parliament. Leader - Temirlan Sultanbekov
Latvia	Social Democratic Party "Harmony"	SDPS	0 / 100	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Lebanon	Progressive Socialist Party	PSP	9 / 128	In coalition
Lithuania	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	LSDP	13 / 141	In opposition
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	LSAP	10 / 60	In opposition
Malaysia	Democratic Action Party	DAP	40 / 222	In coalition	In coalition in Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Perak, Pahang, Sabah and Selangor.
Mauritania	Rally of Democratic Forces	RFD	6 / 95	In opposition
Mauritius	Mauritian Militant Movement	MMM	19 / 66	In coalition
Mexico	Citizens' Movement	MC	27 / 500	In opposition	In government in Jalisco and Nuevo León in coalition Guanajuato and Yucatan .
	Party of the Democratic Revolution	PRD	0 / 500	In opposition	in coalition Aguascalientes Chihuahua Durango Guanajuato
Moldova	Democratic Party of Moldova	PDM	0 / 101	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Mongolia	Mongolian People's Party	MPP	68 / 126	In government
Montenegro	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	DPS	29 / 81	In opposition
	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro	SDP	2 / 81	In opposition
Morocco	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	USFP	34 / 395	In opposition
Myanmar	Democratic Party for a New Society	DPNS	0 / 440	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Nepal	Nepali Congress	NC	89 / 275	In government
Netherlands	Labour Party	PvdA/GL	25 / 150	In opposition
New Zealand	New Zealand Labour Party	NZLP/LAB	34 / 123	In opposition
Nicaragua	Sandinista Renovation Movement (Unamos)	MRS	0 / 92	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Niger	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism	PNDS	79 / 171	In coalition
North Macedonia	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia	SDSM	15 / 120	In opposition
Northern Cyprus	Republican Turkish Party	CTP	18 / 50	In opposition	Northern Cyprus is not a UN-recognized state.
Norway	Labour Party	Ap	48 / 169	In coalition
Palestine	Fatah		45 / 132	In government
	Palestinian National Initiative	PNI	2 / 132	In opposition
Paraguay	Party for a Country of Solidarity	PPS	0 / 80	In opposition	Affiliated with Guasú Front in national parliament.
Philippines	Akbayan Citizens' Action Party		1 / 316	In opposition	One senator in the popularly-elected upper chamber, Senate of the Philippines.
Portugal	Socialist Party	PS	78 / 230	In opposition
Republic of Congo	Citizens' Convergence	CC	0 / 151	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Romania	Social Democratic Party	PSD	110 / 330	In coalition
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia Labour Party	SLP	13 / 17	In government
Sao Tome and Principe	Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party	MLSTP-PSD	18 / 55	In opposition
Senegal	Socialist Party of Senegal	PS	0 / 150	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Serbia	Democratic Party	DS	10 / 250	In opposition
Slovakia	Direction – Social Democracy	Smer-SD	42 / 150	In government
Slovenia	Social Democrats	SD	12 / 90	In coalition
Spain	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PSOE	120 / 350	In coalition
Sweden	Swedish Social Democratic Party	SAP	107 / 349	In opposition
Switzerland	Social Democratic Party of Switzerland	SP	41 / 200	In coalition
Syria	Syrian Democratic People's Party		0 / 250	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Tanzania	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	CCM	365 / 393	In government
Tunisia	Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties	Ettakatol	0 / 217	Extra-parliamentary opposition
Turkey	Republican People's Party	CHP	128 / 600	In opposition
	Peoples' Democratic Party	HDP	0 / 600	Extra-parliamentary opposition
United Kingdom	Labour Party		403 / 650	In government	Ruling nationally (at Westminster) since 2024 with a parliamentary majority following the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Welsh Labour is in government in Wales and London Labour holds the London Mayoralty
Uruguay	Socialist Party of Uruguay	PSU	3 / 99	In opposition	Affiliated with the Broad Front in the national parliament.
Venezuela	Movimiento al Socialismo	MAS	0 / 277	In opposition	Affiliated with the Democratic Alliance in the national parliament.
Western Sahara	Polisario Front		53 / 53	One-party state	Western Sahara is not a UN-recognized state.
Yemen	Yemeni Socialist Party	YSP	8 / 301	In opposition
Zimbabwe	Movement for Democratic Change	MDC	0 / 210	In opposition
Africa	Central African Progressive Alliance	APAC
The Americas	Center for American Progress	CAP
	Trade Union Confederation of the Americas	CSA
Asia	Network of Social Democracy in Asia	SOCDEM
	Arab Social Democratic Forum	ASDF
Europe	Party of European Socialists	PES
	Party of European Socialists Women	PES Women
	Young European Socialists	YES
	Foundation for European Progressive Studies	FEPS
	Socialist Group in the Council of Europe	SOC
	European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
European Union	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	S&D	136 / 720		European Parliament
International	Socialist International Women	SIW
	International Union of Socialist Youth	IUSY
	International Trade Union Confederation	ITUC
	National Democratic Institute for International Affairs	NDI
	Olof Palme International Center	OPIC
	Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD	TUAC
	Association for Democratic Socialism
	CEE Gender Network
	Global Progressive Forum
	Industrial Global Union
	Just Jobs Network
	Solidar

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External links

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