Many Christian democratic parties in Europe were initially on the left, but after the economic recovery and the solution of workers’ material problems, they shifted from social extremes to centrism.…
In the past, two centuries ago, conservatism and liberalism were opposites in their views on democracy, and today conservatives are almost the only supporters of true democracy. The right of…
The fact that Christian democratic parties emerged as part of resistance movements brought Christian democrats closer to socialists and communists. All of these parties were united by an appeal to…
Today, conservatism is experiencing a crisis on a global scale: Trumpists in America are trying to replace it with populism, and Russians want to appropriate it to disguise Putin’s fascism.…
One of the truths of Christianity is “mercy” and this is the basis for one of the most important principles of solidarity in a Christian democracy. Solidarity, or as it…
Some conspiracy theorists groundlessly claim that Christian democracy, as one of the most influential ideologies in Europe, was a project of the “all-powerful Vatican,” which allegedly still retains its political…
Today, we all see that Ukraine and the European Union are at different stages of their economic, social, and ultimately civilizational development. Today, the EU looks well-fed and self-satisfied, and…
Due to the traditional distrust of the state among Ukrainians, which was provoked by the long colonial past and the shortcomings of the Ukrainian bureaucracy after independence, there is a…
For centuries, Ukraine did not have its own state to protect the interests of the Ukrainian nation. Different occupation regimes had different effects on Ukrainians. The last most negative occupation…
According to the former French socialist prime minister Guy Mollet, the Christian democratic movement as a political force “should not exist at all” because of the significant heterogeneity of its…