Secularist Political Parties - Afek Tounes, Arab Nationalist Movement, Conference Party, Congress for the Republic, Constitutional Democratic Rally, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Afek Tounes, Arab Nationalist Movement, Conference Party, Congress for the Republic, Constitutional Democratic Rally, Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties, Democratic Modernist Pole, Democratic Party (Libya), Democrats 66, Egyptian Social Democratic Party, Egypt Youth Party, El-Ghad Party, Ettajdid Movement, Free Egyptians Party, Free Patriotic Union, Ghad El-Thawra Party, Italian Radicals, Left-Green Movement, Liberal Egyptian Party, Liberal League (Luxembourg), Meretz, Movement of Socialist Democrats, National Progressive Unionist Party, New Wafd Party, Or (political party), Palikot's Movement, Pim Fortuyn List, Progressive Democratic Party (Tunisia), Reason Party, Secular Party of Australia, Shinui, Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon, Yisrael Beiteinu. Excerpt: Democrats 66 (Dutch: , D66; official name: Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an American style presidential system. In the 1967 general election, the party won 7 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives; no new party had ever gained that many seats before. The electoral history of the party is characterised by large fluctuations. At one point they had 24 seats, currently (following the September 2012 Parliamentary elections) they have 12. The party was in government from 1973-1977, 1981-1982, 1994-2002 and 2003-2006. Over time the party began to emphasise other issues in addition to democratic reform, creating a social-liberal programme. Currently the party is represented by twelve seats in the House of Representatives, five in...