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German liberal school of Freiburg (Eucken, Rüstow, Müller-Armack) that defends the free market within firm rules guaranteed by the state, against monopolies and central planning, with a Christian ethical basis and social policy, the origin of the social market economy.
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I want a free market disciplined by firm state rules, that prevent monopolies and sustain the social market economy.
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Leans further toward globalism than 79% of the 276 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Intervention, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
The father of the German economic miracle, Erhard implemented the ordoliberal social market economy, uniting regulated free competition, monetary stability, and welfare, later governing as Germany's chancellor.
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A parliamentary federal republic, Germany is Europe's largest economy, with a social market economy, a strong export industry, and a central role in the European Union, uniting democratic stability and geopolitical weight.
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Region of northeastern Italy, Veneto combines small export firms, a Catholic and Christian-democratic tradition, Lega autonomism and a strong Venetian identity, having voted by a wide majority in 2017 for greater fiscal autonomy.
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A union of Poland and Lithuania from 1569 to 1795, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a noble republic with an elected king, a Sejm and the liberum veto, unusual religious tolerance and a vast multiethnic territory, until partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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Centrist branch that combines economic moderation and institutional respect with social conservatism, valuing family, religion, order, and gradual change without joining the authoritarian right or populist radicalism.
Branch that unites conservatism and environmental protection, defending the preservation of nature as part of the tradition and heritage to be passed on to future generations, with prudence toward change.
Doctrine that organizes the state through a constitutional division of power between a central government and autonomous regional units, such as cantons or states, with their own competencies, independent courts, and mutual checks against excessive concentration of power.
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Conservatism that protects institutions, family and order without doctrinal rigidity: it allows gradual reform and concessions in order to conserve the essential, in the line of Burke and Disraeli, rather than restoring an idealized past.
Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
Pragmatic branch that prioritizes fiscal adjustment, economic stability, and governability through broad coalitions, accepting market reforms and political concessions in the name of short- and medium-term results.
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Techno-SocialismRadical Left29%