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“”’Bourgeois party”'” ({{langx|de|bürgerliche Partei}}) or “”’bourgeois camp”'” ({{langx|de|bürgerliche Lager}}) is a political term used in Europe, which can refer to a [[conservative]] or right-leaning [[Liberalism|liberal]] party, and is in contrast to the socialistic “left-wing camp” ({{langx|de|linken Lager}}). The term is mainly used when the main left-leaning forces are [[social democrat]]s and [[socialist]]s, and the main right-leaning forces against them are liberals and conservatives; it is rarely used when the main left-leaning forces include liberals. |
“”’Bourgeois party”'” ({{langx|de|bürgerliche Partei}}) or “”’bourgeois camp”'” ({{langx|de|bürgerliche Lager}}) is a political term used in Europe, which can refer to a [[conservative]] or right-leaning [[Liberalism|liberal]] party, and is in contrast to the socialistic “left-wing camp” ({{langx|de|linken Lager}}). The term is mainly used when the main left-leaning forces are [[social democrat]]s and [[socialist]]s, and the main right-leaning forces against them are liberals and conservatives; it is rarely used when the main left-leaning forces include liberals. |
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Latest revision as of 22:50, 23 September 2025
“Bourgeois party” (German: bürgerliche Partei) or “bourgeois camp” (German: bürgerliche Lager) is a political term used in Europe, which can refer to a conservative or right-leaning liberal party, and is in contrast to the socialistic “left-wing camp” (German: linken Lager). The term is mainly used when the main left-leaning forces are social democrats and socialists, and the main right-leaning forces against them are liberals and conservatives; it is rarely used when the main left-leaning forces include liberals.
In the political landscape of the Germanic language region, traditional bourgeois parties are as follows:
In the German-speaking media, conservative and right-liberal as well as liberal-conservative parties abroad are often referred to as “bourgeois parties” (bürgerliche Parteien).ref>Oliver Meiler (2020-07-10). “Berlusconi könnte auf politische Bühne zurückkehren” (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-17.</ref>[1][2]
In the mid-1980s, Heiner Geißler, then secretary-general of the CDU, introduced the camp theory to the West Germany. Within the newly formed four-party system, Geißler described the center-right parties CDU/CSU, and FDP as the bourgeois camp, and the SPD and Greens as the “left-wing camp”. In Germany, the opposite expression of “left-wing camp” is preferred as “Bourgeois party” rather than “right-wing camp” in order to exclude far-right politics from the mainstream right-leaning forces.[3][4] The Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right political party founded in 2013, calls itself a “bourgeois [party]”, which is criticized and generally unacceptable.[5][6]
