The Christian Democratic Youth Appeal ( Dutch : Christen-Democratische Jongeren Appèl), officially abbreviated as CDJA , is the youth organisation of the political party Christian Democratic Appeal in the Netherlands . It came about via the merging of the political youth organisations ARJOS, CHJO and the KVP-jongerenorganisatie.
7-513: The organisation is affiliated with Christian Democrats locally, nationally and internationally. There are 25 divisions active of the CDJA. These organisations are primarily concerned with provincial and local politics. The CDJA is involved not only with politics, but also is involved in programmes to increase mutual awareness and connectedness of CDJA youth throughout the organisation. In addition, it offers training and education to young people. While
14-477: A number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation . In practice, Christian democracy is often considered centre-right on cultural , social and moral issues , but centre-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" as well as the environment, generally supporting a social market economy . Christian democracy can be seen as either conservative, centrist, or liberal / left of, right of, or center of
21-589: A political organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Christian Democrats Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology. Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in
28-634: The CDA the CDJA see these as essential in politics and society. The CDJA is a member of YEPP , the youth organization of the European People's Party . In addition, the CDJA active in organizations such as the YIMD that encourages multi-party democracy in developing countries in Africa and South America . A number of prominent politicians have been former members, they include: This article about
35-561: The CDJA is officially independent of the CDA, they do work closely together. While they share the same values, they can differ on opinion on subjects. Like the CDA the CDJA is a political organization that belongs to the Christian democratic movement. This political movement based on the ideas of the Christian Democracy. This viewpoint includes: public justice, spread responsibility, solidarity and stewardship. Together with
42-650: The left . It is the dominant centre-right political movement in Europe, but by contrast, Christian democratic parties in Latin America tend to be left-leaning. Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including conservatism , liberalism , and social democracy . In the United States , Christian democratic parties of Europe and Latin America, deemed conservative and liberal respectively in their geopolitical regions, are both generally regarded as farther left-wing of
49-419: The mainstream political parties depending on the social and political atmosphere of a given country and the positions held by individual Christian democratic parties. In Europe, where their opponents have traditionally been secularist socialists, Christian democratic parties are moderately conservative overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to lean to
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