Confederal Party for Progress

Confederal Party for Progress
Other names	Confederal Progress Party; Wreath and Arrow; W&A
Party tier	Nollandish Confederacy
Leader	James I
Vice leader	Gabriel N. Pelger
Established	26 July 2015
Ideology	Social democracy; (democratic) socialism; moderate libertarianism
Political position	center-left/left
Colours	dark red

The Confederal Party for Progress (initialism CPP, also known as the Confederal Progress Party) is a party alliance of the Mancunian Royal Party, the Independent Usian Leftists' Party, and the Nollandish Free Liberals. The Labor Party of Nedland was a founding party, but became inactive after the collapse of Nedland. It is the only opposition party to the Freedom Party in the Parliament of the Nollandish Confederacy, and was created solely for that purpose. The party is built around social democratic/socialist principles.

Name

During the formation of the party, "Confederal Liberal" and "Confederal Labor" were suggested by James I. Shortly after, "Confederal Party of Progress" was proposed, and the preposition was altered. Only a few days later, the nickname "Wreath and Arrow" (for the symbolism of its logo) and the initialism "W&A" came into common use, said to have been coined by Gabriel N. Pelger.

Background

The formation of the coalition was in response to the formation of the Confederal Freedom Party during the Nollandish Confederacy election, 2015.

Politics

Ideology

As the center-left/leftist party needed to be a big tent party, many different leftist ideologies needed to be included in the party ideology.

Policies

The Confederal Party for Progress advocates the following policies:

Economics

Keynesian economics
Well-regulated capitalism
- Progressive taxation
  - Capital gains taxation
  - Estate taxation
  - Property taxation
  - Financial transaction taxation
Adequate welfare
Single-payer healthcare
Livable minimum wage

Social

Moderate libertarianism

Beliefs

Secularism
No uniform liberal or conservative policies

Sustainability

Environmentalism
Democracy

Leadership

James I, Duke of the Den was unanimously elected party leader on 28 July 2015. He appointed Gabriel N. Pelger as vice leader on 27 August 2015.

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