Centre Party (Kalistan)

The Centre Party of Kalistan was founded in November 3876 as a new centrist party in Kalistan. The party focuses on free trade and social liberal policies, but also promotes a green agenda unlike most other parties in the country.

The party has several factions ranging from the social liberals to the classical liberals, although most factions of the party work together successfully. The founder of the party Yvette Cooper was a former human rights activist who had worked all over Terra promoting and securing human rights.

History
The party was founded in Kaliburg in November of 3876 following several previous meeting between political activists and campaigners. Many suspect that the party would have not have been formed had other parties not done extremely well election earlier in the year.

The party caused significant disruptions in its first few years despite having no seats. The addition of the centrist and ecological party really mixed up the politics of Kalistan, the party started promoting themselves the 'Real Alternative' and used slogans such as 'For a New Tomorrow', 'We Can' and 'Real Change'.

The party would face their first election in 3879 which would make or break the party.

Controversies
Many in the right-wing media accused the party of being more socialist than centrist and said that the party was 'wearing the blanket of the centre' and also of being 'watermelons'. A reference to their green ideology which some saw more as eco-socialism. The party however insisted that the party was dedicated to the causes of liberalism and centrism and that it was not a socialist party.

Support
The parties support base is largely made up of those aged between 18 and 34 and it tends to do the worst in the 65+ bracket in terms of age. The party has no real class distinctions, with support coming from all classes rather evenly.

The party tends to do the best in urban and suburban centres rather than in the countryside although there are a number of small pockets of rural support across the country. Many people put this down to attitudes towards certain aspects of life and education.