Social Democratic and Liberal Alliance of Nouvelle Alexandrie
Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance of Nouvelle Alexandrie
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| Abbreviation | SD&LA |
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| Leader | Silvio Ruiz |
| Founded | 1698 AN |
| Preceded by | 1698 AN, merger between the Solidarity Party and the Progressive Party |
| Succeeded by | Rebranded in 1720 AN as the Democratic Socialist Party of Nouvelle Alexandrie (DSP) |
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| Political position | Center-left to left |
| Official colours | Red White |
| Federal Assembly of Nouvelle Alexandrie |
31 / 661 |
The Social Democratic and Liberal Alliance of Nouvelle Alexandrie (SDLA, or the "Social Democrats") is one of the two largest contemporary political parties in Nouvelle Alexandrie. It was founded in 1698 AN, when the Solidarity Party and the Progressive Party united to create the party as a unified center-left big tent party. Its main political rival in New Alexandrian politics is the center-right Federal Humanist Party. The SDLA is a political party that has been described as "an alliance of Aldricsts, liberals, social democrats, democratic socialists, market socialists, and trade unionists." The SDLA sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
The SDLA's philosophy of modern liberalism blends notions of civil liberty and social equality with support for a mixed social economy. The party is a big-tent coalition with influential centrist, liberal, progressive, and conservative wings. Corporate governance reform, environmental protection, support for organized labor, expansion of social programs, affordable education, health care reform, equal opportunity, and consumer protection form the core of the party's economic agenda. On social issues, it advocates campaign finance reform, LGBT rights, stricter gun laws, abortion rights, and the legalization of marijuana.
The SDLA has historically given its support to the establishment of universally accessible public services like child care, education, elderly care, health care, and workers' compensation. It has strong connections with the New Alexandrian labor movement and trade unions, being supportive of collective bargaining rights for workers and measures to extend decision-making beyond politics into the economic sphere in the form of co-determination, or social ownership, for employees and stakeholders. The Aldricist Way, which aims to fuse liberal economics with social democratic welfare policies, is an ideology that developed in Shireroth and Ransenar starting around 1660 AN and has a strong contingent of supporters and policy developers within the SDLA.
The Social Democratic and Liberal Alliance won its first electoral victory in the 1703 general election, led by Julio Delgado (since 1698 AN). He lead a coalition government with the Moderate Caucus, which later became the Federal Consensus Party. The party, however, suffered many leadership changes after Julio Delgado resigned due to health concerns. He was succeeded by Itziar Franco, who became Nouvelle Alexandrie's first female Premier in 1707 AN. Not even a year later she also resigned and was succeeded by Jose Miguel Martin, who served as party leader and Premier until 1708 AN, when Martin lost his vote of confidence to remain in office. Since this moment, the SDLA has struggled to win a majority or a plurality of seats, with the party dropping to a disappointing third place in the 1718 general election, with the Federal Consensus Party becoming the Official Opposition for the first time.
The SDLA currently holds 31 seats out of 661 seats in the Federal Assembly. In 1720 AN, the SDLA elected a new leader, Silvio Ruiz, who rebranded the party into the Democratic Socialist Party of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
