What is Centre-left?
The '''centre-left''' is a political position that is closer to the [[Left-wing|left wing]] than the [[Right-wing|right wing]] and shares some politically left views and positions, but is still generally in the centre of the political spectrum. The term 'centre-left' is most used in [[continental Europe]]. In the [[UK]] the corresponding term might be [[social democrat]] or [[Social liberalism|liberal left]]. The [[Tony Blair|Blair]] government would be an example. In the [[USA]] the ideology is shared by the [[Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ces.columbia.edu/pub/papers/CioffiHopner.pdf|title=Interests, Preferences, and Center-Left Party Politics in Corporate Governance Reform|author=John W. Cioffi and Martin Höpner|date=21 April 2006|publisher=Council for European Studies at Columbia University|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605152136/http://www.ces.columbia.edu/pub/papers/CioffiHopner.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,650812,00.html|date=24 September 2009|title=The Credibility Trap – Europe's Center-Left Parties Stuck in a Dead End|author=Manfred Ertel, Hans-Jürgen Schlamp and Stefan Simons|publisher=Der Spiegel|access-date=14 November 2009}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} {{Political spectrum}} [[Category:Centrism]]