Term for governments consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours
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Purple is a common term in politics used to describe governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours. It is of particular note in three countries. In the politics of the Netherlands and Belgium, purple (Dutch: paars) is the term for a government coalition of social democrats and liberals, excluding christian democrats. It is derived from the combination of the colour of the social democrats (red) and liberals (blue).
the politics of the Netherlands and Belgium, purple (Dutch: paars) is the term for a government coalition of social democrats and liberals, excluding christian...
Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by...
grand coalition cabinet which can also be described as a purplecoalition, was composed of the VVD and the PvdA. A more traditional grand coalition cabinet...
years, a coalition was formed without the Christian democrats. The purplecoalition was formed between PvdA, D66 and VVD. The colour purple symbolised...
to form a so-called PurpleCoalition without Christian parties) broke down; however, Rutte was able to form a right-wing coalition of the VVD and CDA,...
the French-speaking Liberals, Social Democrats and Greens. Later, a "purplecoalition" of Liberals and Social Democrats formed after the Greens lost most...
AFJ may refer to: Alliance of Fairness and Justice or Pan-PurpleCoalition Alliance for Justice Armed Forces Journal Washington County Airport A Flying...
second term in the 1998 general election, was often referred to as a 'purple' coalition due to the participation of the 'red' Labour Party and the 'blue'...
be heard. The model flourished under the purplecoalition governments of Prime Minister Wim Kok, a coalition including the traditional rivals the Labour...
targeting the alleged elitism and bureaucratic style of the Dutch purplecoalitions, as offering "openness, directness and clearness", populism simply...
death at the age of 80. He holds the distinction of leading the first purplecoalitions as prime minister and is consistently ranked both by scholars and...
political agenda for the upcoming general election. Purple is the colour to indicate a coalition government consisting of left parties (red) and conservative-liberal...
seats, including one in the Senate. Prime minister Guy Verhofstadt's "purplecoalition," consisting of his Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)...
democratic SP.a and their sister social democratic party PS to form another Purplecoalition. Following international pressure over Belgium's War Crimes Law, which...
held in the Netherlands on 6 May 1998. During the 1998 election the purplecoalition of social democrats and liberals (left and right) fortified its majority...
the Democratic and Republican candidates are known as "swing states" or "purple states". Examining patterns within states reveals that the reversal of the...
as evidenced by the PurpleCoalition in the Netherlands during the late 1990s and into the 21st century. The PurpleCoalition, one of the most consequential...
policies, and he later agreed with much of Fortuyn's criticism of the purplecoalition and Holland's multicultural society. Some commentators claimed that...
left-wing to far-left and republican Unidas Podemos coalition uses purple. In the United Kingdom, purple is most commonly associated with UKIP, a formerly...
the federal government consisted of a coalition of the two major parties, called a grand coalition. Coalitions in the Bundestag and state legislatures...
actually longed for an end to the purplecoalition. Melkert emphasized the importance of trying to restore the coalition first. VVD maintained the position...
the "purple-green" coalition. Following the 2013 general election in Luxembourg, negotiations started with the aim of forming a three-party coalition government...
felt it had lost its original identity after collaborating in the purplecoalition with the PvdA under Wim Kok. He subsequently joined the Pim Fortuyn...