centre-right
Adjective
Meaning
centre-right (not comparable)
(politics) Leaning to the right but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other rightist variants.
Coordinate term: centre-left
Examples
A fervent supporter of Catholic values, Szájer was the leader of the delegation of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party in the centre-right European People’s Party in the European Parliament.
Anthropologist Ron Brunton also criticised the proceedings on this basis, as did the centre-right Liberal Party Federal Government, which was in power when the report was submitted.
But according to Juraj Marušiak, a Bratislava-based political analyst, the centre-right OLaNO’s win should not be seen as an outright rejection of populist politics.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seeking conservative support to remain within Europe’s main centre-right political bloc despite concerns over his adoption of emergency powers to rule by decree.
Grand Coalition governments At different times, since his entering the Italian Parliament, Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the centre-right, had repeatedly vowed to stop the "communist", while leftist parties had insisted that they would oust Berlusconi.
She was catapulted unexpectedly into the commission presidency last year after a fractious EU debate failed to build consensus behind figures such as European Parliament centre-right leader Manfred Weber, who had campaigned for the post.