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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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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