[NSP] SLP: The Radicals

[Van Hool Islands]

Social Liberal Party: The Radicals

Leading to a brighter future

SLP: The Radicals is a Saint Hildan political party. Described as socially liberal, the party is considered a catch-all party for the country's liberal centre. In recent years, the party has taken a few stances more associated with the country's left wing, including support for a referendum on the future of the country's monarchy, a tax on carbon emissions that taxes large businesses, and not private citizens, and a support for LGBT+ rights and feminism. The party was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Radical Party, formed by a split from the National People's Party and the Social Liberal Party, a traditionally more socially liberal party that contested every election in the country since the first in 1906.

Leadership:
Leader: Viktoria Ljungstrand
Deputy Leader: Arne Ohlsson
President: TBD
Alliance Whip: Karl Bergen

Membership:
- Van Hool Islands
- Costa FIerro
- Talvezout
- Lacona
- Negarakita
- Mayolagne
- Lamaredia
- Lysone

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[Van Hool Islands]

Climate, Transportation, Energy, and Environment;

- Introduce a carbon tax that affects businesses that emit excess emissions, instead of individuals
- Introduce tax benefits for businesses, small or big, that respect the environment
- Pursue renewable energy sources, while ending the nation's reliance on energy generated by fossil fuels
- Subsidise solar panel installation, encouraging citizens to be carbon neutral
- Subsidise low-emission and zero-emission cars, with zero-emission cars getting a larger subsidy
- Phase out diesel powered transit buses, and replace them with a zero-emission city bus fleet
- Make public transit in the nation's capital completely free on weekends
- Nationalise ferry services
- Provide funding for an accessible low-floor tram network in the capital
- Improve bus service to towns and regions outside the capital
- Introduce a luxury tax on passenger vehicles that are imported and are larger than the European D-segment dimensions (for cars) and the medium sized European J-segment (for SUVs), as well as any vehicle with a price higher than $50,000 USD, with an exception for luxury plugin and hybrid vehicles

Culture;

- Increase funding for SHR
- Increase funding for homegrown arts and culture, including tax breaks for motion pictures and television productions that are filmed or produced in the nation
- Introduce public, English-language, television and radio channels
- Introduce a levy on tourism which goes toward's maintaining Saint Hilda's natural beauty

Health and welfare;

- End any privatisation efforts towards the healthcare industry
- Subsidise dental and mental health resources
- Introduce more family planning options, including less restrictive abortions and IVF treatments for LGBT+ couples
- Subsidise ambulance trips completely
- Make public housing more accessible and safer for those who need it
- Legalise and create a legal retail framework for marijuana for both recreational and medicinal usage

Education;

- Increase education funding
- Promote inclusive education and a more comprehensive, personal education curriculum
- Introduce a framework for homeschooling that ensures homeschooled children receive the same education as their peers in public school
- Introduce a tuition cap for universities and colleges
- Encourage young people to go to university or college, and especially encourage education in the trades and STEM fields
- Support GSAs (Gay-Straight Alliances)

Economy and trade;

- Introduce a universal basic income system for the country's poorest citizens
- Lower taxes for the lower and middle classes, with a slight increase in taxes for the richest citizens to compensate
- Seek foreign trade deals, specifically with the EU and other countries in the Americas
- Promote small businesses, and make it easier to start a small business

Foreign policy;

- Seek stronger ties with organisations like the EU, Mercosur, and CARICOM
- Seek full membership of the UN and CARICOM
- Loosen visa restrictions for close ally countries
- Introduce a more lenient immigration policy, especially for EU and CARICOM citizens
- Denounce Saudi Arabia, China, and North Korea as threats to national security
- Ban Huawei from the nation's telecommunications network
- Recognise the Republic of China (Taiwan) as an independent nation

Social and national policy;

- Support the LGBT+ community
- Legalise same-sex marriage
- Enable transgender individuals to receive gender reassignment surgery
- Introduce a referendum on the future of the Swedish monarchy's rule over Saint Hilda
- If a referendum on the republic passes, transition to a parliamentary republic system with a ceremonial president, modelled mostly after Finland
- Issue an official apology for the country and colony's past treatment of black, LGBT+, and indigenous populations

[Van Hool Islands]

The SLP/Radicals have agreed to absorb the Liberal Alliance, adding another seat in the legislature. We've also entered an official electoral alliance, the Liberal-Green Alliance, with the Green Party, and will caucus with the SLP while maintaining a separate party identity.

[Van Hool Islands]

The Social Democratic Party has also joined the Liberal-Green Alliance.

[Lamaredia]

Hello, it's me, tagging this thread, and also asking if I could join you?

[Lysone]

Tagging this thread because I just joined the party

[Van Hool Islands]

Karl Bergen is now the chief whip of the Liberal-Green Alliance.