What does centre-left mean?
Centre-left means (politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants..
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(politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants..
South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift.
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Centre-left means (politics) Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants..
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South Korea holds parliamentary elections on 11 April. Lee's conservative party is expected to lose ground to the centre-left opposition, but a small hint of peace from the North will do him no harm at all. Lee can hardly have expected such a gift.
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