Sovereign Democratic Union

The Sovereign Democratic Union is a Lovian political party founded in May 2013 by Ferenc Szóhad after the decline and subsequent discontinuation of the CPL.nm. The party functions as an open forum where party members can discuss, independent from any ideology, the most rational and pragmatic approach to a political issue. The party describes itself as a ideologically independent party, but in practice its viewpoints tend to be progressive and its economical policies can be described as social-democratic.

The party was founded on the principle that the best approach to politics is a technocratic and realistic approach. It places great emphasis on hiring experts and advicers to determine the official stance on certain complicated matters.

Political viewpoints
The Sovereign Democratic Union believes in a free market, but is in favor of limiting the power of the financial world, protecting the rights of laborers, and helping the underprivileged members of society. It wants to raise minimum wage, severely restrict dubious financial products, make it impossible to lure customers into loans with extremely high interest rates, and is in favor of implementing an ethical code for the financial world.

The party wants to legalize marijuana, magic mushrooms and several other "minor" drugs, such as LSD. These drugs can be freely sold, bought, produced and used. It wants to increase the punishments for selling hard drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, however. Buying and using drugs will be legal however, as to not punish the user for his habit. It wants to disable the trading of other, harsher drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine by better international cooperation and a special police task force. The party wants to make it illegal to advertise tobacco and alcoholic drinks, but not restrict selling of these goods any further. It also aims to illegalize lobbying by the tobacco industry by sharing the practice under bribing and corruption.

Same sex marriage, abortion and euthanasia should be legalized according to the party. The party wants to create a meat and fat tax to encourage vegetarianism/flexitarianism and healthy eating habits. It wants to do away with age restrictions for movies and games, as it believes content should be accessible to anyone, even minors. Illegal downloading should not be a reason to sue a citizen.

It wants to reform the school system by extending school days but doing away with homework. It wants to imitate the Finnish school system by encouring learning by play in the early school years, no selection, streaming or tracking of individual students. It wants to make it illegal to ask for tuition fees, effectively disabling operating a private school.