Democratic Progressive Party

The Democratic Progressive Party (Doggish: Demokrase Progressyf Partij, DPP) was a syncretic political party in Doggerland. The last leader of the party was The Enochian which had 4 registered members before it's dissolution. Javaandpython was the only DPP member of the National Assembly until his death. The party split from the IDP due to disagreements over their leadership. The party was socially center to far-right and fiscally left-wing but differed from the IDP on certain key issues. It was more economically left-wing than the IDP and also more extreme socially.

Foundation
The DPP split from the Independent Democracy Party in February 2021 due to ideological disagreements among its members. The split was largely motivated by Beady's, the leader of the IDP, failure to place many of his own party members on the IDP list in favor of political acolytes who were required to vote in favor of bills that he supported. Other motivations included the IDP's stances on drugs, marriage, and the Universal Basic Income.

Following the party's elevation to official party status, they adopted a new party platform that was much more moderate on social and economic issues while still stressing the need for economic equality and the support of a traditional constitutional monarchy.

On February 11, 2021, the party adopted a new logo suggested by King Moose in order to better represent the party's ideals.

On February 17, 2021 The Enochian was appointed to fill the newly created position of Co-Vice Chairman alongside incumbent Vice Chairman Sisigga. A leadership election was held in order to confirm The Enochian's position as Co-Vice Chairman. The election was only intended to elect a new Co-Vice Chair to the vacant seat but after results were released, it showed that The Enochian had secured 75% of the vote for party Chairman to Javaandpython's 25%. Javaandpython issued a statement rejecting the internal election results and demanding that a new one be held however after inner-party negotiations, he conceded the election and replaced The Enochian as Co-Vice Chairman alongside Co-Vice Chairman Sisigga.

The current Democratic Progressive Party List is as follows in numerical order:

Ideology
The party was considered to be syncretic with members generally adhering to an array of beliefs across the political spectrum such as communitarianism, paternalistic conservatism, market socialism, and monarcho-socialism. The party defined monarcho-socialism as the support of a monarchy adhering to tradition while also supporting economic equality in the form of adopting market socialist principles. The party had a strong focus on economic equality and foreign policy. The party supported Universal Basic Income, public healthcare, public transportation and free higher education as well as a reform of the income and corporate tax brackets to better address wealth inequality. The party was also in favor of a higher minimum wage that was adjusted periodically for inflation. The party supported fully democratic workers' unions but also supported the idea of mediation between workers and corporations by the government to lessen the need for unions.

The party supports the European Union but is opposed to "Eurofederalism".

The official policies of the party can be found in their manifesto.

Logo
The party's logo is the abbreviation DPP on an arrow. The arrow is pointing right or forward symbolizing progress.

Leadership
The party elects two Vice Chairmen to concurrent terms.

Internal Referendums
Internal referendums were occasionally held within the DPP to allow for the membership of the party to have a say in the party's direction, typically for major decisions such as leadership elections and party strategy. Some examples are as follows:

February 2021 Leadership elections
The party held leadership elections on February 17, 2021. The Enochian was elected Chairman however incumbent Chairman and founder Javaandpython refused to accept the results of the election due to irregularities in the tally.

First EU Parliamentary Party election
The first DPP referendum was held to determine which EU Parliamentary group and which EU Parliamentary party the Democratic Progressive Party should initially join, the results are as follows:

Second EU Parliamentary Party election
After the adoption of a revised party platform, the DPP again held a new election to vote on which European Parliamentary Party to join. The results are as follows: