New Democracy Party (Portugal)
New Democracy Party Partido da Nova Democracia | |
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Abbreviation | PND[1] |
Leaders | Manuel Monteiro Joel Viana |
Founded | 18 June 2003 |
Dissolved | 23 September 2015 |
Split from | Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party |
Headquarters | Lisbon (until 2010) Funchal (2010–2015) |
Ideology | Conservatism[2] Euroscepticism[2] |
Political position | Centre-right[1] |
European affiliation | Europeans United for Democracy |
European Parliament group | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
Colours | Blue |
Website | |
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The New Democracy Party (Portuguese: Partido da Nova Democracia, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu ðɐ ˈnɔvɐ ðɨmukɾɐˈsiɐ], PND)[1] was a small Portuguese Eurosceptic liberal-conservative political party. In voting ballots, its name appeared only as New Democracy, with the acronym unchanged. The party was founded in 2003. It was, at the time, a new party which resulted from Manuel Monteiro's separation from the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party. The party was a member of the EUDemocrats. Manuel Monteiro eventually would leave the party in 2009, which was led, since then, by Joel Viana until its extinction.
The party was found by Monteiro in protests of the policies of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party, which became supportive of the European Union and the European integration. The party campaigned on growing disappointment of the CDS-PP.[1]
The presence of the New Democracy Party caused the CDS-PP to face tensions with its coalition partner, the moderate Força Portugal. The CDS-PP also continously pressured João de Deus Pinheiro to not debate Manuel Monteiro, which led Monteiro to accuse main Portuguese parties of discriminating him.[1]
In the 2011 presidential election, the PND's candidate was José Manuel Coelho. He won 4.5% of the vote: greatly surpassing expectations and pre-election polling.
The party's registration was cancelled by the Constitutional Court on 23 September 2015, after the party failed to submit its required annual report in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Lodge, Juliet (2005). The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament. Leeds: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. pp. 212–215. doi:10.1057/9780230523821. ISBN 978-0-230-52382-1.
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Madeira/Portugal". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- (in Portuguese) New Democracy Party official web site
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