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political party.

History

The PNR was established in February 2000. In July 2020, the party was renamed.

Controversy

Although in the past the party did not reject connections to so-called

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movements, it claims to be a target of

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. In their youth, some of its former members were convicted for racial discrimination and violent crimes, such as the racially motivated murder of Alcindo Monteiro in

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, after being linked to far-right armed groups such as the Portuguese

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. In recent years, however, the party has expelled its members that have connections to these kinds of groups and, as a result, the former Portuguese

leader Mário Machado has decided to try to create a new party, the

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Election results

In the 2005 legislative elections, the then PNR obtained just under 0.2% of the vote, failing to elect any deputies to Parliament by a wide margin. In the 2009 European election, the party had about 13,000 votes, having 0.37% of the vote, the party had its higher results in the districts of

and

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. 2015 was the year the party most increased in votes, having received 27,269 votes in the legislative elections. An increase of just over 50% in comparison to 2011. Since 2019 the right-wing populist CHEGA seems to be taking votes away from PNR.

Assembly of the Republic

European Parliament

Notes and references

Bibliography

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