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António Macedo (politician)
The Socialist Party ( , PS) is a social democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action (). The PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has eight members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 10th European Parliament. The party won the 1976 general election and formed the first constitutional government after the 1974 revolution, with Mário Soares as prime minister. However, the government was unstable and fell in 1978. The PS lost the 1979 election, but returned to power in 1983, forming, with the Social Democratic Party, a Central Bloc coalition. It lasted two years and in 1985, the party was defeated and went back to opposition, remaining there for 10 years and losing the two following general elections. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos César
Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César, Order of Christ (Portugal), GCC (born 30 October 1956) is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portugal, Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic, member of the Portuguese Council of State, Council of State and President of the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party. Early life He was born at Ponta Delgada into a family with republican and democratic traditions and a history of participatory activism. His grand-uncle Manuel Augusto César was a social activist during the Portuguese First Republic, who edited the newspapers ''O Proletário'', the weekly ''Federação Operária'', the ''Protesto'' (the publication of the Centro Socialista Antero de Quental) and ''Protesto do Povo'' (another socialist publication). Career His civic knowledge, following the Carnation Revolution, was profoundly shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), after the June 2024 European elections, from a previous 705 MEPs. It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India), with an electorate of around 375 million eligible voters in 2024. Since 1979, the Parliament has been directly elected every five years by the citizens of the European Union through universal suffrage. Voter turnout in parliamentary elections decreased each time after 1979 until 2019, when voter turnout increased by eight percentage points, and rose above 50% for the first time since 1994. The voting age is 18 in all EU member states e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Block
Central Bloc () is the name given in Portugal to the grand coalition A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political party, political parties of opposing political spectrum, political ideologies unite in a coalition government. Causes of a grand coali ... of the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party which ruled from 1983 to 1985, and to any potential coalition between those two parties. References Politics of Portugal Coalition governments Grand coalition governments Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Socialist Party (Portugal) {{Portugal-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Portuguese Legislative Election
The 1983 Portuguese legislative election took place on 25 April. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic. The last election, in October 1980 had been won by a right-wing coalition, the Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979), Democratic Alliance (AD) and Francisco Sá Carneiro had retained office as Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister with an increased majority. However, Sá Carneiro, along with other important members of the coalition, died in an aircrash only two months after the election, on 4 December 1980. Such happenings caused a massive political instability and Francisco Pinto Balsemão, a senior official of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party, the largest party in the Alliance, became Prime Minister. However, Balsemão's governments were very unstable and after the 1982 Portuguese local elections, 1982 local elections results, he resigned as Prime Minister. The Social Democr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Portuguese Legislative Election
The 1979 Portuguese legislative election took place on 2 December. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic, 13 seats less than those elected in 1976. The 3 years prior to the election were very unstable with Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister Mário Soares' government collapsing in August 1978 and being succeeded by three Presidential appointed governments, in which the first two also collapsed due to lack of Parliamentary support. In the summer of 1979, President of Portugal António Ramalho Eanes dissolved Parliament and called an election for 2 December 1979 and, until the elections, the President nominated Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, the first and still only woman to lead a government in Portugal, as Prime Minister. In the elections, the right-wing parties, the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic and Social Center and the People's Monarchist Party united in the Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: Alian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Constitutional Government Of Portugal
The I Constitutional Government of Portugal () was the first non-provisional government of the Third Portuguese Republic, following the promulgation of the new Constitution of Portugal in April 1976. It had Mário Soares as the Prime Minister of Portugal, Prime Minister and lasted from 23 July 1976 to 23 January 1978. Background Following the Carnation Revolution on 25 April 1974, Portugal entered a Portuguese transition to democracy, period of transition to democracy. During this period, which lasted for about two years, several provisional administrations governed the country, starting with the National Salvation Junta, which was followed by six other provisional governments composed of military and civilian members. On 25 April 1975, one year after the revolution, 1975 Portuguese Constituent Assembly election, elections were carried out in Portugal to elect the 250 members of the Constituent Assembly of Portugal, Constituent Assembly. The main goal of this Constituent Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Portuguese Legislative Election
The 1976 Portuguese legislative election was held on Sunday 25 April, exactly one year after the previous election, and two years after the Carnation Revolution. With a new Constitution approved, the country's main aim was economic recovery and strengthening its democratic institutions. The election renewed all 263 members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party won a plurality of votes, almost 35 percent, and legislative seats, and its leader Mário Soares became the Prime Minister of the I Constitutional Government of Portugal, 1st Constitutional Government on 23 July 1976. The lack of a socialist majority forced his party to form an unexpected coalition with the Democratic and Social Center, a right-wing party. The nature of this coalition, between a socialist party and a conservative party that voted against the new constitution because of its socialist influences, surprised most Portuguese voters and marked the start of the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenth European Parliament
The tenth European Parliament was elected during the 2024 European Parliament election, 2024 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2029 elections. Major events * 6–9 June 2024: 2024 European Parliament election, Elections to the 10th European Parliament * 16–19 July 2024: Constitutive plenary session of the European Parliament ** 16 July: Roberta Metsola (European People's Party Group, EPP, Malta, ML) is elected President of the European Parliament, President of the Parliament with 562 votes, together with 2024 Bureau of the European Parliament election, vice-presidents and quaestors. ** 18 July: Ursula von der Leyen (European People's Party Group, EPP, Germany, DE) is elected President of the European Commission with 401 votes. * 16–19 September 2024: Plenary session ** 17 September: Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, addressed the parliament on the Draghi report about the future of European Union, EU Competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Münstereifel
Bad Münstereifel () is a historical spa town in the district of Euskirchen (district), Euskirchen, Germany, with about 17,000 inhabitants, situated in the far southwest of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The little town is one of only a few historical towns in the southwest of North Rhine-Westphalia, and because of this is often overcrowded by tourists throughout spring and summer. Geography Location Bad Münstereifel lies about southwest of Bonn and around ten (both as the crow flies) south of the county town of Euskirchen in the Münstereifel Forest, a part of the Eifel mountains. The river Erft flows through the town. It has a borough of around in area at heights of above sea level. The latter is the height of the Michelsberg (Eifel), Michelsberg, which is the highest point in the borough and rises in the northwestern part of the Ahr Hills (another region of the Eifel). The borough is around 60 percent forested, several woods are designated as so-called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Political Parties In Portugal
This article lists political parties in Portugal. The Portuguese political scene has been dominated by the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party since the 1974 Carnation Revolution although there are several important minor parties (discussed below). As of 2025, the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic are the Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024), Democratic Alliance (91 Member of Parliament, MPs, in which PPD/PSD has 89 seats and CDS–PP has 2 seats), the Chega (political party), Chega party (60 MPs), Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party (58 MPs), the Liberal Initiative (9 MPs), the LIVRE, FREE party (6 MPs), the Unitary Democratic Coalition (3 MPs), the Left Bloc (Portugal), Left Bloc (1 MP), the People-Animals-Nature party (1 MP), and the Together for the People party (1 MP). Several other parties are represented in the legislatures of the Autono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democracy
Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, social democracy has taken the form of predominantly capitalist economies, a robust welfare state, policies promoting social justice, market regulation, and a more Redistribution of income and wealth, equitable distribution of income. Social democracy maintains a commitment to Representative democracy, representative and participatory democracy. Common aims include curbing Social inequality, inequality, eliminating the oppression of Social privilege, underprivileged groups, eradicating poverty, and upholding universally accessible public services such as child care, Universal education, education, elderly care, Universal health care, health care, and workers' compensation. Economically, it support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of The Socialist Party (Portugal)
A flag is a piece of textile, fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and flags have evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is challenging (such as the Maritime flag, maritime environment, where Flag semaphore, semaphore is used). Many flags fall into groups of similar designs called flag families. The study of flags is known as "vexillology" from the Latin , meaning "flag" or "banner". National flags are patriotic symbols with widely varied interpretations that often include strong military associations because of their original and ongoing use for that purpose. Flags are also used in messaging, advertising, or for decorative purposes. Some military units are called "flags" after their use of flags. A ''flag'' (Arabic: ) is equival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
