People-Animals-Nature (, PAN) is an

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, and

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-focused political party in Portugal, which was founded in 2009. In the 2011 Madeiran regional election, it had 2.13% of the votes, with a total of 3,135 votes, thus having elected one MP also in this regional parliament, Rui Manuel dos Santos Almeida. In 2015, they won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic.Legislativas 2015
. Retrieved 19 February 2017. In 2019, the People Animals Nature won one seat in the

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, and increased their seat share to 4 in the Assembly (with 2 seats won in

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). In November 2021, on the brink of a political crisis, the then called ''geringonça'' (an informal left-wing alliance) imploded due to divergences regarding laboral legislations and the following year's state budget. PAN remained the only party in the parliament to abstain voting arguing that the country was not ready for another political and probably financial crisis in times of the

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. This political move had no effect in the end voting results and the government was dissolved by then President

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Ideology, political position and policies

People-Animals-Nature is commonly described as an environmentalist party. It has been described as becoming "known for fighting for animal rights", "fights against cruelty to animals", and as having an "animalist" ideology. The party has been described as holding ecofeminist and progressive ideologies. It has also been described as being "identified neither from the right nor from the left." Other sources have identified the party as being on the

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. In terms of policy, the party has "campaigned to invest in the national health service but does believe that the private and public sectors can work together", supports free transportation to combat

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and cutting Portugal's

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rate to 17 percent by 2026. André Silva, the party MP and then spokesperson for the party, on the party's fifth anniversary in January 2016, said the party's visibility had highlighted "causes, values, messages, ideas and measures that nobody else talks about", such as " bull fighting, climate change and

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", which he dubbed "forgotten subjects". Along with the political party

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, PAN has "sparked conversations with proposals for unconditional basic income".

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Vote share in the Portuguese legislative elections ImageSize = width:320 height:200 PlotArea = width:258 height:170 left:40 bottom:20 AlignBars = justify Colors = id:PAN value:teal legend:PAN DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:5 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:0 PlotData = bar:Seats color:claret width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S bar:2011 color:PAN from:start till:1.0 text:1.0 bar:2015 color:PAN from:start till:1.4 text:1.4 bar:2019 color:PAN from:start till:3.3 text:3.3 bar:2022 color:PAN from:start till:1.6 text:1.6 bar:2024 color:PAN from:start till:2.0 text:2.0 bar:2025 color:PAN from:start till:1.4 text:1.4