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| National Renewal Party Partido Nacional Renovador |
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| Leader | José Pinto Coelho |
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| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Ideology | Nationalism, Neo-Fascism, Third Position |
| European Parliament Group | European National Front |
| Official colours | Blue, Red and White |
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| http://www.pnr.pt | |
The National Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Nacional Renovador pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu nɐsiuˈnaɫ ʁɨnuvɐˈðoɾ]), or PNR, is a populist far-right political party in Portugal, without parliamentary representation. The party emerged after former members of the National Action Movement gained control of the decaying Democratic Renovator Party and, having paid off its debts, adopted a new policy platform. Since June 2005 the party has been led by José Pinto Coelho.
It is very close to the French Front National. One of the party's main slogans is "Portugal to the Portuguese!".
Controversy
The PNR has been accused of promoting discrimination based on racial, religious and sexual grounds and some of its propaganda of subtly inciting to violence and hatred toward certain groups such as immigrants and homosexuals. The question of whether the party should be made illegal has been, and still is, a matter of discussion in Portugal especially because the Portuguese Constitution forbids any kind of discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, gender or religion. Although the party officially rejects connections to neo-nazi racist movements, some members or sympathizers of those groups are affiliated to the party. Despite the accusations, PNR's propanganda demands only more strict immigration laws so that crime, poverty and social degradation can lower.
On the other hand, PNR high ranks, members and sympathyzers, along with some sectors of portuguese civil society, have been denouncing alleged political persecution by the country's major parties and by the government itself.
Results
Even though the party's growth is irrefutable, in the 2005 national elections the 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 thousand votes having 0,37% of the vote, the party had its higher results in the districts of Lisbon and Setúbal.
External links
- Official web site (in Portuguese)
- Juventude Nacionalista Official web site (In Portuguese)
- PNR-Lisboa (In Portuguese)
- Entrevista a José Pinto-Coelho (In Portuguese)
- Entrevista a José Pinto-Coelho (In Portuguese)
- Journal Article (In English)
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