Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)

Democratic Renewal Party
Partido Renovador Democrático
FounderRamalho Eanes[1]
Founded10 July 1985 (1985-07-10)[2]
Dissolved12 April 2000 (2000-04-12)
Merged intoNational Renovator Party
IdeologyCentrism[3]
Third Way[4]
Social democracy
Populism[5]
Political positionCentre[6] to centre-left[7][8][9]
European Parliament groupEuropean Democratic Alliance[10] (1986–89)
Socialist Group (1989–1991)
Rainbow Group (1991–1994) (had one MEP, Pedro Canavarro, elected as part of the Socialist Party lists. In 1991 he crossed the floor to join the Rainbow Group[11])
ColoursGreen

The Democratic Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Renovador Democrático, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu ʁɨnuvɐˈðoɾ ðɨmuˈkɾatiku], PRD; also Democratic Renovator Party) was a political party in Portugal, founded in 1985 with the political support of the then independent President of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes, and lasting until 2000. At the time of its foundation, it was meant to "moralize Portuguese political life" and the party positioned itself in the political centre. Its first leader was Hermínio Martinho.

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  2. ^ "TC > Partidos Políticos > Partidos registados e suas denominações, siglas e símbolos" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Constitucional. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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  8. ^ Amorim Neto, Octávio (2003), "Portugal: Changing Patterns of Delegation and Accountability under the President's Watchful Eyes", Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, Oxford University Press, p. 563
  9. ^ Puhle, Hans-Jürgen, Mobilizers and Late Modernizers: Socialist Parties in the New Southern Europe, p. 295
  10. ^ Boissieu, Laurent de. "Élections européennes Portugal". Europe Politique (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  11. ^ Deputados Beirôco - Capucho, Parlamento Europeu Gabinete de Informação em Portugal (scroll down until the section on Pedro Canavarro)