National Renewal Party

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The National Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR, pron. IPA: [pɐɾ'tiðu nɐsiu'naɫ ʁɨnuvɐ'ðoɾ]) 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.[1] Since June 2005 the party has been led by José Pinto-Coelho. It is a nationalist party, very close to the French Front National. Although fascist parties are forbidden under the Portuguese Constitution, this party is legal, positioning itself as nationalist. One of the party's main slogans is "Portugal to the Portuguese!". 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 PNR, however, rejects such claims). 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, many members and/or sympathizers of those groups are affiliated to the party. In the July 2007 Lisbon mayoral elections the PNR candidate, José Pinto-Coelho, obtained 1,501 votes (0.77 per cent). The party has a youth section, Juventude Nacionalista (Nationalist Youth).

External links

• Official web site (in Portuguese)
• Juventude Nacionalista Official web site (In Portuguese)
• Forum nacional (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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