Left Bloc
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Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda |
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| Abbreviation | BE |
| Spokesperson of the Permanent Commission | Catarina Martins |
| Founded | 24 March 1999 |
| Merger of |
People's Democratic Union Revolutionary Socialist Party Politics XXI |
| Headquarters | Rua da Palma, 268 1100-394 Lisbon |
| Newspaper | Esquerda |
| Membership (2009) | 6,830 |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Feminism Euroscepticism Anti-capitalism Eco-socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | Party of the European Left, European Anti-Capitalist Left |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | European United Left/Nordic Green Left |
| Colours |
Red (official) Black (customary) |
| Assembly of the Republic |
19 / 230
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| European Parliament |
1 / 21
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| Regional Parliaments |
4 / 104
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| Local Government |
8 / 2,086
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Left Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda, pronounced: [ˈblɔku dɨ (ɨ)ʃˈkeɾdɐ]) is a left-wing political party in Portugal founded in 1999. It is sometimes abbreviated to B.E. (punctuated), but its name is usually said in full or colloquially abbreviated as O Bloco. The Bloc is a founding member of the European Anti-Capitalist Left and participates in the Party of the European Left.
Notable members have included Fernando Rosas, Francisco Louçã, and Miguel Portas (brother of CDS–PP leader Paulo Portas, a strongly right-wing politician). Since 1 December 2014, the party has been headed by a six-member Permanent Commission whose spokeswoman is Catarina Martins.
The Left Bloc (B.E.) was formed in March 1999 by the merger of the People's Democratic Union (União Democrática Popular, UDP, communist: Marxist), Revolutionary Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Revolucionário, PSR, ex-LCI, Trotskyist Mandelist), and Politics XXI (Política XXI, PXXI, democratic socialist). B.E. has had full party status since its founding, yet the constituent groups have maintained their existence as individual political associations, so restaining some levels of autonomy in a loose structure.
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