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Socialist Party of Portugal

Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
Abbreviation PS
President Carlos César
Secretary-General António Costa
Founder Mário Soares
Founded 19 April 1973 (1973-04-19)
Legalized 1 February 1975 (1975-02-01)
Preceded by Acção Socialista Portuguesa
Headquarters Largo do Rato 2,
1269–143 Lisboa
Newspaper Acção Socialista
Student wing Estudantes Socialistas
Youth wing Socialist Youth
Women's wing Departamento Nacional das Mulheres Socialistas
Membership (2012) 83,524
Ideology Social democracy
Third Way
Keynesianism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Centre-left
European affiliation Party of European Socialists
International affiliation Progressive Alliance,
Socialist International
European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Trade union affiliation General Union of Workers
Colours      Red (official)
     Pink (customary)
Assembly of the Republic
86 / 230
European
Parliament
8 / 21
Regional
Parliaments
35 / 104
Local
government
929 / 2,086
Website
www.ps.pt

The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu susiɐˈliʃtɐ], PS) is a social-democraticpolitical party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action (Portuguese: Acção Socialista Portuguesa). The PS is one of the two major parties in Portuguese politics, its rival being the centre-right Social Democratic Party (PSD). The current leader of the PS, and Prime Minister of Portugal, is António Costa. The party has currently 86 of 230 seats in the Portuguese Parliament following the October 2015 election, form a minority government.

PS is a member of the Socialist International, Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists, and has eight members in the European Parliament within the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) Group during the eighth parliament.

The Socialist Party (PS) was created at a conference of Portuguese Socialist Action (ASP), at that time in exile, on 19 April 1973, in Bad Münstereifel in West Germany. The twenty-seven delegates decided to found a party of socialism and freedom, making an explicit reference to a classless society and without Marxism, redesigned as a source of principal inspiration.


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