After economic struggle and decades of imperialist war, the Estado Novo was finally overthrown in the 1974 Carnation Revolution. They were replaced by the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Portugal, led by a coalition of leftist and liberal parties dominated by the Portuguese Communist Party. Not long after, resistance to the new government began. The decade-long Portuguese Civil War that followed killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of Portuguese citizens. Finally in 1984, changes in government in both Moscow and Madrid led to the Andorra Accords, a tenuous peace and then, a few years later, the promulgation of a new constitution. Despite all odds, the new system has sustained itself to the present day. For though the bitterness of the civil war has not left the minds of the Portuguese people, the need for domestic cooperation in the face of international challenges is apparent to everyone in the Iberian republic.
The Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Português) has governed Portugal since the early 2000s. Since abandonment by Moscow, the PCP has moved away from Marxism-Leninism, instead endorsing a “Portuguese way to socialism”. After a couple terms in opposition, the PCP has returned as the natural governing party of Portugal, with strongest support among the working classes and in industrial centers. While the party has not reversed Portugal's relationship with the IMF or EU, it has continued to maintain neutrality in regards to NATO. Lisbon is widely considered to be Russia, China, and Venezuela's best friend in Western Europe. In recent years, working class support for the PCP has begun to erode in the face of growing austerity and ideological confusion.
The New National Union (Nova União Nacional) is the main opposition party in Portugal. They are the direct descendants of the old National Union of the Estado Novo and led the resistance against the Provisional Revolutionary Government throughout the civil war. Although no longer explicitly fascist, the NUN is a solidly right-wing party, maintaining close ties to business and the church. They are most supported by the upper and middle classes. During their decade in power, the NUN dismantled the state-dominated economic system of the country and implemented supply-side reforms under the advise of the IMF and World Bank. Today the NUN advocates for closer relations with the United States and European Union, with many factions endorsing a readmission to NATO as well as re-annexation of the Azores and Madeira.
The Social Liberal Party (Partido Social Liberal) is the third-largest party. Its membership composes mainly of the descendants of those liberals who broke with the Provisional Revolutionary Government during the civil war. Today the PSL maintains an ideological orientation essentially indistinguishable from the NUN, though they tend to be much more middle class and secular in nature than the former party.
The Six Star Movement (Movimento 6 Estrelas) is a blatant rip-off of the much more successful Italian Five Star Movement. M6E is much more explicitly fascist than the former, with many of Portugal's burgeoning neo-Nazi movement operating under its banner. Nobody is quite sure what the six stars stand for, but it's likely attacking migrant refugee camps is one of them.
And finally there are the Union of Portuguese Monarchists (União dos Monarquistas Portugueses) which formed out of a group of neo-monarchists expelled from the right-wing resistance movement after being accused of being a controlled opposition front group for the Communists. Although only a minority of UMP members continue to advocate for a re-establishment of the monarchy, and the open disavowing by the Duarte Pio, they are most noted for carrying portraits of the Duke of Braganza to nearly every major public demonstration in the country.
The Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Português) has governed Portugal since the early 2000s. Since abandonment by Moscow, the PCP has moved away from Marxism-Leninism, instead endorsing a “Portuguese way to socialism”. After a couple terms in opposition, the PCP has returned as the natural governing party of Portugal, with strongest support among the working classes and in industrial centers. While the party has not reversed Portugal's relationship with the IMF or EU, it has continued to maintain neutrality in regards to NATO. Lisbon is widely considered to be Russia, China, and Venezuela's best friend in Western Europe. In recent years, working class support for the PCP has begun to erode in the face of growing austerity and ideological confusion.
The New National Union (Nova União Nacional) is the main opposition party in Portugal. They are the direct descendants of the old National Union of the Estado Novo and led the resistance against the Provisional Revolutionary Government throughout the civil war. Although no longer explicitly fascist, the NUN is a solidly right-wing party, maintaining close ties to business and the church. They are most supported by the upper and middle classes. During their decade in power, the NUN dismantled the state-dominated economic system of the country and implemented supply-side reforms under the advise of the IMF and World Bank. Today the NUN advocates for closer relations with the United States and European Union, with many factions endorsing a readmission to NATO as well as re-annexation of the Azores and Madeira.
The Social Liberal Party (Partido Social Liberal) is the third-largest party. Its membership composes mainly of the descendants of those liberals who broke with the Provisional Revolutionary Government during the civil war. Today the PSL maintains an ideological orientation essentially indistinguishable from the NUN, though they tend to be much more middle class and secular in nature than the former party.
The Six Star Movement (Movimento 6 Estrelas) is a blatant rip-off of the much more successful Italian Five Star Movement. M6E is much more explicitly fascist than the former, with many of Portugal's burgeoning neo-Nazi movement operating under its banner. Nobody is quite sure what the six stars stand for, but it's likely attacking migrant refugee camps is one of them.
And finally there are the Union of Portuguese Monarchists (União dos Monarquistas Portugueses) which formed out of a group of neo-monarchists expelled from the right-wing resistance movement after being accused of being a controlled opposition front group for the Communists. Although only a minority of UMP members continue to advocate for a re-establishment of the monarchy, and the open disavowing by the Duarte Pio, they are most noted for carrying portraits of the Duke of Braganza to nearly every major public demonstration in the country.