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Citizenship and Christian Democracy Cidadania e Democracia Cristã | |
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| Leader | Joana Câmara Pereira |
| Founded | 1 July 2009 (2009-07-01) |
| Dissolved | 27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) |
| Merged into | Chega |
| Headquarters | Rua 24 de Junho, n.º 14974800-076Guimarães |
| Ideology | Conservatism Social conservatism Christian right Catholic social teaching Confessionalism of the state Right-wing populism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Basta! |
| Colours | Navy blue |
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| Official Portugal pro Vida blog | |
TheCitizenship and Christian Democracy (Portuguese:Cidadania e Democracia Cristã,PPV/CDC) was aPortuguese minorright-wingpolitical party, with an ideological foundation ofanti-abortion,conservatism and theChristian right.[citation needed] PPV was approved by the Constitutional Court on 1 July 2009[1] and defended the principles of thesocial doctrine of the Church.[2]
Composed by people from all political persuasions, although mostly from the conservative right, the Portugal Pro-Life presented its programme of policy proposals around the unconditional defense of life, understanding the concept of life and the various principles inherent to it as advocatesCatholic Church doctrine, andRoman Catholicism as astate religion.[citation needed] On 27 August 2020, it was announced that the party would officially merge withChega, after running together in the legislative and European elections of 2019.[3]
The party was born after the2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, aiming to be a platform for the anti-abortion movement.[4] It was founded in 2009 with the namePartido Portugal Pró-Vida (Portugal Pro-Life Party), PPV.[4] Its first leader wasLuís Botelho Ribeiro [pt].[4]
In 2009, the PPV/CDC advocated the repeal of theabortion law and of the then recent amendments to thelaw of divorce, theprohibition of euthanasia, the revision of standards onsex education in schools so that parents have an active voice, the opposition tosame-sex marriage, no age limit for voting (seeyouth suffrage), and that taxpayers should be able to determine how their taxes are spent.[2]
In 2014, in the context of the European elections, the party (with its main candidate, Acácio Valente) held a demonstration in front of theClínica dos Arcos clinic in Lisbon, a private clinic licensed to conduct abortions.[5][6] The candidate was also part of a debate in theUniversidade da Beira Interior.[7]
Sérgio Cales was the party's main candidate during the 2015 legislative election.[4] In 2015, Manuel Matias became the party's leader.[8] In the same year, the party changed its designation toPartido Cidadania e Democracia Cristã and its initials to CDC-PPV.[9]
In 2019, the party was part of a coalition for the2019 European Parliament election,Basta!, along withChega, thePeople's Monarchist Party and a movement called Democracy 21.[10] The party justified its participation in the coalition as an attempt to "save Portugal fromcultural Marxism".[11] Later that year, the party entered into a broad agreement with Chega, which included PPV/CDC members in its lists.[8] PPV/CDC's then leader, Manuel Matias, ran as the head of Chega's list forBraga.[8]
| Election | Assembly of the Republic | Government | Size | Leader | ||
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| Votes | % | Seats won | ||||
| 2009 | 8,461 | 0.15% | 0 / 230 | No seats | 13th | Luís Botelho Ribeiro |
| 2011 | 8,209 | 0.15% | 0 / 230 | No seats | 14th | Luís Botelho Ribeiro |
| 2015 | 2,685 | 0.05% | 0 / 230 | No seats | 19th | Joana Câmara Pereira |
| 2019 withinChega | 67,502 | 1.29% | 1 / 230 | No seats[a] | 7th | André Ventura |
| Election | European Parliament | Size | Leader | ||
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| Votes | % | Seats won | |||
| 2014 | 12,008 | 0.37% | 0 / 21 | 14th | Acácio Valente |
| 2019 | 49,496 | 1.49% | 0 / 21 | 9th | André Ventura |
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| Legislative Assembly of the Azores Autonomous Region (57) |
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| Legislative Assembly of the Madeira Autonomous Region (47) |
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| European Parliament (21) | |
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