Liberal Initiative
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The Liberal Initiative, often simply IL (Portuguese: Iniciativa Liberal, pronounced [inisjɐˈtivɐ liβɨˈɾal]) is a liberal political party in Portugal. Founded in 2017, it is currently led by Rui Rocha. The party sits on the centre-right of the political spectrum and has been described as being on the political right by academics and journalists.[11][12][13]
It has 8 elected
The party was founded in December 2017, and in October 2019, its debut year at the Portuguese legislative elections, it won one seat in the Portuguese Parliament.[15] It had run in its first elections in May 2019 for the European Parliament and in 2020 supported its first government coalition, at regional level, after the 2020 Azorean regional election.[16]
The party espouses a
History
The Liberal Initiative was founded as an association in 2016, and was approved as a party by the
Ideology and platform
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The party has been described as liberal,
According to its own official statements about this topic, the Liberal Initiative was founded with the Oxford Manifesto in mind and believes in individual freedom, by which all individuals have fundamental rights, including the possibility of having a life of their own, owning property or choosing how they want to live in their community, closely following the principles of classical liberalism.[30] The party's conception of freedom encompasses both the economic and social spheres as well as the political and individual spheres,[42] and believes that if any of them are restricted, freedom ceases to exist.[43][44][45][46] The party's political ideas are based on the idea of freedom as the greatest engine of human development, social harmony and economic prosperity.[43][47][48][21] The party's leaders and founders have ascertained that they envisage Portugal as a country that will model itself on Germany's multi-payer health care system – which is paid for by a combination of public health insurance and private health insurance – on Ireland's corporate tax policy and on Estonia's fiscal, educational, and public administration systems,[49][50] following classical liberal economic policies.
On 5 May 2018, the Liberal Initiative approved its political programme under the slogan "Less State, More Freedom" (Menos Estado, Mais Liberdade).[51] The party proposes the reduction of the number of civil servants and the extension of their health system to all Portuguese citizens, as well as extending the freedom for parents to choose their children's school without it necessarily being linked to their address.[52]
The party, which describes itself as a liberal party of all types of liberalism,
Platform for the 2019 legislative election
Among the measures announced for the 2019 parliamentary elections were:
- Introducing a flat income tax rate of 15%.
- Extending coverage by the ADSE ("Instituto de Proteção e Assistência na Doença") to all Portuguese citizens. This body is in charge of health care, and works like a health insurance, for the Portuguese civil servants only.
- Providing freedom of choice of school in both the state-owned and privately owned systems, through a school-voucher system.
- Granting more freedom for universities to define admission criteria, and following the American and British models for universities by adopting a student loan funding system.
Party factions
The Liberal Initiative has a number of internal factions:[56][57][58]
Classical liberalism
This faction defends opposition to socialism through classical liberalism, calling for a low tax burden and promoting "efficient, effective and accountable government", while defending respect for individual, social, political and economic freedoms.[59]
Social liberalism
This faction adheres to the principles of social liberalism.[59]
Libertarianism
The faction espouses an outright
Conservative liberalism
The faction supporting Conservative liberalism, although being liberal on economic issues, is more conservative on social issues.[59] By 25 November 2023, most of the members from this faction had left the party,[62] with two joining Chega.[63][64]
Organisation, communication and style
The party is organised and managed in a decentralised, digitised way. It has no physical headquarters in most municipalities of the country and makes heavy use of
Electoral results
Assembly of the Republic
Seats in the Portuguese legislative elections
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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2019 | Carlos Guimarães Pinto | 67,681 | 1.3 (#8) | 1 / 230
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New | Opposition |
2022 | João Cotrim de Figueiredo | 273,687 | 4.9 (#4) | 8 / 230
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7 | Opposition |
2024 | Rui Rocha | 319,877 | 4.9 (#4) | 8 / 230
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0 | Opposition |
European Parliament
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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2019 | Ricardo Arroja | 29,120 | 0.9 (#11) | 0 / 21
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New |
2024 | João Cotrim de Figueiredo | TBD | TBD | 0 / 21
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Regional Assemblies
Region | Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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Azores | 2024 | Nuno Barata | 2,482 | 2.2 (#5) | 1 / 57
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0 | Opposition |
Madeira | 2023 | Nuno Morna | 3,555 | 2.6 (#6) | 1 / 47
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1 | Opposition |
Local elections
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Councillors | +/- | Mayors | +/- | Assemblies | +/- | Parishes | +/- |
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2021 | João Cotrim Figueiredo
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64,849 | 1.3 (#8) | 1 / 2,064
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New | 0 / 308
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New | 26 / 6,448
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New | 45 / 26,797
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New |
Presidential elections
Election | Candidate | Votes | % |
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2021 | Tiago Mayan Gonçalves | 134,991 | 3.2 (#6) |
Assembly of the Republic
- Bernardo Blanco (Lisbon)
- Mariana Leitão (Lisbon)
- Rodrigo Saraiva (Lisbon)
- Carlos Guimarães Pinto (Porto)
- Patrícia Gilvaz (Porto)
- Rui Rocha (Braga)
- Joana Cordeiro (Setúbal)
- Mário Amorim Lopes (Aveiro)
- João Cotrim de Figueiredo (Lisbon)
- Carla Castro (Lisbon)
- Rodrigo Saraiva (Lisbon)
- Bernardo Blanco (Lisbon)
- Carlos Guimarães Pinto (Porto)
- Patrícia Gilvaz (Porto)
- Rui Rocha (Braga)
- Joana Cordeiro (Setúbal)
- João Cotrim de Figueiredo (Lisbon)
List of presidents
Name | Portrait | Constituency | Start | End | Prime minister | ||
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1 | Miguel Ferreira da Silva (b. 1972) |
Lisbon | 26 November 2017 | 13 October 2018 | António Costa (2015–2024) | ||
2 | Carlos Guimarães Pinto (b. 1983) |
Porto | 13 October 2018 | 8 December 2019 | |||
3 | João Cotrim de Figueiredo (b. 1961) |
Lisbon | 8 December 2019 | 22 January 2023 | |||
4 | Rui Rocha (b. 1970) |
Braga | 22 January 2023 | present | |||
Luís Montenegro (2024-present) |
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External links
- Media related to Iniciativa Liberal at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website