Liberal Initiative
Liberal political party in Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 has been described as being on the political right by academics and journalists.[9][10][11]
Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal | |
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Abbreviation | IL |
President | Rui Rocha |
Secretary-General | Miguel Rangel |
Vice presidents | Bernardo Blanco Angélique da Teresa Ricardo Pais Oliveira Ana Martins |
Founded | 13 December 2017 |
Headquarters | Avenida do Bessa, 158 E 4100-012 Porto |
Membership (2023) | 6,300[1] |
Ideology | Liberalism Social liberalism[2] Neoliberalism[3] |
Political position | Centre-right[4][5][6] |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe[7][8] |
Colours | Sky Blue |
Assembly of the Republic | 8 / 230 |
European Parliament | 2 / 21 |
Regional Parliaments | 2 / 104 |
Local government (Mayors) | 0 / 308 |
Local government (Parishes) | 0 / 3,091 |
Election symbol | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
iniciativaliberal.pt | |
It has 8 elected members of the parliament out of a total of 230 seats in the Portuguese Parliament.[12]
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.[13] 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.[14]
The party espouses a libertarian-influenced economic platform, including support for a flat income tax, privatisations and liberalisation of the labour market.[15] However, it intends to preserve an equitable and universal welfare state to a certain extent.[16][17] In other dimensions of life, the party favours views aligned with cultural and secular liberalism.[18][19]