Coalition PSD/CDS
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The PSD/CDS coalition (Portuguese: Coligação PSD/CDS, PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) is a recurring conservative[3] political and electoral alliance in Portugal formed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP).
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Coalition PSD/CDS Coligação PSD/CDS | |
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Abbreviation | PPD/PSD.CDS-PP (official) |
Leader | Luís Montenegro Nuno Melo |
Founded | 1997 (just the two parties) 1979 (Democratic Alliance along PPM) |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right[1] to right-wing[2] |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International International Democrat Union |
Member parties | Social Democratic Party CDS – People's Party |
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Though the history of coalition between the two parties stretches back over 40 years, the parties have not run together in most elections and, when they did so, they always retained their own autonomous parliamentary groups afterwards.