Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)
Democratic Renewal Party Partido Renovador Democrático | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Ramalho Eanes |
| Founded | 10 July 1985 |
| Dissolved | 12 April 2000 |
| Merged into | National Renovator Party |
| Ideology | Centrism Third Way Social democracy Populism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
| European Parliament group | European Democratic Alliance (1986–89) Socialist Group (1989–1991) Rainbow Group (1991–1994) (had one MEP, Pedro Canavarro, elected as part of the Socialist Party lists. In 1991 he crossed the floor to join the Rainbow Group) |
| Colours | Green |
The Democratic Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Renovador Democrático, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu ʁɨnuvɐˈðoɾ ðɨmuˈkɾatiku], PRD; also Democratic Renovator Party) was a political party in Portugal, founded in 1985 with the political support of the then independent President of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes, and lasting until 2000. At the time of its foundation, it was meant to "moralize Portuguese political life" and the party positioned itself in the political centre. Its first leader was Hermínio Martinho.