National Renovator Party

National Renovator Party Partido Nacional Renovador
Leader	José Pinto Coelho
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Ideology	Portuguese nationalism, Third Position
Political position	Far-right
European Parliament Group	European National Front, Alliance of European National Movements
Official colours	Blue, Red and White
Website
http://www.pnr.pt
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The National Renovator Party (Portuguese: Partido Nacional Renovador pronounced: [pɐɾˈtiðu nɐsiuˈnaɫ ʁɨnuvɐˈðoɾ]), or PNR, is a Portuguese nationalist political party. Its motto is Nation and Labor and one of its objectives is the promotion of a Portuguese nationalist spirit. It believes that nationalism is putting the interests of the nation above sectarian interests. In 2009 the PNR was the first Portuguese party to be called the "New National Right, Social and Popular".

Its agenda includes proposals such as:

Support the family, Portuguese birth and education.
Restricting migration and reverse migration flows.
To fight crime and reduce the age of criminal responsibility.
Complete and combat political corruption and social.
Combat capitalism that binds thousands of Portuguese families and put in check the nation, companies and national work.
Fight against job insecurity.

In the legislative elections of 2005 had about 9400 votes, representing 0.2% of the voters. The municipal elections of 1 July 2007 for the Lisbon City Council received 0.8% of the vote. European parliamentary elections of 2009 the list of the PNR, headed by Humberto Nuno de Oliveira, got 13,037 votes, representing 0.4% of total expressed.

Its president is, since June 2005, José Pinto Coelho.

It is very close to the French Front National. One of the party's main slogans is "Portugal to the Portuguese!".

History

The PNR was established in February 2000, has its origins among the supporters of the various small parties, movements and coalitions of the nationalist right (Party of Christian Democracy, Independent Movement for National Reconstruction/Party of the Portuguese Right, National Front), which emerged following the PREC, all extinct after some time electoral activity without appreciable results.

After the failure of the experiences of the PDC, MIRN/PDP and FN, and overcome the difficulties encountered by militants of the nationalist right in order to bring the five thousand signatures needed to form a party, acquisition of a centre/liberal center-left party in the bankruptcy (the PRD) presented as an opportunity.

The PRD had fallen into decay, had accumulated debts and had no activity but was not extinguished. It was then that elements of the National Alliance and the defunct National Action Movement (MAN) have joined the PRD, have paid their debts, and, once in control of the party changed its name to National Renewal Party (PNR) with a new program.

Foreign Policy

Externally opposes the process of federalization of the European Union, advocating cooperation rather than integration. Advocate an economic union based on mutual benefits for all states, resulting from the expansion of markets and the abolition of customs barriers, but opposed to political integration.

He is a member of the group European National Front, a group linked to extreme right. In this group you can find parties as the Front National (France), Vlaams Blok (Flemish Belgium), Vlaams Belang (Flemish Belgium), British National Party (UK), NPD (Germany), La Falange (Spain) between others.

The PNR is also opposed to Turkey entering the European Union, considering that Turkey is not a European country neither geographically, nor culturally, or ethnically. They argue further issues related to crime, terrorism, and call attention to the issue of human rights.

In February 2008, the National Renewal Party, met with the Ambassador of Serbia, to promote a more unbiased opinion from the European Union.

Nationalist Youth

Since early 2006, the party has sought to recruit young students in secondary schools and higher education establishments. This aroused once more the attention of the authorities, who sent a report to the Ministers of Education and Interior. Although the PNR is a legalized party, the report concluded that there is a real risk of transmission of xenophobic and violent ideas to young people, but since the creation of the Nationalist Youth does not exist any act of racist violence on the part of the same or Nationalist Youth members. The Youth Leader confirmed that recruitment, rejecting the accusations and arguing that there the movement is being discriminated against.

Controversy

The PNR has been accused of promoting discrimination based on racial, religious and sexual grounds and some of its propaganda of subtly inciting to violence and hatred toward certain groups such as immigrants and homosexuals. The question of whether the party should be made illegal has been, and still is, a matter of discussion in Portugal especially because the Portuguese Constitution forbids any kind of discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, gender or religion.

Although the party does not reject connections to neo-Nazi racist movements^[1], it claims to be a target of political persecution. Several of its members have been convicted for racial discrimination and violent crimes, such as racist and political murders, after being linked to far-right armed groups such as the Portuguese Hammerskins.

Results

In the 2005 national elections the PNR obtained just under 0.2% of the vote, failing to elect any deputies to Parliament by a wide margin. In the 2009 European Election the party had about 13 thousand votes having 0,37% of the vote, the party had its higher results in the districts of Lisbon and Setúbal.

Notes and References

1. ^ Actualidades 7 Junho, 2006 Presidente do PNR solidário com Mário Machado

External links

• (Portuguese) Official web site
• (Portuguese) Juventude Nacionalista Official web site
• (Portuguese) PNR-Lisboa
• (Portuguese) Entrevista a José Pinto-Coelho
• (Portuguese) Entrevista a José Pinto-Coelho
• Journal Article (In English)
• (Portuguese) Página oficial do PNR
• (Portuguese) Diário de Noticias, 14 Janeiro 2006 [1]
• (Portuguese) Correio da Manhã, 22 Abril 2005 [2]
• (Portuguese) Destak.pt, 15 Maio 2007 : Movimento "Parem o PNR" acusa partido de ter ligações criminosas[3]
• (Portuguese) A Semana 05 Abril 2007 Postal de Lisboa
• (Portuguese) Actualidades 7 Junho, 2006 Presidente do PNR solidário com Mário Machado
• (Portuguese) Diário de Noticias 07 Abril 2008 Mário Machado e 35 "skinheads" sentam-se no banco dos réus
• (Portuguese) Correio da Manhã 11 Novembro 2007 Líder dos skinheads dava sentenças dentro do PNR
• (Portuguese) Público 07.06.2006 Frente Nacional: dirigente Mário Machado diz-se "preso político" de um "Estado opressor"
• (Portuguese) Público 20.04.2007 Líder da Frente Nacional ficou em prisão preventiva
• (Portuguese) Público 03.10.2008 Mário Machado indignado acusa Rui Pereira de perseguir nacionalistas
• (Portuguese) TVI 24 18 Março 2009 Agressão a tiro motiva detenção de Mário Machado
• (Portuguese) Diário de Noticias 22 Março 1991 Pedro Grilo - “Skinheads” 30 anos de prisão
• (Portuguese) Destak 30 Outubro 2008 Membro do PNR preso por auxiliar imigração ilegal e ter uma cadeia de bordéis
• (Portuguese) Diário de Noticias 16 Junho 1995 Mortes sem culpa formada

• (Portuguese) Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa / Ministério Público Processo nº 364/91: Extinção do Movimento de Acção Nacional (MAN)