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The Earth Party Movement - Earth Party
Movimento o Partido da Terra - Partido da Terra
President Position vacant Honorary President Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles Founded 12 August 1993 Headquarters Lisbon Ideology Green politics,
Green conservatism,
Natural capitalismPolitical position Centre-right International affiliation World Ecological Parties Official colours Green Local
Government2 / 2,078Regional Parliaments 1 / 104Assembly of the Republic 0 / 230European Parliament 0 / 22Website http://www.mpt.pt/ Politics of Portugal
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Institute for Social EcologyRelated topicsThe Earth Party (Portuguese: Partido da Terra, pronounced: [pɐɾˈtidu dɐ ˈtɛʁɐ]), previously called The Earth Party Movement, Movimento o Partido da Terra, or MPT (hence called MPT - Partido da Terra, is a Portuguese green party, founded on 12 August 1993.
Between 2005 and 2009, the party had two Deputies in the Assembly of the Republic: Pedro Quartin Graça and Luís Carloto Marques, elected on the lists of the Social Democratic Party, following an agreement with its then leader, Pedro Santana Lopes.
The President of the Political Committee was Pedro Quartin Graça until his resignation on 5 November 2011 and the Honorary President is Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles.
The party has participated in a number of coalitions with the major centre-right parties in the country, namely the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party.
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Recent history
2011
In the 2011 Portuguese legislative election, MPT stood under its own open lists throughout Portugal and achieved 0.41% of the national vote, catapulting it from 14th to 8th place overall in comparison to the 2009 Portuguese legislative election. This was largely due to its more professional campaigning - it employed a campaign manager for the first time - and the inclusion in its lists of a number of popular celebrities.
In the Madeira regional elections, 2011 the Party elected one Legislative Assembly member despite a fall in its number of votes of 0.3%.
2009 National elections
For the 2009 Portuguese legislative election, MPT formed a coalition with the Humanist Party on mainland Portugal that received 0.22 % of the votes. Including MPT's votes in Azores and Madeira, where they ran a list on their own, they reached 0.28 % nationwide. However, the 2009 local elections were a success in terms of number of people elected, as MPT won 2 councillor, 17 municipal assembly members and 47 parish councillor posts.
2009 European Parliament elections
In April 2009, the party announced in a joint press conference with the leader of the pan-European alliance Libertas.eu Declan Ganley that it would run for the 2009 European Parliament election with an open electoral list under the banner of Libertas.[1] While not against European integration, MPT demands more accountability and transparency from the European Union, and the pursuit of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Portugal.[2] In the elections, MPT received 24,062 votes (0.67% of the votes).
References
- ^ "Libertas and MPT announce European election partnership", April 27, 2009, http://www.libertas.eu/
- ^ "Europeias: MPT quer referendo em Portugal e é contra Tratado de Lisboa", 27 April 2009, Correido Minho
External links
- MPT
- Libertas Portugal on Twitter
- Libertas Portugal on Facebook
- Libertas Portugal Launch 26th April 2009
Political parties in Portugal 
Parties represented in the
Assembly of the Republic (230)Social Democratic Party (108) · Socialist Party (74) · Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (24) · Democratic Unity Coalition (16: Portuguese Communist Party 14 - Ecologist Party "The Greens" 2) · Left Bloc (8)Legislative Assembly of the
Azores Autonomous Region (57)Socialist Party (30) · Social Democratic Party (18) · Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (5) · Left Bloc (2) · Democratic Unity Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party - Ecologist Party "The Greens") (1) · People's Monarchist Party (1)Legislative Assembly of the
Madeira Autonomous Region (47)Social Democratic Party (25) · Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (9) · Socialist Party (6) · Portuguese Labour Party (3) · Democratic Unitarian Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party · Ecologist Party "The Greens") (1) · New Democracy Party (1) · Party for Animals and Nature (1) · Earth Party (1)Non-parliamentary parties Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of PortugalLibertas Movement EuropartyLibertas.euLobby groupLibertas InstituteEurofoundationLibertas FoundationTimelineOrigins • Lobby group • Lisbon I • Party • Recognition attempt • 2009 elections • Lisbon IISee alsoList of Declan Ganley organizations • Political positions of LibertasPeople StaffMembers of member parties1See List of 2009 candidatesMembers of affiliated parties2See List of 2009 candidatesIndividual membersList of 2009 candidates • List of original signatoriesDisavowed peopleBridget Rowe • Petr Mach • Paul-Marie Coûteaux • Igor GräzinParties Member parties1Estonia • Germany • Ireland • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Sweden • United KingdomAffiliated parties2CzechiaLibertas.cz3 • Nezávislí demokratéFranceGermanyAUF - Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und FamilieGreeceKomma Fileleftheron (1980)LatviaLatvijas Atmoda • Mūsu Zeme • Sociālā Taisnīguma PartijaPolandLiga Polskich Rodzin • Naprzód Polsko • Organizacja Narodu Polskiego - Liga Polska • Partia Regionów • PSL Piast • Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-NarodowePortugalMovimento Partido da TerraSlovakiaSpainCiudadanos – Partido de la Ciudadanía • Partido Social Demócrata • Unión del Pueblo SalmantinoDisavowed partiesLibertas UK (England) • Party of Free Citizens (Czech Republic) • Libertas Slovensko3 (Slovakia) • Sloboda a Solidarita3 (Slovakia) • Libertas Bulgaria3 (Bulgaria) • Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija (Lithuania) • Polo dell'Autonomia (Italy)Elections 2009 listsCzech Republic • Estonia • France • Greece • Germany • Ireland • Latvia • Malta • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Slovakia • Spain • United KingdomKey 1Member parties are members of Libertas.eu. Members of member parties are automatically members of Libertas.eu unless they choose otherwise.2Affiliated parties are not members of Libertas.eu but are otherwise associated. Members of affiliated parties are not members of Libertas.eu unless they choose to join as individuals.3Parties presenting as Libertas.eu affiliates/members but not sanctioned by Libertas.eu when presentation commenced.Categories:- Green political parties
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