National Renewal Party

The National Renewal Party ( _pt. Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR, pron. IPA2|pɐɾ'tiðu nɐsiu'naɫ ʁɨnuvɐ'ðoɾ) is a populist far-right political party in Portugal, without parliamentary representation. The party emerged after former members of the National Action Movement gained control of the decaying Democratic Renovator Party and, having paid off its debts, adopted a new policy platform. Since June 2005 the party has been led by José Pinto-Coelho.

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

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 officially rejects connections to neo-nazi racist movements, some members or sympathizers of those groups are affiliated to the party.

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.

External links

* [http://www.pnr.pt Official web site] (in Portuguese)
* [http://www.juvenac.org Juventude Nacionalista Official web site] (In Portuguese)
* [http://www.forumnacional.net Forum nacional] (In Portuguese)
* [http://pnrlisboa.blogspot.com PNR-Lisboa] (In Portuguese)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_pNmcaTtE Entrevista a José Pinto-Coelho] (In Portuguese)
* [http://sol.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Politica/Interior.aspx?content_id=29644 Entrevista a José Pinto-Coelho] (In Portuguese)
* [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a780700480 Journal Article] (In English)