Rise Up (Portuguese: Ergue-te, E), originally the National Renewal Party (Portuguese: Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR) is a Portuguese far-right[1][2][3][4][5] nationalist political party. Its motto is Nation and Work (Portuguese: Nação e Trabalho) and one of its goals consists in the appreciation of a Portuguese nationalist spirit. The party results legally from the alteration of statutes approved in the VII Nacional Convention of the old Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) requested on March 17, 2000 and validated by the Constitutional Court on April 12, 2000. This change implicated in the change of name, acronym and logo. Its president is, since June 2005, José Pinto Coelho. In a report published by the North American NGO GPAHE against hate and extremism, Ergue-te was classified, along with ADN and Chega, as a hate and far-right group.[6]
Rise Up Ergue-te | |
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| Abbreviation | E |
| President | José Pinto Coelho |
| Founded | 12 April 2000 |
| Merger of | Democratic Renewal Party National Action Movement |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Youth wing | Renovator National Youth (Juventude Nacional Renovadora) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of European National Movements |
| Colours | Black, Blue and Red |
| Assembly of the Republic | 0 / 230
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| European Parliament | 0 / 21
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| Regional parliaments | 0 / 104
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| Local Government | 0 / 2,086
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| Website | |
| www.pnr.pt | |
History
editIn July 10, 2020, wanting to change its public image and undo misconceptions arising from the confusion between the acronyms PNR and PDR - the former Republican Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano), now named National Democratic Alternative -, they changed its name to Ergue-te, with the acronym E, this alteration was accepted and registered by the Constitutional Court following deliberation taken by the National Council of PNR in November 23, 2019.[7]
Ideology
editThe party is also described as islamophobe[8] and against Portugal's NATO membership.[9]
Organization
editNationalist Youth
editSince the beginning of 2006, it has tried recruiting young students at secondary schools and in universities. This situation has once again drawn the authorities attention, having sent a report to the Education and Internal Administration Ministries. According to the report, even though the then PNR party was legalized, there was an effective risk of transmission of xenophobic and potentially violent ideas to young people.[10]
The Youth's leader confirmed this recruitment, refuting, however, the transmission of messages with a criminal or violent nature to young people.[11]
After the name change in 2020, the party youth was renamed "Lover's Lane" (Ala dos Namorados), inspired by the right wing of the Portuguese army in the Battle of Aljubarrota.[12]
Public image and controversies
editE has been involved in many controversies. In 2006, it got involved in the demonstration by security forces agents against the government. The Diário de Notícias article about the participation of the then PNR reads:
"It was total chaos. It had been almost 120 minutes from the set time for the beginning of the parade by the security force agents against the government policies when the organizers arrived at the Marquis of Pombal Square to warn that, after all, there wasn't going to be a demonstration. With the argument that the PSP, GNR, Maritime Police and Foreigners and Border Services agents refused to "parade next to neonazis" (and PNR representatives) that had gathered there to participate. And with fear that there was going to be conflicts between both sides. The decision by the organizers - the Permanent Coordinating Committee of Unions and Associations of Security Forces and Services - enraged the agents of many task forces. The protests increased in tone, confusion arose and, all of a sudden, when they least expected it, the security forces agents passed over the organizer's decision and started their parade. The Coordinating Committee had lost control over the situation. The parade was, indeed, done, until Terreiro do Paço, where the Ministry of Internal Affairs was. There, the agents demanded changes in the health system, retirement and better work conditions. The far-right militants, after having had a stage to talk to the media started to disperse, seeing groups here and there along the parade. But they didn't follow the demonstration behind the police forces."[13]
Some of its members were convicted of racial discrimination and violent crimes, among others, the murder of a PSR leader (José Carvalho) and the racially motivated murder of Alcindo Monteiro,[14] after being linked to right-wing armed groups such as the National Front and Portuguese Hammerskins. However, the way these groups act had led to a distancing by the then PNR towards said groups.[15][16] As a result, the former Portuguese Hammerskins leader Mário Machado has decided to try to create a new party, the New Social Order.[17]
Election results
editIn the 2005 legislative elections, the then 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 13,000 votes, having 0.37% of the vote, the party had its higher results in the districts of Lisbon and Setúbal. 2015 was the year the party most increased in votes, having received 27,269 votes in the legislative elections. An increase of just over 50% in comparison to 2011.
Since 2019 the right-wing populist Chega seems to be taking votes away from PNR.[original research?]
Assembly of the Republic
edit| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
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| 2002 | António Cruz Rodrigues | 4,712 | 0.1 (#10) | 0 / 230
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No seats | |
| 2005 | José Pinto Coelho | 9,374 | 0.2 (#9) | 0 / 230
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No seats |
| 2009 | 11,628 | 0.2 (#12) | 0 / 230
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0
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No seats | |
| 2011 | 17,742 | 0.3 (#10) | 0 / 230
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0
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No seats | |
| 2015 | 27,269 | 0.5 (#9) | 0 / 230
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0
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No seats | |
| 2019 | 17,126 | 0.3 (#13) | 0 / 230
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0
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No seats | |
| 2022 | 5,236 | 0.1 (#19) | 0 / 230
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0
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No seats | |
| 2024 | 6,034 | 0.1 (#16) | 0 / 230
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0
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No seats |
European Parliament
edit| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Paulo Rodrigues | 8,405 | 0.3 (#11) | 0 / 24
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– | |
| 2009 | Humberto Nuno Oliveira | 13,214 | 0.4 (#12) | 0 / 22
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0
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| 2014 | 15,036 | 0.5 (#12) | 0 / 21
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0
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| 2019 | João Patrocínio | 16,165 | 0.5 (#13) | 0 / 21
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0
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| 2024 | Rui Fonseca e Castro | 8,540 | 0.2 (#11) | 0 / 21
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0
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Notes and references
edit- ^ da Costa, José Mourão (2011). "O Partido Nacional Renovador: a novadireita na democracia portuguesa". Análise Social. 46 (201): 765–787. JSTOR 41494872.
- ^ "A CAMPANHA DE CAVACO SILVA EM PORTUGAL (2011): A RETÓRICA DA DIREITA" (PDF). opiniaopublica.ufmg.br. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ Tostes, Ana Paula (June 2009). "Reasons for intolerance in integrated Europe". Dados. 52 (2): 335–376. doi:10.1590/S0011-52582009000200003. ISSN 0011-5258.
- ^ Rocha, Frederico Pedroso (March 2014). "A Direita Radical E As Eleições Europeias Em 2014: Nacionalistas Em Busca De Pontes". Relações Internacionais (R:I) (41): 63–79. ISSN 1645-9199.
- ^ de, Almeida, Fábio Chang (2014). "A direita radical no Portugual democrático : os rumos após a revolução dos cravos (1974–2012)". Doctoral Thesis. hdl:10183/114413.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Portugal: grupos de ódio e extremistas de extrema-direita". Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "PNR muda nome para "Ergue-te" para "refrescar imagem"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Observador. "PNR faz simulação de decapitações em frente ao Palácio de Belém". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
The protest has the name 'Islam, here, no' and a party publication in a social media platform reads: Following another wave of attacks in the European continent, PNR did this Saturday, a protest action against Europe's Islamization (...).
- ^ "O PNR opõe-se à actual Nato – Partido ERGUE-TE". www.partidoergue-te.pt. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "PortugalDiário - A informação actualizada ao minuto: as últimas notícias do país e do mundo". 5 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Renascença - É tudo o que precisa de ouvir". 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Ala dos Namorados – Partido ERGUE-TE". www.partidoergue-te.pt. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "DN Online: PNR quase parou manifestação". 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "36 skinheads acusados - Atualidade - Correio da Manhã". 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Líder skin quer formar movimento político". 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "A política não é uma ciência exacta, mas uma arte." - a força da extrema direita". Porto Canal (in Portuguese). 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Observador May 2014
Bibliography
edit- Marchi, Riccardo (2013). "The Extreme right in 21st-Century Portugal: the Partido Nacional Renovador" (PDF). In Ralf Melzer; Sebastian Serafin (eds.). Right-Wing extremism in Europe. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Forum Berlin. pp. 132–155. ISBN 978-3-86498-522-5. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2014.