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It has 8 elected members of the parliament out of a total of 230 seats in the Portuguese Parliament. The party was founded in December 2017, and in October 2019, its debut year at the Portuguese legislative elections, it won one seat in the Portuguese Parliament. [4] It had run in its first elections in May 2019 for the European Parliament and in 2020 supported its first government coalition, at regional level, after the 2020 Azorean regional election. [5] The party espouses an economically liberal platform, including support for a lighter tax burden and a flat income tax, privatisation of state-owned companies, reduction of waste and overcapacity in the civil service, free trade and the liberalisation of the economy with increased labour market flexibility. [6] However, it intends to preserve an equitable and universal welfare state to a certain extent. [7] In other dimensions of life, the party favours views aligned with cultural and secular liberalism. [8]  History [ edit ] Liberal initiative is a socially, economically, and politically liberal party whose core tenents include support for an open society based on liberal democratic principles of the rule of law, property rights, individual liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of association, market freedom, democracy and a welfare state. [9] It was created as an association in 2016, and was approved as a party by the Constitutional Court in 2017. [ten] It was admitted to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, a European political party, in November 2017, [11] having run for election for the first time in the 2019 European Parliament election in Portugal, garnering 0.9% of the votes, and failing to win any seats in the European Parliament. [twelfth] In the 2019 legislative election, the party won a single seat in the Portuguese Parliament through the electoral district of Lisbon, earning 67,681 votes in total, equivalent to 1.3% of the votes cast. [4] At regional level, IL supported its first government coalition after the 2020 Azorean regional election. [5] In the 2021 Portuguese local elections, it won 26 seats in municipal assemblies, and none in municipal councils. [13] In the 2022 legislative election, the Liberal Initiative party increased the number of its MPs from one to eight with 5.0% of the vote. [14] Besides Jo\u00e3o Cotrim Figueiredo (already a MP at the Portuguese Parliament and incumbent party leader), IL elected seven new MPs for the party, including Carlos Guimar\u00e3es Pinto (a former party leader), as MPs. Ideology and platform [ edit ] The party has been described as adherent to the principles of liberalism, [15] [16] classical liberalism [17] and economic liberalism. [18] It has also been described as libertarian. [19] [20] [21] It has been described as centre-right [22] [23] and right-wing, [24] [25] [26] with its policy base described as combining economic liberalism with more progressive stances on cultural issues. [24] According to its own official statements about this topic, the Liberal Initiative was founded with the Oxford Manifesto in mind and believes in individual freedom, by which all individuals have fundamental rights, including the possibility of having a life of their own, owning property or choosing how they want to live in their community, closely following the principles of classical liberalism. [17] The party’s conception of freedom encompasses both the economic and social spheres as well as the political sphere and believes that if any of them are restricted, freedom ceases to exist. The party’s political ideas are based on the idea of freedom as the greatest engine of human development, social harmony and economic prosperity. [27] [28] [29] The party’s leaders and founders have ascertained that they envisage Portugal as a country that will model itself on Germany’s multi-payer health care system\u00a0\u2013 which is paid for by a combination of public health insurance and private health insurance\u00a0\u2013, on Ireland’s corporate tax policy and on Estonia’s fiscal, educational, and public administration systems, [30] [thirty first] following classical liberal economic policies. On 5 May 2018, the Liberal Initiative approved its political programme under the slogan “Less State, More Freedom” ( Less state, more freedom ). [32] The party proposes the reduction of the number of civil servants and the extension of their health system to all Portuguese citizens, as well as extending the freedom for parents to choose their children’s school without it necessarily being linked to their address. [33] The party rejects the political philosophy of libertarianism, arguing that while it defends a small government, it also defends an effective government which guarantees the rule of law, universal healthcare, universal education, social security and a welfare state. [34] The party doesn’t want to dismantle the Portuguese welfare state. It wants to rationalize it based on the principles of sustainability and equity by redefining its fairness proposition from the point of view of both social welfare beneficiaries\/non-beneficiaries and taxpayers, regardless of age, current or previous occupation and other individual factors. [35] Platform for the 2019 legislative election [ edit ] Among the measures announced for the 2019 parliamentary elections were: Introducing a flat income tax rate of 15%. Extending coverage by the ADSE [ pt ] (“Instituto de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o e Assist\u00eancia na Doen\u00e7a”) to all Portuguese citizens. This body is in charge of health care, and works like a health insurance, for the Portuguese civil servants only. Providing freedom of choice of school in both the state-owned and privately owned systems, through a school-voucher system. Granting more freedom for universities to define admission criteria, and following the American and British models for universities by adopting a student loan funding system. Party factions [ edit ] The Liberal Initiative has a number of internal factions: [36] [37]  Classical liberalism [ edit ] It defends opposition to socialism through classical liberalism, calling for a low tax burden and promoting efficient, effective and accountable government, while defending respect for individual, social, political and economic freedoms. [38] Social liberalism [ edit ] This faction adheres to the principles of social liberalism. [38] Libertarianism [ edit ] The faction espouses an outright libertarian platform with neoliberal economic and political stances, whose proposals include support for a lower flat income tax, small government, unprecedented wave of privatisations and deeper economic liberalisation of the economy, including in the labour market, able to address modernisation and overstaffing issues in the civil service, productivity gaps and competitiveness problems of the country in the context of the European Union and globalization. [6] [39] Liberal conservatism [ edit ] The faction supporting liberal conservatism, although being liberal on economic issues, is more conservative on social issues. [38] Organisation, communication and style [ edit ]  The party is organised and managed in a decentralised, digitised way. It has no physical headquarters in most municipalities of the country and makes heavy use of information and communication technologies. [40] Since its foundation, the party made an impact through the acclaimed originality of its communication and marketing campaigns, in particular its eye-catching billboards. [41] Electoral results [ edit ] Assembly of the Republic [ edit ] Vote share in the Portuguese legislative elections  European Parliament [ edit ] Election Leader Votes % Seats +\/- 2019 Ricardo throws 29,120 0.9 (#11)  New  Regional Assemblies [ edit ] Local elections [ edit ] Election Leader Votes % Councillors +\/- Mayors +\/- Assemblies +\/- Parishes +\/- 2021 Jo\u00e3o Cotrim Figueiredo 64,849 1.3 (#8)  New   New   New   New  Presidential elections [ edit ] Assembly of the Republic [ edit ]   XV Legislature [ edit ] 2022- XIV Legislature [ edit ] 2019-2022 List of Presidents [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^  “PSD is without” reformist vision “and without” urgency to transform the country ” ” . www.dn.pt .  ^  “ALDE Member Parties” . Side party .  ^  “Meet Our Leaders: Jo\u00e3o Cotrim Figueiredo (Liberal Initiative, Portugal)” . Side party .  ^ a  b  “Legislative 2019 – Global Results” . www.legislativas2019.Mai.gov.pt . Retrieved 17 October 2019 .  ^ a  b  “Liberal initiative announces agreement with PSD for government viability in the Azores” . TSF RADIO NEWS . 7 November 2020.  ^ a  b  Riccardo Marchi; Andre Azevedo Alves (2022). “The Right and the Far Right in the Portuguese Democracy (1974-2022)” . In Ant\u00f3nio Costa Pinto; Jorge M. Fernandes; Pedro C. Magalh\u00e3es (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics . OUP Oxford. p.\u00a0113. ISBN\u00a0 978-0-19-266773-1 .  ^  “Program” . Liberal initiative (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .  ^  “Fundamentals” . Liberal initiative (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .  ^  https:\/\/iniciativaliberal.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/declaracao_principios_iniciativa_liberal.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]  ^  “Liberal initiative is already a party” . ECO . 16 December 2017.  ^  “ALDE welcomes new member parties | ALDE Party” . www.aldeparty.eu . Archived from the original on 2 December 2017.  ^  “European 2019 – Global Results” . www.eloicoes.mai.gov.pt . Retrieved 17 October 2019 .  ^  “Municipal Results 2021. See who won in your municipality and in your parish” . Observer . 26 September 2021 . Retrieved 29 December 2021 .  ^  Portugal election: Key takeaways as Socialists cement power, Euronews (31 January 2022) https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/01\/31\/portugal-election-three-takeaways-As-socialists-cement-power  ^  Elisabetta de Giorgi, Jos\u00e9 Santana-Pereira, ed. (2021). The Exceptional Case of Post-Bailout Portugal . Routledge. ISBN\u00a0 978-1000462623 . The 2019 figure is higher than the previous ones due to both the rie of two new right-wing parties, the liberal IL (Iniciativa Liberal \u2013 Liberal Initiative) and the radical right Chega (Enough), and the growth of left-wing LIVRE (Free).  ^  “Portugal” . www.parties-and -elections.eu . 2022 . Retrieved 3 February 2022 .  ^ a  b  Jorge Martins Rosa; Daniel Cardoso, eds. (2019). “The construction of the identity of new parties on official Facebook pages” .  ^  Jalali, Carlos; Bruneau, Thomas; Colono, Caesar (2020). Portugal Report . Sustainable Governance Indicators. p.\u00a07.  ^  Jorge M. Fernandes; Miguel Won (2021). “Portugal: debating in a party-centred legislature” .  In Hanna Back; Marc Debus; Jorge M. Fernandes (eds.). The Politics of Legislative Debates . Oxford University Press. P. 677. ISBN 978-0198849063 .  ^  “Portugal votes in close-fought election” . France 24 . 30 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 February 2022 .  ^  Jones, Sam (30 January 2022). “Portugal’s ruling Socialist party on course to win snap general election” . The Guardian . Retrieved 3 February 2022 .  ^  “Most absolute ps, free fall PSD. Alliance and liberal initiative can elect” . TSF . 31 August 2019.  ^  “Returned the War of Posters. PS says” we fulfilled “, Liberal initiative satirizes” with cousins \u200b\u200b” ” . Renaissance . 7 August 2019.  ^ a  b  Enrico Borghetto; Marco Lisi (2020). “Legislative activities before and after the Great Recession” . in Marco Lisi; Andr\u00e9 Freire; emberry Tsatsanis (EDS.). Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: From Crisis to Renewal . Lexington. p.\u00a0197. ISBN\u00a0 978-1793601162 .  ^  CATARINA SANTOS BOTELHO; Ana Teresa Ribeiro, Eds. (7 February 2021). “Portugal \u2013 The 2019 I\u00b7CONnect-Clough Center Global Review of Constitutional Law” . SSRN\u00a0 3742104 .   ^  Elisabetta De Giorgi, ed. (3 Febreny 2021). “The Exceptional Case of Post-Bailout Portugal: A Comparative Outlook” . South European Society and Politics . 25 (2): 127\u2013150. doi: 10.1080\/13608746.2021.1872152 . S2CID\u00a0 231955442 .  ^  Convictions, liberal initiative https:\/\/iniciativaliberal.pt\/conviccoes\/  ^  “Liberal initiative, free and arrives. What do new parties defend?” . Cash . 7 October 2019.  ^  “Liberal Initiative. They want to be the” responsible rebels “of Parliament” . Expressed newspaper .  ^  “Tiago Mayan Debate Com Andr\u00e9 Ventura” . Mayan 2021 .  ^  DAYS, Miguel Viterbo. “Liberal Initiative wants former Prime Minister of Estonia to think about the reform of the Portuguese State” . Observer .  ^  ” “It seems that they don’t know that the Berlin wall has fallen and the system failed” ” . ionline .  ^  “Liberal initiative approves political program that advocates reducing civil servants” . www.dn.pt .  ^  “Jo\u00e3o Cotrim Figueiredo. ‘No one of the liberal initiative is looking for a pan’ ” .  ^  “For a system of sustainable pension and the justice between generations” . Liberal initiative (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 6 March 2023 .  ^  Follow, Melissa Lopes-Author Marked for. “Rui Rocha elected the new president of the liberal initiative” . onovo.pt (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 6 March 2023 .  ^  FIGUEIREDO, Mariana Lima Cunha, In\u00eas Andr\u00e9. “Fupuses,” fucking “,” ignorant “and” dicks “. The day when fractures at IL were exposed” . Observer (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 6 March 2023 .  ^ a  b  c  “Social-Liberal against Conservatives: Is there” class struggle “in IL?” . www.jn.pt (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 7 March 2023 .  ^  SILVA, Nuno Pereira da (2 August 2021). “O Libertarianism So Novo Party Initiative Liberal” . Ericeiraonline (in European Portuguese) . Retrieved 6 March 2023 .  ^  Liberal Initiative, the “Political Startup”. They have no headquarters, are dissidents of traditional parties and want to be like Mayan, observer https:\/\/observador.pt\/especiais\/iniciativa-liberal-a-startup-politica-nao-tem-sedes-ao-dissidentes-de -partos-tradicionais-e-querem-como-mayan\/  ^  “Liberal Initiative. A dozen billboards have changed the life of the ‘Twitter party’ the party began to be known as” Twitter “, but Sunday arrived in Parliament. No known faces or great features how did this? .. “, Di\u00e1rio de Not\u00edcias https:\/\/www.dn.pt\/poder\/iniciativa-liberal-uma-duzia-de-utdoors-mudaram-a-vida-do-partido-do-twitter-11387496.html  External links [ edit ]     "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki42\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki42\/liberal-initiative-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Liberal Initiative – Wikipedia"}}]}]