Partido Democrático do Atlântico
The Partido Democrático do Atlântico (PDA), [pɐɾˈtidu dɨmuˈkɾatiku du ɐˈtlɐ̃tiku] , in German Democratic Party of the Atlantic , is a regional separatist party in Portugal . The party's most important political goal is greater autonomy for the two archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , comparable to other overseas territories of the European Union .
The party was founded on November 5, 1979 and arose primarily from other, partly right-wing, political groups such as the Frente de Libertação dos Açores . After the Carnation Revolution in 1974, they feared a Sovietization of Portugal and also demonstrated with bomb attacks their will to move Portugal further to the right politically.
Today, however, the party has hardly any support, which is because the autonomy of the two archipelagos is particularly extensive. Both have their own island parliaments, can raise their own taxes and thus act largely independently of the continental government. In the regional elections in the Azores in 2004, the party received only 248 votes (0.23 percent), in the elections in 2008 619 votes (0.69 percent). In the 2005 parliamentary elections, the PDA received 1,618 votes (0.03 percent) and thus just as clearly missed out on entry into the Assembleia da República .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at the Portuguese Constitutional Court (port.)
- ^ Results of the regional elections in the Azores 2004 of the CNE (port.)
- ^ António Gil: Eleições Regionais Açores 2008: resultados finais oficiais (vídeo). In: RTP Açores . October 19, 2008, accessed May 25, 2019 (European Portuguese).
- ^ Results of the 2005 parliamentary elections of the CNE (port.)
Web links
- PDA website (Portuguese)