Portugal
Socialist Party
Social democracy
Portugal’s main centre-left party, which governed from 2015 to 2024 with support from parties to its left. Campaigns on minimum wage increases, public services and labour rights.
- Founded
- 1973
- Positions as of
- 2024 legislative election programme
- Last verified
What does it believe?
Wealth and inequality
Raised the minimum wage substantially across its terms while running budget surpluses in later years.
Tradition and change
Legislated euthanasia and expanded parental leave and gender identity recognition.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- Programa Eleitoral · Partido Socialista · 2024
- Declaração de Princípios · Partido Socialista
Logo: PS Logo (Text version).png · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons.