(A)TUA (lit. 'Act') is a Portuguese political party focused on securing the rights of pensioners.[1] Founded in 2015 as the United Party of Retirees and Pensioners (Portuguese: Partido Unido dos Reformados e Pensionistas, PURP) by António Mateus Dias and Fernando Loureiro, it was registered by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 13 July 2015.[2] It contested the Portuguese legislative election, 2015 and the European Parliament election, 2019.
(A)TUA (A)TUA | |
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| Abbreviation | A)T |
| Leader | Rui Lima |
| Founded | July 13, 2015 |
| Headquarters | Rua Pedrouços, nº. 27, Gabinete 11-E 1400-285 Lisboa (Lisbon) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| Assembly of the Republic | 0 / 230
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The party is generally anti-austerity and sees itself as a defender of the weak and vulnerable in Portuguese society, which also includes people in poor, neglected inland areas. They claim to be "defending the values of human dignity, freedom, justice and solidarity".[3] Their main goal is to raise minimum pensions to the national minimum wage. Other goals are promoting transparency in the public sector, preventing corruption and cronyism, securing free health and education for ordinary people, non-discrimination on the grounds of age, race, religion and gender and separating political power from economic power.[3]
The party changed its name and logo in 2024, in order to contest the June European Parliament election with Joana Amaral Dias as the party's candidate, but Amaral Dias decided to run with the support of the National Democratic Alternative (ADN) and (A)TUA dropped out from the EP elections.[4]
Environmentalism
edit(A)TUA states that it wants to secure environmental protection and promote sustainable development, as a precautionary principle for future generations.[3]
Foreign policy
editIn foreign policy, the party defends that Portugal should advocate regulation of the economic and financial system at the global level as well as the abolition of tax havens and support the UN in obtaining these goals.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lusa (7 April 2015). "Partido Unido dos Reformados e Pensionistas quer concorrer às próximas eleições". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "TC > Jurisprudência > Acordãos > Acórdão 370/2015 ". www.tribunalconstitucional.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Declaração de Princípios". PURP. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ ""Traição". Por Amaral Dias, PURP mudou de nome - ela acabou no ADN". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.