We, the Citizens!

We, the Citizens! Nós, Cidadãos!

Abbreviation	NC
President	Mendo Castro Henriques
Founded	23 June 2015 (2015-06-23)
Preceded by	Instituto Democracia Portuguesa
Headquarters	Rua Gonçalves Crespo, 16A – 1150-185 Lisboa
Ideology	Social liberalism Democratic liberalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Gold
Assembly of the Republic	0 / 230
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional Parliaments	0 / 104
Local government	0 / 2,086
Website
noscidadaos.pt
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We, the Citizens! (Portuguese: Nós, Cidadãos!) is a Portuguese political party founded by members of the Portuguese Institute of Democracy (Instituto Democracia Portuguesa, IDP) after the large protest against the introduction of a single social tax in 2012. IDP is a civic association founded in 2007 and advocating the need for a more democratic society, respecting the sovereignty of the people and the rule of law. Nós, Cidadãos! claims to be "Classical Social Democrats", and campaign on government and judicial reform, participatory democracy, sustainability and social justice. The party strongly supports European integration. It is supported by several prominent judges and legal scholars as well as the famous Portuguese singer and composer José Cid.^[1]

In the legislative elections of 2015, they received 21,382 votes, ranked 12th, and did not elect any member of parliament. One quirk of their performance, however, was their second place in the "Outside Europe" constituency, behind the Portugal à Frente coalition. They even came top among registered voters in China. The Constitutional Court rejected a petition by the Socialist Party, who came third, to contest the election on the grounds of alleged electoral fraud.

References

↑ Nós, Cidadãos é o novo partido de centro-direita em formação, Publico.pt, retrieved 17 September 2015 (Portuguese)

External links

Official website

Political parties in Portugal

Parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic (230)	Social Democratic Party (89) Socialist Party (86) Left Bloc (19) CDS – People's Party (18) Unitary Democratic Coalition (17: Portuguese Communist Party, 15 — Ecologist Party "The Greens", 2) People–Animals–Nature (1)

Legislative Assembly of the Azores Autonomous Region (57)	Socialist Party (31) Social Democratic Party (20) CDS – People's Party (3) Left Bloc (1) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (1) People's Monarchist Party (1)

Legislative Assembly of the Madeira Autonomous Region (47)	Social Democratic Party (24) CDS – People's Party (7) Change Coalition (Socialist Party — Portuguese Labour Party — People–Animals–Nature – Earth Party) (6) Together for the People (5) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (2) Left Bloc (2) Independent (elected for the, now extinct, New Democracy Party) (1)

European Parliament (21)	Socialist Party (8) Social Democratic Party (6) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (3) Democratic Republican Party (1) Earth Party (1) CDS – People's Party (1) Left Bloc (1)

Non-parliamentary parties	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar National Renovator Party Socialist Alternative Movement We, the Citizens! United Party of Retirees and Pensioners Christian Democratic and Citizenship Party Liberal Democratic Party Workers Party of Socialist Unity

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