The Left Bloc ( , BE), colloquially shortened as O Bloco, is a

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. A

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and

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party, it has been described as

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

far-left Far-left politics, also known as extreme left politics or left-wing extremism, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single, coherent definition; some ...

. It is currently led by

Mariana Mortágua Mariana Rodrigues Mortágua (born 24 June 1986) is a Portuguese economist and politician who is the National Coordinator of the Left Bloc, serving since 28 May 2023. In 2013, she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, replac ...

History

Formation and early history

The Left Bloc was formed in 1999 by the merger of the

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People's Democratic Union,

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Revolutionary Socialist Party, and the

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. It has had full party status since its founding, yet the constituent groups have maintained their existence as individual political associations, retaining some levels of autonomy in a loose structure. In the 1999 legislative election the BE polled at 2%. In

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this rose to 3%.

Louçã's leadership (1999–2012)

In the 1999 election BE received 2.4% of the votes leading them to enter the Assembly of the Republic for the first time with 2 MPs for the Lisbon constituency. These representatives were Francisco Louçã and Fernando Rosas. In the

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BE received 6.5% of the votes winning them 8 MPs. In the 2006 presidential elections, the Left Bloc's candidate,

Francisco Louçã Francisco Anacleto Louçã (; born 12 November 1956) is a Portuguese economist and politician. Biography He is the second son of António Seixas Louçã, a Portuguese Navy Officer, and his wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto, lawyer, grandda ...

, received 288,224 votes (5.31%). In the

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they received 10.73% winning them 3

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. They also surpassed the CDU for the first time in an election. At the subsequent 2009 national election, the party obtained 9.81% of votes and 16 members of parliament in the 230-seat Assembly of the Republic. The

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led socialist prime minister

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to agree to a bailout memorandum with the

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. In the subsequent 2011 snap election, the country saw a massive shift to the right, with the Left Bloc losing nearly half of its previous popular support, obtaining only 5.17% of the vote and 8 members of parliament. This defeat is generally attributed to the partial support certain sections of the party appeared to offer the unpopular Socialist government while the latter pursued an

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program in response to the

Martins' leadership (2012–2023)

The historical merger of ideologies that gave rise to the Portuguese Left Bloc was a process that lasted sixteen years. Its main actors aged and times changed, which led to an awareness of the need for modernization and realism.

is one of the founders who most insisted on restricting theory to the basic

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and

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principles common to partisans and supporters in order to conquer a wider range of constituencies. The game would necessarily be played in the framework of

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, active participation and defence of

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. After thirteen years of intensive labor as a leader, Louçã quit the position of party chairman in 2012 arguing that "it is time for renewal" and delegating his functions to a man and a woman. Catarina Martins, 39 years old, and João Semedo, a veteran, would be elected co-chairmen of the party on 11 November 2012. However, the renewal process would last for over one year.In early 2014, the Left Bloc suffered a split, when elected Left Bloc MEP Rui Tavares, who already in 2011 had become an

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, founded left-ecologist

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party. Left-wing intellectuals who had come together to the Manifesto 3D collective challenged the Left Bloc to converge with LIVRE towards a joined list in the upcoming

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. Two official meetings in late 2014 and early 2015 however failed with the Left Bloc referring to programmatic differences with Tavares. So while the severe

programs under prime minister Passos Coelho did backdrop on the Portuguese political right, the European election in May saw the

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and liberal

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as relative winners, whereas the Left Bloc lost more than half of 2009's votes and two of its three mandates. LIVRE received 2.2% but failed to win any mandate. In the 2015 legislative election, the Left Bloc achieved 10.2% of the votes and elected 19 deputies, their best result in legislative elections ever, in what was considered a major upset. On 10 November 2015, Catarina Martins signed an agreement with the

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that is aimed at identifying convergence issues, while also recognizing their differences. The Bloc supported the minority Socialist Costa Government (2015–2019) with a

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agreement. The Socialist Party government would be re-elected in

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, with the Left Bloc returning to opposition. The party voted against the 2022 budget, triggering an election in January of that year. The Left Bloc would lose 14 seats, reducing them to five, and over half of their popular vote from 2019 — tactical voting for the Socialist Party and the Left Bloc's opposition to the budget were blamed. The Socialist Party would be re-elected with a majority government.

Mortágua's leadership (2023–present)

On 14 February 2023, Catarina Martins announced she would leave the Left Bloc's leadership. In the 13th Convention of the Left Bloc, on 27 and 28 May 2023,

, one of the party's most well known deputies, was elected as the party coordinator with 83% of the votes. After the resignation of António Costa, the Left Bloc expected to gain seats and increase their voting share. Despite that, in the 2024 legislative election, the Left Bloc achieved a very similar result, keeping their five seats. Following that poor result, and in light of

Luís Montenegro Luís Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves (; born 16 February 1973) is a Portuguese politician and lawyer serving as the prime minister of Portugal since April 2024. He is the president of the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social De ...

's victory, Mariana Mortágua led negotiations with the remaining parties on the left ( PS, PCP,

and PAN) in order to build an alternative to the incoming right-wing government. In January 2025, a scandal broke out when it was revealed that, among other party workers layed off after the poor results of the 2022 election, were two breastfeeding mothers, with Mariana Mortágua apologizing for the mistake of the previous leadership. This sparked outrage, with the members of internal opposition, led by Pedro Soares, resigning from the political commission. In the 2025 legislative election, the Left Bloc took inspiration from the results of

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in that year's German election, nominating the party's founders as heads of lists in strategic constituencies (

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Luís Fazenda Luís Emídio Lopes Mateus Fazenda (born on 8 October 1957) is a Portuguese professor and politician. Family He is the son of Emídio Salvador Fazenda (born in Faro on December 19, 1929) and his wife Maria de Lourdes Ortigão Peres Lopes Mateus ...

in Aveiro and

Fernando Rosas Fernando José Mendes Rosas (born 18 April 1946) is a Portuguese historian, professor and politician, being one of the founders of the Left Bloc. Biography Early life and education Rosas was born on 18 April 1946. He studied at Pedro Nu ...

Leiria Leiria () is a city and municipality in the Central Region, Portugal, Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat o ...

), using

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in campaigning for the first time in Portugal and investing in

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during the campaign. Despite that, the party suffered its worst result ever, winning 2% of the popular vote, its lowest ever, and electing only one member to the Assembly. The party lost more than half of its 2024 voters, falling to 125,808 total votes.

Ideology

The Left Bloc rose to prominence "following a successful anti-austerity campaign and its backing by a growing popular social movement." It has been described as "Portugal's biggest supporter of

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and

anti-racist Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and delibera ...

legislation" and been associated with the

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. It occupies a flexible and moderate position to the left of the

(PS). In comparison to the

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, the Left Bloc has been described as "more socially libertarian". At present, together with the PS, Left Bloc aims at "building a stable, long-lasting and reliable majority at the Parliament, in order to support the formation and subsequent action of a government committed to the change demanded through the ballot box". This purpose foreshadows changes taking place not only in the

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but as in all European territory. The party wants a stronger welfare state, rent controls, and to tax the wealthy and big companies. It also wants to use Portugal's budget surplus to increase investment in healthcare and education, lower tax on salaries and energy, and restrict the number of Airbnb's overburdened areas.

Society

The Bloc has proposed a number of important laws on

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and guarantees, including the protection of citizens from racist, xenophobic, and homophobic discrimination, support for

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, laws for the protection of workers and anti-bullfighting legislation. These included Portugal's first law on

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, which was then passed in parliament with the support of the

and the

. The Left Bloc has called for the legalisation of

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in Portugal. The party attempted to pass legislation in Parliament regarding cannabis law reform in Portugal in 2013 and 2015, both of which were rejected by the then ruling

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coalition government.

Economy

In terms of economics the party advocates "greater

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in the economy in order to reduce inequalities", such as rises to the

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. It has also put forward "many legislative proposals defending salaries,

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and the

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". The party has been described as

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. In September 2019, the party called for the minimum monthly wage to be raised to

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650 for both the

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and

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in January 2020.

International relations

It is part of the

European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet The European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet (ELA) is a European political party formed as a split from the Party of the European Left (PEL). The ELA consists of seven national-level political parties connected to Now the People (NTP ...

; a pan-European party that supports an alternative to capitalism. The party has close relations with other European

parties, such as Spanish Podemos,

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, Swedish Left Party and German

Electoral performance

Assembly of the Republic

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Presidential

European Parliament

Local elections

Regional Assemblies

Organization

Leadership

Party Coordinators

Parliamentary leaders

(

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): 1999 – 2009 *

José Manuel Pureza José Manuel Marques da Silva Pureza (born 18 December 1958) is a Portuguese sociology professor and politician. A member of the Left Bloc (Portugal), Left Bloc, he was elected to the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republi ...

(

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

): 2009 – 2011 *

(

): 2011 – 2012 * Pedro Filipe Soares ( Aveiro;

): 2012 – 2024 * Fabian Figueiredo (

): 2024 – 2025

Elected politicians

Members of the Assembly of the Republic

(

) *

(

) * Fabian Figueiredo (Lisbon) *

Marisa Matias Marisa Isabel dos Santos Matias (born 20 February 1976) is a Portuguese sociologist and politician. She is a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2024. She was also a Member of the European Parliament, between 2009 and 2024. She current ...

(

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)
''

Isabel Pires Isabel Cristina Rua Pires (born 21 June 1990) is a Portugal, Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the Left Bloc (Portugal), ...

– from April 2024 to May 2024'' * ''

José Soeiro José Borges de Araújo de Moura Soeiro (born 11 August 1984) is a Portuguese sociologist and politician, and a former member of the Assembly of the Republic, where he rpresented the Left Bloc. He acted as an MP from 2008 to 2025. He obtaine ...

(Porto) – until February 2025''

– from February 2025 *

Joana Mortágua Joana Rodrigues Mortágua (born 24 June 1986) is a Portuguese politician. A member of the Left Bloc (''Bloco de Esquerda''), she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2015, representing Setúbal. Early life and e ...

(

Setúbal Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...

) *

(Lisbon) * Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) * '' Catarina Martins (Porto) – until September 2023''

– from September 2023 *

(Porto)
''

– from February 2023 to August 2023'' *

(Setúbal) *

(Lisbon) * Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon)
'' Fabian Figueiredo – from April 2021 to June 2021'' *

Beatriz Gomes Dias Beatriz Gebalina Pereira Gomes Dias is a Portuguese (born 26 March 1971) teacher, activist and politician who was born in Senegal. She was elected as a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, representing the Left Bloc, in 2019, but ...

(Lisbon) * Jorge Costa (Lisbon) *

(Lisbon) * Catarina Martins (Porto) *

(Porto) * Luís Monteiro (Porto) * Maria Manuel Rola (Porto) * José Maria Cardoso (

) * Alexandra Vieira (Braga) *

(Setúbal) * '' Sandra Cunha (Setúbal) – until April 2021''
Diana Santos – from April 2021 * Moisés Ferreira ( Aveiro) * Nelson Peralta (Aveiro) * Ricardo Vicente (

)
''Manuel Azenha – from June 2020 to January 2021'' *

(

) * João Vasconcelos ( Faro) * Fabíola Cardoso ( Santarém) *

(Lisbon) * Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) * Jorge Costa (Lisbon) *

(Lisbon) * Jorge Falcato Simões (Lisbon)
''Maria Luísa Cabral – from June 2016 to January 2018'' * Catarina Martins (Porto) *

(Porto) * Luís Monteiro (Porto) * ''Domicília Costa (Porto) – until July 2017''
Maria Manuel Rola – from July 2017 * ''Jorge Campos (Porto) – until December 2018''
Fernando Manuel Barbosa – from December 2018 * Pedro Soares (Braga) *

(Setúbal) * Sandra Cunha (Setúbal) * Moisés Ferreira (Aveiro) * Heitor de Sousa (Leiria) *

(Coimbra) * João Vasconcelos (Faro) * Carlos Matias (Santarém) * ''Paulino Ascensão (

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) – until May 2018''
Ernesto Ferraz – from May 2018 * ''

(Lisbon) – until October 2012''
Helena Pinto – from October 2012 * '' Ana Drago (Lisbon) – until August 2013''
''Rita Calvário– from June 2011 to September 2011''

– from August 2013 *

(Lisbon) * ''

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(Porto) – until'' ''March 2015''

– from March 2015 * Catarina Martins (Porto) * Mariana Aiveca (Setúbal) * Pedro Filipe Soares (Aveiro) * '' Cecília Honório (Faro) – until June 2015''
Eugénia Taveira – from June 2015 *

(Lisbon) * Ana Drago (Lisbon) *

(Lisbon) * Helena Pinto (Lisbon) * Rita Calvário (Lisbon) *

(Porto) * Catarina Martins (Porto) *

(Porto) * Pedro Soares (Braga) * ''

(Setúbal) – until October 2010''
Jorge Costa – from October 2010 * Mariana Aiveca (Setúbal) * Pedro Filipe Soares (Aveiro) *

(Coimbra) * Heitor de Sousa (Leiria) * José Gusmão (Santarém) * Cecília Honório (Faro) *

(Lisbon) *

(Lisbon) * Ana Drago (Lisbon)
'' Cecília Honório – from September 2006 to January 2009'' * Helena Pinto (Lisbon) * ''João Teixeira Lopes (Porto) – until March 2006''

– from March 2006 * Alda Macedo (Porto)
''

– from December 2007 to June 2008'' *

(Setúbal)
''António Chora – from April 2006 to December 2007'' * Mariana Aiveca (Setúbal) *

(Lisbon)
'' Joana Amaral Dias – from January 2003 to August 2003'' *

(Lisbon)
'' Ana Drago – from September 2002 to January 2003'' * João Teixeira Lopes (Porto)
'' Alda Sousa – from February 2004 to June 2004'' *

(Lisbon)
''

Helena Neves Helena Neves was an active Portuguese communist and feminist and an opponent of the '' Estado Novo'' regime in Portugal, being imprisoned on three occasions. She became a successful journalist and was a deputy in the Portuguese parliament, the ...

– from October 2000 to December 2000''
''

– from February 2001 to March 2001'' *

(Lisbon)
''

– from December 2000 to February 2001''
''

– from September 2001 to February 2002''

Members of the European Parliament

* Catarina Martins * ''

– until March 2024''
Anabela Rodrigues – from March 2024 * José Gusmão *

* ''

Miguel Portas Miguel de Sacadura Cabral Portas (1 May 1958 – 24 April 2012) was a Portuguese politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Left Bloc, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. He was a member of the Committee ...

– until April 2012''
Alda Sousa – from April 2012 *

* '' Rui Tavares – became independent in June 2011'' *

Notes

References

External links

*
Website of the newspaper "Esquerda"

What is the Left Bloc?
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