LIVRE

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LIVRE
AbbreviationL
SpokespersonRui Tavares
Founded31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
Legalised20 March 2014 (2014-03-20)
HeadquartersRua Marcos Portugal, n.º 22-A 1200–258 Lisboa Lisbon
Membership (2024)1900[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[6][7] to left-wing[5][10]
European affiliation
European Parliament groupGreens/EFA[13]
Colours
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  •   Red
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Election symbol
File:Livre (Símbolo Eleitoral).png
Party flag
File:Partido LIVRE Flag.png
Website
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LIVRE[14] (L; lit. 'FREE'), temporarily known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar[15] (lit. 'FREE/Time to Move Forward', L/TDA), is a green left-wing Portuguese political party, founded in 2014. Its founding principles are ecology, universalism, freedom, equality, solidarity, socialism, and pro-Europeanism.[16]

History

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File:Rui Tavares - X Congresso do LIVRE 2021.png
Rui Tavares, founder of LIVRE, during its 10th Congress in 2021

In 2011, Left Bloc's Independent MEP Rui Tavares departed the party's group due to disagreements with coordinator Francisco Louçã and began sitting as an independent in European Parliament.[17] Tavares also left the Left Bloc's European Parliament group, GUE-NGL, and began sitting with Greens–European Free Alliance.

In 2014, ahead of that year's European elections, LIVRE was formed, with Tavares being its most notable founder. Its founding congress was 31 January.[18] The party was legalised by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 20 March 2014.[19] On 20 May 2015, it officially changed its name LIVRE to LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar, with L/TDA as its abbreviation.[20] This change was made in order to run for the 2015 legislative election in a broad coalition with the citizen platform Tempo de Avançar, as only political parties can run in legislative elections.[21] It switched back to its original name a few years later. Its symbol is a poppy.

In the 2019 legislative election the party entered parliament for the first time, with Joacine Katar Moreira as their sole MP.[22] After several clashes between Katar Moreira and the party's leadership, including accusations that LIVRE only used her to achieve the state mandated subvention due to her being a black woman, and Katar Moreira's claim that the election was "won" only by her[23][24] the party expelled her from their caucus on 31 January 2020, losing all representation in the Assembly of the Republic.[25]

During the campaign for the 2022 legislative election, Rui Tavares, once again the main candidate from LIVRE, was able to appear in the televised debates due to the party having elected one MP during the previous election.[26] Rui Tavares was elected as the party's sole MP, with LIVRE regaining representation in parliament.[27]

During the 2024 legislative election, LIVRE increased their result to 3.2% and elected 4 MPs: Rui Tavares, Isabel Mendes Lopes (who became the first Parliamentary leader of LIVRE), Jorge Pinto and Paulo Muacho.[28]

In the same year, LIVRE selected Francisco Paupério as the main candidate for the 2024 European Parliament election after his victory in the party primaries, a result that caused some internal turmoil in the party after allegations of electoral fraud.[29] Rui Tavares was later criticized for not being as present as other party leaders in the party's campaign for the European elections.[15] In the end, LIVRE achieved 3.8% of the votes, their best result so far, but failed to elect any MEPs.[18]

Organization

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Structure

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The party's political responsibilities are divided between two main organs, both elected for two-year terms in the party congress: the Contact Group, composed of 15 people elected through lists and which are responsible for the Executive functioning of the party; the Assembly, composed of 50 people (with gender parity) elected through individual candidacies, responsible for determining the political positioning of the party. Unlike most parties in the Portuguese landscape, LIVRE does not have a determined leadership role, having rotating roles such a male-female Spokespeople duo from the Contact Group and a Coordinator of the Board of the Assembly. Given that both organs have term-limits and no person can be in one organ more than three consecutive terms, they are considered as rotative roles.[30]

Leadership positions

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Mandate Co-Spokesperson for the Contact Group Co-Spokesperson for the Contact Group Coordinator of the Board of the Assembly
2024– Rui Tavares Isabel Mendes Lopes Patricia Gonçalves
2022–2024 Teresa Mota
2020–2022 Pedro Mendonça Isabel Mendes Lopes Luciana Rio Branco
Patrícia Robalo
José Manuel Azevedo
2018–2020 Ana Natário
2016–2018 Rui Tavares
2014–2016 Marta Loja Neves

Elected politicians

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Members of the Assembly of the Republic

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17th Legislature (2025 – present)
16th Legislature (2024 – 2025)
15th Legislature (2022 – 2024)
14th Legislature (2019 – 2022)

Political stances

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One of the main points of the party's manifesto going into the 2022 Portuguese legislative election was support for a universal basic income.[31] The party also highlighted its support for increasing the national minimum wage to €1,000 per month, extending support for: remote working, pregnant workers, workers with health problems, caregivers and supporting "micro-businesses". The party also supports a Green New Deal for Portugal, lowering VAT from 23% to 6% on vets and pet food, banning bullfighting and legalizing cannabis.[32][33]

Election results

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Assembly of the Republic

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Vote share in the Portuguese legislative elections <timeline> ImageSize = width:280 height:200 PlotArea = width:218 height:170 left:40 bottom:20 AlignBars = justify

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Election Main candidate Votes % Seats +/- Government Notes
2015 Rui Tavares 39,330 0.7 (#9)
0 / 230
 New No seats
2019 Joacine Katar Moreira 56,940 1.1 (#9)
1 / 230
0 / 230
 Increase 1

Decrease 1 		Opposition Joacine Katar Moreira was expelled
from the LIVRE caucus in January 2020.
No seats
2022 Rui Tavares 71,232 1.3 (#9)
1 / 230
 Increase 1 Opposition
2024 204,875 3.2 (#7)
4 / 230
 Increase 3 Opposition
2025 257,291 4.1 (#5)
6 / 230
 Increase 2 Opposition


Presidential

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Election Candidate Supported Votes % Result
2016 Sampaio da Nóvoa 1,062,138 22.9 (#2) Lost Red XN
2021 Ana Gomes 540,823 13.0 (#2) Lost Red XN
2026 Jorge Pinto TBD TBD TBD

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2014 Rui Tavares 71,495 2.2 (#6)
0 / 21
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2019 60,446 1.8 (#8)
0 / 21
 Steady 0
2024 Francisco Paupério 148,572 3.8 (#7)
0 / 21
 Steady 0

Local elections

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The following results include LIVRE led coalitions.

Election Votes % Mayors +/- Councillors +/- Assemblies +/- Parishes +/-
2017 17,417 0.06
0 / 308
 New
0 / 2,074
 New
1 / 6,461
 New
2 / 27,019
 New
2021 24,685 0.05
0 / 308
 Steady0
1 / 2,064
 Increase1
3 / 6,448
 Increase2
3 / 26,797
 Increase1
2025 58,440 1.07
0 / 308
 Steady0
1 / 2,058
 Steady0
26 / 6,463
 Increase23
41 / 27,973
 Increase38

Regional Assemblies

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Region Election Main candidate Votes % Seats +/- Government
Azores 2016 José Manuel Azevedo 227 0.2 (#11)
0 / 57
 New No seats
2020 362 0.4 (#11)
0 / 57
 Steady 0 No seats
2024 735 0.6 (#8)
0 / 57
 Steady 0 No seats
Madeira 2023 Tiago Camacho 858 0.6 (#10)
0 / 47
 New No seats
2024 Marta Sofia 911 0.7 (#11)
0 / 47
 Steady 0 No seats
2025 959 0.7 (#10)
0 / 47
 Steady 0 No seats

References

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  11. ^ European Spring Webpage (retrieved on 17 October 2018)
  12. ^ Livre announcement (retrieved on 19 January 2022)
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  14. ^ ACÓRDÃO N.º 316/2017 Tribunal Constitucional. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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