Citizenship and Christian Democracy

{{Infobox political party

| country = Portugal

| name = Citizenship and Christian Democracy

| native_name = Cidadania e Democracia Cristã

| colorcode = #000080

| logo = Símbolo do Partido Cidadania e Democracia Cristã.png

| leader = Joana Câmara Pereira

| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|2009|7|1}}

| dissolution = {{end date|df=yes|2020|8|27}}

| merged = Chega

| ideology = Conservatism
Social conservatism
Christian right
Catholic social teaching
{{nowrap|Confessionalism of the state}}
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism

| position = Right-wing

| headquarters = Rua 24 de Junho, n.º 1497 {{nowrap|4800-076 Guimarães}}

| youth_wing =

| membership =

| international =

| national = Basta!

| european =

| europarl =

| colours = Navy blue

| website = [http://portugalprovida.blogspot.pt/ Official Portugal pro Vida blog]

}}

The Citizenship and Christian Democracy ({{langx|pt|Cidadania e Democracia Cristã}}, PPV/CDC) was a Portuguese minor right-wing political party, with an ideological foundation of anti-abortion, conservatism and the Christian right.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} PPV was approved by the Constitutional Court on 1 July 2009{{Cite web|title=TC > Jurisprudência > Acordãos > Acórdão 327/2009 .|url=http://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/20090327.html|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.tribunalconstitucional.pt|language=pt}} and defended the principles of the social doctrine of the Church.{{Cite web|date=2009-09-14|title=Dez à procura de um deputado - PUBLICO.PT|url=http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1400450&idCanal=12|access-date=2020-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914152508/http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1400450&idCanal=12|archive-date=2009-09-14}}

Composed by people from all political persuasions, although mostly from the conservative right, the Portugal Pro-Life presented its programme of policy proposals around the unconditional defense of life, understanding the concept of life and the various principles inherent to it as advocates Catholic Church doctrine, and Roman Catholicism as a state religion.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} On 27 August 2020, it was announced that the party would officially merge with Chega, after running together in the legislative and European elections of 2019.{{Cite web|title=Partido Pró-Vida vai fundir-se com o Chega|url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2020-08-27-Partido-Pro-Vida-vai-fundir-se-com-o-Chega|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Jornal Expresso|date=27 August 2020 |language=pt-PT}}

History

The party was born after the 2007 Portuguese abortion referendum, aiming to be a platform for the anti-abortion movement.{{Cite web|title=Cidadania e Democracia Cristã: Valores cristãos para uma sociedade menos desigual - DN|url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/cidadania-e-democracia-crista-valores-cristaos-para-uma-sociedade-menos-desigual-4809069.html|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.dn.pt|language=pt}} It was founded in 2009 with the name Partido Portugal Pró-Vida (Portugal Pro-Life Party), PPV. Its first leader was {{ill|Luís Botelho Ribeiro|pt}}.

In 2009, the PPV/CDC advocated the repeal of the abortion law and of the then recent amendments to the law of divorce, the prohibition of euthanasia, the revision of standards on sex education in schools so that parents have an active voice, the opposition to same-sex marriage, no age limit for voting (see youth suffrage), and that taxpayers should be able to determine how their taxes are spent.

In 2014, in the context of the European elections, the party (with its main candidate, Acácio Valente) held a demonstration in front of the Clínica dos Arcos clinic in Lisbon, a private clinic licensed to conduct abortions.{{Cite web|title=Partido Pro Vida manifesta-se à porta da Clínica dos Arcos|url=https://www.cm-tv.pt/atualidade/detalhe/partido-pro-vida-manifesta-se-a-porta-da-clinica-dos-arcos|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.cm-tv.pt|language=pt}}{{Cite web|title=SIC Notícias {{!}} Partido Pró-Vida apela a novo referendo sobre aborto|url=https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/europeias2014/2014-05-16-Partido-Pro-Vida-apela-a-novo-referendo-sobre-aborto|access-date=2020-08-23|website=SIC Notícias|date=16 May 2014 |language=pt-PT}} The candidate was also part of a debate in the Universidade da Beira Interior.{{Cite web|last=Portugal|first=Rádio e Televisão de|title=Cabeça de lista do Partido Pró Vida em campanha pela Beira Interior|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/cabeca-de-lista-do-partido-pro-vida-em-campanha-pela-beira-interior_v739291|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Cabeça de lista do Partido Pró Vida em campanha pela Beira Interior|date=21 May 2014 |language=pt}}

Sérgio Cales was the party's main candidate during the 2015 legislative election. In 2015, Manuel Matias became the party's leader.{{Cite web|last=Redação|date=2019-08-05|title=Eleições: Chega já tem cabeça de lista por Braga|url=https://ominho.pt/andre-ventura-chega-ja-tem-cabeca-de-lista-por-braga-as-legislativas/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=O Minho|language=pt-PT}} In the same year, the party changed its designation to Partido Cidadania e Democracia Cristã and its initials to CDC-PPV.{{Cite web|title=TC > Jurisprudência > Acordãos > Acórdão 386/2015 .|url=http://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/acordaos/20150386.html|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.tribunalconstitucional.pt|language=pt}}

In 2019, the party was part of a coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election, Basta!, along with Chega, the People's Monarchist Party and a movement called Democracy 21.{{Cite web|last=Redação|date=2019-04-13|title=Europeias: TC aceita coligação Basta, que será encabeçada por André Ventura|url=https://ominho.pt/europeias-tc-aceita-coligacao-basta-que-sera-encabecada-por-andre-ventura/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=O Minho|language=pt-PT}} The party justified its participation in the coalition as an attempt to "save Portugal from cultural Marxism".{{Cite web|last=Martins|first=Ruben|title=Partido Cidadania e Democracia Cristã junta-se ao Chega para "salvar Portugal do marxismo cultural"|url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/02/14/politica/noticia/partido-pro-vida-apoia-chega-salvar-portugal-marxismo-cultural-1861987|access-date=2020-08-23|website=PÚBLICO|date=14 February 2019 |language=pt}} Later that year, the party entered into a broad agreement with Chega, which included PPV/CDC members in its lists. PPV/CDC's then leader, Manuel Matias, ran as the head of Chega's list for Braga.

Election results

=Assembly of the Republic=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:16px;"
rowspan="2" width="50px"\| Election ! colspan="3"\| Assembly of the Republic ! rowspan="2" width="125px"\| Government ! rowspan="2" width="40px"\| Size ! rowspan="2" \| Leader
width="85px"\| Votes ! width="50px"\| % ! width="100px"\| Seats won
2009 \|8,461 \|0.15% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=#00AAAA}} \|No seats \|13th \|Luís Botelho Ribeiro
2011 \| 8,209 \| 0.15% \| {{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=#00AAAA}} \| \| No seats \| 14th \| Luís Botelho Ribeiro
2015 \| 2,685 \| 0.05% \| {{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=#00AAAA}} \| \| No seats \| 19th \| Joana Câmara Pereira
2019 within Chega \|67,502 \|1.29% \|{{Composition bar\|1\|230\|hex=#00AAAA}} \|No seats{{efn\|None of the CDC/PPV members within Chega lists were elected, the only person elected was Chega's own leader.}} \|7th \|André Ventura

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:16px;"

rowspan="2" width="50px"| Election

! colspan="3"| Assembly of the Republic

! rowspan="2" width="125px"| Government

! rowspan="2" width="40px"| Size

! rowspan="2" | Leader

width="85px"| Votes

! width="50px"| %

! width="100px"| Seats won

2009

|8,461

|0.15%

|{{Composition bar|0|230|hex=#00AAAA}}

|No seats

|13th

|Luís Botelho Ribeiro

2011

| 8,209

| 0.15%

| {{Composition bar|0|230|hex=#00AAAA}}

| | No seats

| 14th

| Luís Botelho Ribeiro

2015

| 2,685

| 0.05%

| {{Composition bar|0|230|hex=#00AAAA}}

| | No seats

| 19th

| Joana Câmara Pereira

2019

within Chega

|67,502

|1.29%

|{{Composition bar|1|230|hex=#00AAAA}}

|No seats{{efn|None of the CDC/PPV members within Chega lists were elected, the only person elected was Chega's own leader.}}

|7th

|André Ventura

= European Parliament =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:16px;"
rowspan="2" width="50px"\| Election ! colspan="3"\| European Parliament ! rowspan="2" \|Size ! rowspan="2" \| Leader
width="85px"\| Votes ! width="50px"\| % ! width="100px"\| Seats won
2014 \| 12,008 \| 0.37% \| {{Composition bar\|0\|21\|hex=#00AAAA}} \|14th \| Acácio Valente
2019 Basta! coalition \| 49,496 \| 1.49% \| {{Composition bar\|0\|21\|hex=#00AAAA}} \|9th \| André Ventura

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%; line-height:16px;"

rowspan="2" width="50px"| Election

! colspan="3"| European Parliament

! rowspan="2" |Size

! rowspan="2" | Leader

width="85px"| Votes

! width="50px"| %

! width="100px"| Seats won

2014

| 12,008

| 0.37%

| {{Composition bar|0|21|hex=#00AAAA}}