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Partido Socialista

Placement: Libertarian center-left

Socialist Party led by José Luís Carneiro: it governed Portugal under António Costa from 2015 to 2024 and is now in opposition; in 2026 its former leader Seguro became president of the Republic. Public health care and schools, wages, pro-Europeanism and NATO.

In short

On the traditional scale, Partido Socialista sits in the libertarian center-left camp. The clearest positions are on sovereignty: strongly towards “integration”; society: strongly towards “progress”; religion: strongly towards “secularism”; foreign policy: strongly towards “interventionism”. Among ideologies, the closest is social liberalism (91%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

Social liberalismThe Reformer91%Liberal socialismThe Actionist86%Technocratic reformismThe Expert86%

Similar parties

Parti SocialisteFrance98%Labour PartyIreland97%SDPFinland97%Partido Socialista Obrero EspañolSpain97%

Closest figures

Mário SoaresFounder of the Portuguese Socialist Party99%Sanna MarinFormer Prime Minister of Finland96%Justin TrudeauCanadian Prime Minister96%Pete ButtigiegFormer US Transportation Secretary94%Gavin NewsomGovernor of California94%
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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.