LIVRE


LIVRE, temporarily known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar, is a green left-wing List of [political parties in Portugal|Portuguese political party], founded in 2014. Its founding principles are ecology, universalism, freedom, equality, solidarity, socialism, and pro-Europeanism.
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History

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. 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. The party was legalised by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 20 March 2014. On 20 May 2015, it officially changed its name LIVRE to LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar, with L/TDA as its abbreviation. 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. 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. 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 the party expelled her from their caucus on 31 January 2020, losing all representation in the Assembly of the Republic.
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. Rui Tavares was elected as the party's sole MP, with LIVRE regaining representation in parliament.
During the 2024 legislative election, LIVRE increased their result to 3.2% and elected 4 MPs: Rui Tavares, Isabel Mendes Lopes, Jorge Pinto and Paulo Muacho.
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. Rui Tavares was later criticized for not being as present as other party leaders in the party's campaign for the European elections. In the end, LIVRE achieved 3.8% of the votes, their best result so far, but failed to elect any MEPs.

Organization

Structure

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 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.

Elected politicians

Members of the Assembly of the Republic

Filipa Pinto – from October 2024 to January 2025

Political stances

One of the main points of the party's manifesto going into the 2022 Portuguese legislative election was support for a universal basic income. 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.

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Vote share in the Portuguese legislative elections

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ElectionMain candidateVotes%Seats+/-GovernmentNotes
2015Rui Tavares39,3300.7 New
2019Joacine Katar Moreira56,9401.1 1

1		Joacine Katar Moreira was expelled
from the LIVRE caucus in January 2020.
2019Joacine Katar Moreira56,9401.1 1

1		Joacine Katar Moreira was expelled
from the LIVRE caucus in January 2020.
2022Rui Tavares71,2321.3 1
2024Rui Tavares204,8753.2 3
2025Rui Tavares257,2914.1 2

Local elections

The following results include LIVRE led coalitions.
ElectionVotes%Mayors+/-Councillors+/-Assemblies+/-Parishes+/-
201717,4170.06NewNewNewNew
202124,6850.050121
202558,4401.07002338