Progressive Party (Portugal)
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Progressive Party Portuguese: Partido Progressista | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PP |
| Leader | Anselmo José Braamcamp |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Dissolved | 1910 |
| Merger of | Historic Party Reformist Party |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Ideology | Constitutional monarchism Liberalism Progressivism Republicanism (minority) |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colors | Red |
The Progressive Party (Portuguese: Partido Progressista), along with their opponent the Partido Regenerador, was a political party in Portugal during the constitutional monarchy at the end of the 19th century.[1]
It developed from the Pact of Granja (7 September 1876), which fused the Historic Party and the Reformist Party, which both espoused liberal ideals, and had political opinions counter the Regenerator Party's leader (which included both left-leaning and conservative members), Fontes Pereira de Melo.
At the time, the Progressista and Regenerator parties were sociological and psychological different entities, causing factionalist divisions in society. A good example of this breach occurred in Seixal, where two philharmonic bands were established that supported the Partido Regenerador, the Timbre Seixalense, and the Sociedade Filarmónica União Seixalense (created in 1871), which supported the Partido Progressista.
The Progressistas (as they were referred) began their activities on 17 November 1876.
