People Animals Nature

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People-Animals-Nature (Portuguese: Pessoas-Animais-Natureza, PAN) is an environmentalist, animal rights, and animal welfare-focused political party in Portugal, which was founded in 2009. In the 2011 Madeiran regional election, it received 2.13% of the votes (3,135) votes, electing one member to the regional parliament, Rui Manuel dos Santos Almeida. In 2015, they party won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic. In 2019, PAN won one seat in the European Parliament, and increased its seat share to four in the Assembly of the Republic (with two seats won in Lisbon, one in Porto, and one in Setúbal). In November 2021, amid a political crisis, the so-called geringonça (an informal left-wing alliance) collapsed due to disagreements over labor legislation and the following year's state budget. PAN was the only party in the parliament to abstain voting, arguing that the country was not ready for another political and potential financial crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. This move ultimately...

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