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Center party founded by Gilberto Kassab in 2011, pragmatic and without a defined ideology, that joins governments of any camp. It defends a market economy, institutional stability and federalism, with leaders such as Ratinho Jr. and Eduardo Paes.
Political axes
Leans further toward globalism than 86% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
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Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
Pro-market centrist branch that combines fiscal responsibility, liberal democracy, moderate international openness, and institutional reform, rejecting both broad statism and libertarian radicalism as a political program.
Political position that seeks balance between left and right, valuing moderation, pragmatism, and consensus, and combining elements of different currents to avoid extremes and favor gradual reforms.
Current of Brazil's PSDB, founded in 1988 by Covas, Montoro and Cardoso, joining a market economy, social state, state reform and fiscal responsibility with parliamentarism and moderation on social issues.
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Pol Pot SocialismRadical Left31%
Opposition leader stripped of his mandate by the dictatorship and founder of the PSDB, Covas called for a capitalism shock in the 1989 campaign and, as governor of São Paulo, pursued fiscal adjustment, privatizations and concessions with a social democratic, ethical message.
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Center-right party created in 2022 through the merger of DEM and PSL, a core of the centrão and now in federation with the PP. It defends a market economy, agribusiness and moderate moral conservatism, with ministers in Lula's government and ties to Congress.
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