Brazil Union

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Brazil Union
União Brasil
AbbreviationUNIÃO
PresidentLuciano Bivar[1]
Secretary-GeneralAntônio Carlos Magalhães Neto
Founded6 October 2021; 5 months ago (6 October 2021)[2]
Registered8 February 2022; 42 days ago (8 February 2022)
Merger ofDemocrats
Social Liberal Party
Membership1,085,680[3]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism[4][5]
Economic liberalism[6]
Political positionCentre-right[4][7] to right-wing[8][9]
Colours  Blue
  Sky blue
  Yellow
  White
Slogan"Union, Brazil!"
TSE Identification Number44
Chamber of Deputies
81 / 513
Federal Senate
7 / 81
Governorships
3 / 27
State Assemblies
129 / 1,024
Mayors
552 / 5,570
City Councillors
5,546 / 56,810
Website
uniaobrasil.org.br

The Brazil Union (Portuguese: União Brasil) is a liberal-conservative political party in Brazil. The party was founded on 6 October 2021 from a merger between the Democrats (DEM) and the Social Liberal Party (PSL). The merger resulted in the biggest party in Brazil, and was approved by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court on 8 February 2022.[10][1][11][7][12]

History[]

Prelude to the merger[]

In 2017, Constitutional Amendment 97 was enacted, which established a progressive barrier clause, with that Brazilian political parties have free access to radio and television in electoral campaigns, as well federal funds. Likewise, the amendment prohibited the formation of political coalitions to contest proportional elections.[13] The purpose of the amendment was to reduce the number of political parties in Brazil.[14]

Since then, some political parties have been merged with others.[15][16][17] In 2021, the Social Liberal Party (PSL) and Democrats announced the upcoming merger. Historically, the Democrats were one of the largest parties on the Brazilian right, being the successor of the Liberal Front Party (PFL), while the PSL is historically a small social-liberal party, but with the election of Jair Bolsonaro as President started to position itself as a more right-wing party.

Merger formalized[]

The first rumors emerged by the end of 2019, during the crisis that culminated in the President Bolsonaro's departure from PSL,[18] and by the departure of several historical members of DEM, such as mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, the former president of the Chamber Rodrigo Maia and the vice governor of the state of São Paulo Rodrigo Garcia, in addition to bad election results of PSL in the municipals.[19]

The name along with the TSE number 44 was chosen at the end of September 2021. The merger was agreed upon on 6 October 2021 by an acclamation on a national convention containing representatives from both parties, and was legally approved by the Superior Electoral Court on 8 February 2022.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Renato Alves (6 October 2021). "Convenção marca junção de PSL-DEM e surgimento do União Brasil". O Tempo (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "Convenção Coletiva formaliza fusão do PSL e DEM, criando o União Brasil". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados". TSE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Marco Aurélio Nogueira (7 October 2021). "Uma fusão para mexer nas peças do jogo político". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ João Almeida Moreira (6 October 2021). "Direita cria maior partido do Brasil para fazer frente a Lula e Bolsonaro". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Manifesto União Brasil" (PDF). Democratas (in Portuguese). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Fusão pode ser referência de uma direita sem Bolsonaro". Nexo Jornal (in Portuguese). 6 October 2021.
  8. ^ Boldrin, Fernanda (5 October 2021). "'Fusão pode ser referência de uma direita sem Bolsonaro'". Nexo Jornal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  9. ^ Iglesias, Simone; Carvalho, Daniel (7 October 2021). "A Powerful, Right-Wing Party Emerges in Brazil Without Bolsonaro". Bloomberg (via MSN). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  10. ^ "TSE aprova registro do partido União Brasil". www.tse.jus.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Qual deve ser a cara do novo União Brasil, partido resultado da fusão de DEM e PSL?". correio braziliense (in Portuguese). 6 October 2021.
  12. ^ "União Brasil fortalece muito pré-candidatura de ACM Neto ao governo', diz Bruno Reis" (in Portuguese). 6 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Emenda Constitucional nº 97 de 4 de outubro de 2017" (in Portuguese). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  14. ^ "O Brasil está no caminho para reduzir o número de partidos?". Nexo Jornal (in Portuguese). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Plenário do TSE aprova incorporação do PRP ao Patriota" (in Portuguese). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  16. ^ "O Plenário aprova incorporação do PPL ao PCdoB" (in Portuguese). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  17. ^ "O Plenário aprova incorporação do PHS ao Podemos" (in Portuguese). 19 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  18. ^ "DEM articula fusão com ala pró-Bivar do PSL - Política". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Fusão PSL-DEM: o que está por trás do acordo para criar novo partido". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  20. ^ "DEM aprova, por aclamação, fusão com PSL; novo partido se chamará União Brasil". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
Preceded by Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
44 – UNION (UNIÃO) 		Succeeded by
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