New Social Order (Portugal) Explained

New Social Order
Native Name:Nova Ordem Social
Country:Portugal
Dissolved:November 2019[1]
Colorcode:green
Leader:Mário Machado
Foundation:April 26, 2014[2]
Split:National Renovator Party
Ideology:Portuguese nationalism
Ultranationalism
Anti-immigration
White nationalism
Neo-Nazism
Neo-Salazarism[3]
Lusitanian Integralism
European:None
Position:Far-right[4]
Seats1 Title:Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Seats2 Title:European Parliament
Website:http://nova-ordem-social.blogspot.com/

The New Social Order (Portuguese: Nova Ordem Social, NOS), was a far-right[5] political movement in Portugal. Founded by Mário Machado in 2014 after he distanced himself from the National Renovator Party due to the party's opposition to the more extremist elements of the movement, Machado had also previously been a member of the Portuguese Hammerskins.[6]

History

In February 2019 the movement organised a march through the streets of Lisbon to commemorate former prime minister António de Oliveira Salazar, whose rule has been described as authoritarian and nationalist. The march numbered around fifty and lasted around an hour.[7]

On August 10, 2019 the New Social Order organised an event which it called the "largest nationalist event in Portugal".[8] Sixty-five attendees were present with delegations from numerous far-right parties across Europe, the event was held at a hotel in Lisbon. In response to the event hundreds of demonstrators protested outside the hotel and prime minister Antonio Costa was criticised for allowing the event to take place without intervention on behest of the government.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A minha saída de líder da Nova Ordem Social e a sua suspensão . .
  2. Web site: A história de amor entre um skinhead e uma menina de Cascais.
  3. Web site: Nova Ordem Social and Their Homage to Salazar. 5 February 2019.
  4. News: Far-right conference in Lisbon draws hundreds on to streets in protest. Reuters. 10 August 2019.
  5. News: Far-right conference in Lisbon draws hundreds on to streets in protest. Reuters. 10 August 2019.
  6. http://observador.pt/2014/05/19/mario-machado-abandona-portugal-hammerskins-atraves-facebook "Observador May 2014
  7. Web site: Nova Ordem Social and Their Homage to Salazar. 5 February 2019.
  8. Web site: SIS acompanha "muito de perto" conferência de extrema-direita em Lisboa.
  9. News: Far-right conference in Lisbon draws hundreds on to streets in protest. Reuters. 10 August 2019.