2007 Madeiran regional election
A regional election was held in Madeira on 6 May 2007, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was a snap election, as it was original schedule to only happen in October 2008. The election was called after the President of the Regional Government, Alberto João Jardim, resigned after his government clashed with the Socialist Prime Minister José Sócrates due to the new regional finance law approved by the Sócrates government. Jardim defended that the new law was harmful for Madeira's interests. By this time, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) had been in power, nonstop, since 1976.
Image: Alberto João Jardim (cropped)
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The Left Bloc, colloquially shortened as O Bloco, is a left-wing populist, democratic socialist political party in Portugal founded in 1999. It is currently led by Mariana Mortágua.
Pro-Left Bloc graffiti on the façade of a vacant house in Rato, Lisbon
Catarina Martins and Mariana Mortágua during a demonstration in the campaign for the 2021 local elections.
Francisco Louçã and Fernando Rosas during the campaign for the 2005 local elections.
Francisco Louçã, Miguel Portas and Luís Fazenda in campaign for the 2004 European Parliament elections.
