The Ecologist Party "The Greens" (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes", PEV) is a Portuguese green and eco-socialist party. It is a member of the European Greens and a founding member of the European Federation of Green Parties.
It was the first Portuguese ecologist party and since its foundation, in 1982, the PEV has had a close relationship with the Portuguese Communist Party, and now (as of 2005), after participating allied with it in the Unitarian Democratic Coalition in all the elections, the PEV holds many mandates in local assemblies and two seats in the Assembly of the Republic.
The Party's youth wing is the Ecolojovem. It edits a newspaper named Folha Verde and its headquarters are located in Lisbon.
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