Brazil of Hope | |
Native Name: | Brasil da Esperança |
Native Name Lang: | pt |
Abbreviation: | FE Brasil |
Leader: | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
President: | Luciana Santos |
Leader1 Title: | 1st Vice President |
Leader1 Name: | Gleisi Hoffmann |
Leader2 Title: | 2nd Vice President |
Leader2 Name: | José Luiz Penna |
Ideology: | Democratic socialism Lulism Social democracy |
Membership Year: | 2022 |
Position: | Centre-left to left-wing |
Membership: | 2,402,060 affiliates[1] |
Blank1 Title: | Party members |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
Seats2 Title: | Federal Senate |
Country: | Brazil |
The Brazil of Hope Federation (Portuguese: Federação Brasil da Esperança) or FE Brasil is an electoral and parliamentary group formed by the Workers' Party (PT), Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and Green Party (PV) on 18 April 2022 in preparation for the 2022 general election.[2] [3] [4]
In 2017, the National Congress of Brazil approved a constitutional amendment which abolished legislative coalitions and established an electoral threshold to receive party subsidies.[5] The electoral reform aimed to decrease the effective number of parties in Brazil. After the reform, smaller parties wanted to create a new mechanism to help them win seats, with many proposing single non-transferable vote. In 2021, it was approved the creation of party federations, based on the Broad Front model.[6]
After the federations approved, there began talks to form left-of-center federations, which began official talks to form a federation between the Workers' Party, the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), the Communist Party of Brazil and the Green Party in late 2021.[7] PSOL quickly left the negotiations, preferring to focus on a federation with the Sustainability Network (REDE).[8] Negotiations between PT and PSB got into advanced stages, with a broad majority of PSB politicians wanting to join the PT-lead federation, but PSB withdrew from the federation because of disagreements over São Paulo, especially due to the gubernatorial and mayoral candidates.[9]
In April 2022, PT, PCdoB and PV approved a federation and subsequently sent it to the Superior Electoral Court.[10] It was approved and the federation was officially formed.
The federation consists of three (3) political parties:
Party | Portuguese | Leader | Ideology | Deputies | Senators | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Workers' Party | Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) | Gleisi Hoffmann | Lulism | ||||
Communist Party of Brazil | Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCdoB) | Luciana Santos | Communism | ||||
Green Party | Partido Verde (PV) | José Luiz Penna | Green politics |