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The Socialist Party (PS - Partido Socialista) is the biggest
party at the moment and is ruling the country with a relative majority in
the parliament. Ideologically it’s mainly a social-democratic party
(very centrist), with a left-wing minority within, including some
ex-communists. It was founded in Germany by exiled Portuguese in 1973.
Jorge Candeias, 03 Sep 1997
The flag is red with the party symbol in the centre, which consists of a closed
hand within an outlined circle surrounded by another outlined circle. Between the
two circles appears the name of the party. All drawings are in yellow.
Jorge Candeias, 03 Sep 1997
Recently, I found in the Socialist Party website the definition of the party
symbols in its internal law (Art.2, para.2.):
Jorge Candeias, 10 Nov 1997 and 14 Nov 2001The symbol of the Socialist Party consists in two concentric circles, having the inner circle, on red field, in the center, a closed left fist in golden yellow, and the outer circle, written in red caps on golden yellow, the words PARTIDO SOCIALISTA.
The flag of the Socialist Party is a red rectangle, having in the upper left corner the symbol of the party.
I’ve seen a number of variations of that flag.
Jorge Candeias, 3 Sep 1997
First, there is a variation where the words are not in red on yellow,
but in yellow on red, being the flag identical in every other aspect.
Jorge Candeias, 03 Sep 1997
Then comes the most widely seen variation: a big symbol in the center
of the flag with the words in yellow on red.
Jorge Candeias, 3 Sep 1997
Also widely seen is a flag where the symbol bears not the left fist,
but the right one.
Jorge Candeias, 3 Sep 1997
Recently, started to appear another flag: a white flag with a big
pinkish symbol in the centre.
Jorge Candeias, 10 Nov 1997
Though there are no pink flags used by this party, as far as I know,
pink is the colour immediately associated with it.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 1999
Although the Portuguese Socialist Party uses a fist as its official
emblem, the more modern and moderate “socialist
rose”, used by so many “center left” european parties, also shows in
many party graphic material — indeed a sharp contrast with the official
symbol, a kind politico-graphical split personality disorder.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 2004
Even that is recently (say, a decade or maybe a little more). As far
as I can tell, there was no colour association with the SP before. The
rose of the socialists is a modern
“invention”: in those days [1975], they where purely red with
a yellow closed fist in the canton. In fact, this is still the official
flag of the Socialist Party.
Jorge Candeias, 20 May 1999 and 17 May 1999
Lately the red of the flag is shifting towards pink,
and a new symbol (and flag) came out: a pink rose and "PS"
in pink inside a green rectangle in a white field.
Jorge Candeias, 3 Sep 1997
The PS rose is highly stylized, only petals made of nesting swirls,
no stalk nor holding hand, and shows almost always by the side of the
party acronym, set in large bold sans capitals, within a rectangular
wavy, flag-like outline.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 2004
It should be noted that a very different representation of the
socialist rose is used in the official
emblem of PS’s youth section.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 2004
The idealized flag design thus implied, a
variant following the national colours.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 2004
Its often used colour invertion.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 2004
It should be noted that a very different representation of the
socialist rose is used in the unofficial
party logo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 May 2004
