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![[PS Flag]](../images/p/pt}ps.gif)
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, 03 Sep 1997
![[PS Flag]](../images/p/pt}ps-v1.gif)
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
![[PS Flag]](../images/p/pt}ps-v2.gif)
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, 03 Sep 1997