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![[CDU flag]](../images/p/pt}cdu.gif)
This image is quite accurate. The symbols are usually a little bigger,
particularly the sunflower, but that’s very close. If I recall correctly,
there’s an hyphen between the two acronyms on the logo.
Jorge Candeias, 20 May 1999
The flag is a white background with two adjacent white squares
outlined in blue, the left square enclosing the sickle and hammer of
PCP in blue plus a white star fimbriated blue
and the right square containing thesunflower from the
Greens, with blue centre and white petals outlined in blue. Below this
symbol lie the initials PCP - PEV, also in blue. Interestingly, this
left-wing coalition uses the colours of… the
monarchics!
Jorge Candeias, 20 May 1999
The letters came in the typeface "Ottawa", the Microsoft aka-name for
"Optima", aka "Humanist 512".
António Martins, 18 May 1999
The change from the previous flag to the twin logo happend when the portuguese parliament passed a law stating that political party coalitions could not use any ot