Restoration of Monarchy in Portugal

[jonc93]

Originally Posted by grevinnan

I doubt there is anyone in Europe that thinks of monarchy as an absolute rule and tyranny. I think you have either wrong century and/or continent.

Many people who live in rural parts of Portugal and other European Countries who are not very educated do believe Monarchy to be the King as head of state with all the power vested in him, I know as I am from there...

[Cory]

Família Real Portuguesa: MONARQUIA COMO GARANTE DA IDENTIDADE NACIONAL

[Cory]

The XVIIIth Congress of the royalists:

XVIII Congresso da Causa Real – III foto-reportagem | Real Portugal

[Benedict XVI]

Originally Posted by Cory

The XVIIIth Congress of the royalists:

XVIII Congresso da Causa Real – III foto-reportagem | Real Portugal

What is the congress of royalists?

[julliette]

Causa Real is an association of monarchists that promotes, defends the idea of monarchy in Portugal. Sometimes per year they are all together (or some of them) to discuss issues related to the insitution and others. That meeting is called Congresso =congress

[Benedict XVI]

Originally Posted by julliette

Causa Real is an association of monarchists that promotes, defends the idea of monarchy in Portugal. Sometimes per year they are all together (or some of them) to discuss issues related to the insitution and others. That meeting is called Congresso =congress

Do you know how many members there are

[julliette]

Are you asking about the number of people that belong to Causa Real or the number of people that usually attend the crongress?
In any case, I don't know any of the numbers, sorry. But there are for sure many more members that people in Portugal may imagine.
Causa Real is constituted by 11 Reais Associações (Royal Associations). Each Real Associação can represent a city (in case of Lisbon or my city Viseu) or a region (like Baixo Alentejo) depending on the number of members and other criteria. If you want to be a member of Causa Real you have to contact the nearest Real Associação. I searched on their website and couldn't find information about the number of members but here (LINK) you have a list of the people who belong to the governing bodies and you see that's quite a lot of people.
Not all the members attend the congress of course. I actually think only a few of them do. Perhaps people from the governing bodies and not more

[Benedict XVI]

Originally Posted by julliette

Are you asking about the number of people that belong to Causa Real or the number of people that usually attend the crongress?
In any case, I don't know any of the numbers, sorry. But there are for sure many more members that people in Portugal may imagine.
Causa Real is constituted by 11 Reais Associações (Royal Associations). Each Real Associação can represent a city (in case of Lisbon or my city Viseu) or a region (like Baixo Alentejo) depending on the number of members and other criteria. If you want to be a member of Causa Real you have to contact the nearest Real Associação. I searched on their website and couldn't find information about the number of members but here (LINK) you have a list of the people who belong to the governing bodies and you see that's quite a lot of people.
Not all the members attend the congress of course. I actually think only a few of them do. Perhaps people from the governing bodies and not more

Thank you. Do you or anyone for that matter have a statistic on how many people are in favor of a monarchy?

[julliette]

Well, my monarchist friends keep telling me about a poll made some years ago that concluded that around 10% of the people were in favour of the monarchy, around 10% were in favour of the republic and the other 80% didn't care about if we lived in a republic or a monarchy. I could never find that poll nor any other so I'm not sure if these numbers are reliable.... Perhaps other portuguese members here know about other statistics