headquarters_location people's monarchist party 
The People ' s Monarchist Party ( Portuguese : Partido Popular Monárquico , pronounced : ( ptidu pupula munakiku ) ) is a political party in ___MASK45___ . It was founded in 1974 by various groups opposing the Estado Novo , in the context of the Carnation Revolution . Currently it is a small monarchist party with little political support . It is known that the claimant to the Portuguese throne , Dom ___MASK39___ Pio , Duke of Braganza , does not support this party officially , especially during the period of its leadership by Nuno da Câmara Pereira , a rival pretender . The party had until 2009 two representatives in the Assembly of the Republic , elected on the lists of the Social Democratic Party , following an agreement with the latter party ' s leader , Pedro Santana Lopes . In 2009 , under the leadership of Câmara Pereira , the party decided to run in the elections of that year on its own , gaining no seat . The party had not been elected on its own since the dissolution of the Democratic Alliance , of which it was a part , and seldom reached 0 . 5 % of the votes . Nevertheless , under the leadership of Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles ( who has since retired from the party ) , the party was a pioneer in introducing ecological concerns into Portuguese politics . The People ' s Monarchist Party is a member of the International Monarchist Conference . Dom ___MASK39___ Pio , Duke of Braganza ( born 15 May 1945 ), is the pretender to the former Portuguese throne , as the head of the House of Braganza . The Miguelist Braganzas , to whom ___MASK39___ Pio belongs as great - grandson of King Miguel I , is a cadet branch of the House of Braganza . With the extinction of male - line dynasts descended from Queen Maria II in 1932 , King Miguel ' s descendants became the only male - line Braganzas left and the closest male - line heirs to the Portuguese throne ( the Brazilian branch having gone extinct in 1921 ). The Iberian Peninsula , also known as Iberia , is located in the southwest corner of ___MASK84___ . The peninsula is principally divided between ___MASK45___ and ___MASK56___ , comprising most of their territory . It also includes Andorra and a small part of ___MASK80___ along the peninsula ' s northeastern edge , as well as ___MASK13___ on its south coast , a small peninsula which forms an overseas territory of the United Kingdom . With an area of approximately , it is the second largest European peninsula , after the Scandinavian . The Armed Forces Movement ( MFA ) was an organisation of lower - ranked left - leaning officers in the Portuguese Armed Forces . It was responsible for the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974 , a military coup in ___MASK73___ that ended the corporatist New State regime in Portugal , the Portuguese Colonial War and led to the independence of the Portuguese overseas territories . The MFA instated the National Salvation Junta which functioned between 1974 and 1976 , following a communiqué of its president , António de Spínola , at 1 : 30 a . m . on 26 April 1974 . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in ___MASK84___ . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25th of April , was initially a military coup in ___MASK73___ , Portugal , on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the regime of the Estado Novo . The revolution started as a military coup organized by the Armed Forces Movement composed of military officers who opposed the regime , but the movement was soon coupled with an unanticipated and popular campaign of civil resistance . This movement would lead to the fall of the Estado Novo and the withdrawal of Portugal from its African colonies and East Timor . The Azores ( or ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (""), is one of the two autonomous regions of ___MASK45___ , an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental ___MASK45___ , about northwest of Madeira , and about southeast of Newfoundland . In the history of ___MASK45___ , a Miguelist ( in Portuguese " Miguelista ") was a supporter of the legitimacy of the king Miguel I of ___MASK45___ . The name is also given to those who supported absolutism as form of government , in opposition to the liberals who intended the establishment of a constitutional regime in ___MASK45___ . ___MASK56___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK56___ , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and ___MASK88___ in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and ___MASK88___ . Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean , southwest of ___MASK45___ . Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267 , 785 . The capital of Madeira is Funchal , located on the main island ' s south coast . East Timor or Timor - Leste ( Tetum : " Timór Lorosa ' e "), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor - Leste , is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast ___MASK38___ . It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor ; the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco ; and Oecusse , an exclave on the northwestern side of the island surrounded by Indonesian West Timor . The country ' s size is about 15 , 410 km ( 5 , 400 sq mi ). ___MASK45___ ( Portuguese : ), officially the Portuguese Republic ( Portuguese : ), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe . It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe . To the west and south it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east and north by ___MASK56___ . The ___MASK45___  ___MASK56___ border is long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union . The republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , both autonomous regions with their own regional governments . Braga [] is a city and a municipality in the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga , in the historical and cultural Minho Province . The city has 137 , 000 inhabitants , and the municipality , which includes 37 civil parishes has a resident population of 181 , 494 inhabitants ( in 2011 ), representing the seventh largest municipality in ___MASK45___ ( by population ). Its area is 183 . 40 km² . Its agglomerated urban area extends from the Cávado River to the Este River . The city was the European Youth Capital in 2012 . It is host to the archdiocese , the oldest in ___MASK45___ . Under the Roman Empire , known as Bracara ___MASK25___ , the settlement was centre of the province of Gallaecia . Braga is a major hub for inland Northern ___MASK45___ . ___MASK73___ is the capital and the largest city of Portugal , with a population of 552 , 700 within its administrative limits in an area of 100 . 05 km² . Its urban area extends beyond the city ' s administrative limits with a population of around 2 . 7 million people , being the 11th - most populous urban area in the European Union . About 2 . 8 million people live in the ___MASK73___ Metropolitan Area ( which represents approximately 27 % of the country ' s population ). It is continental Europe ' s westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast . ___MASK73___ lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus . The westernmost areas of its metro area is the westernmost point of Continental Europe .