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The <em>do tank</em> of the left and the "imported culture wars"

The Instituto Progresso, the new think tank of the Portuguese left, emerges as a potential political debate platform with a manifesto and subscribers, but raises questions about its role in defining ideological positions that the PS (Socialist Party) failed to resolve. Pedro Candeias's editorial analyzes the possible implications of this initiative on the national political landscape, especially in the context of "imported cultural wars."

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