Founded in 2003 and formally institutionalized in 2015, the FPE includes more than 240 lawmakers. It promotes a conservative agenda centered on opposition to abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, drug decriminalization, and what it calls “gender ideology.”
Though nominally nonpartisan, the FPE is closely aligned with Brazil’s far right and played a central role in the rise of Jair Bolsonaro, whose presidency embraced Evangelical rhetoric and rewarded the bloc with access to policymaking and key appointments. Even after Bolsonaro’s defeat and the failed January 8th coup attempt, the FPE has not lost ground. It remains an important force in shaping Brazil’s legislative agenda.
