The Ecologist Party "The Greens" (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes", pron. , or PEV) is a Portuguese Eco-socialist party, a member of the European Greens and a founding member of the European Federation of Green Parties. It was the first Portuguese ecologist party and since its foundation, in 1982, the PEV is closely related to the Portuguese Communist Party, and now (as of 2005), after participating allied with it in the Unitarian Democratic Coalition in several elections, the PEV holds many mandates in local assemblies and two seats in the Assembly of the Republic.