Portugal's Election Brings Another Minority Government and a Far-Right Rise

André Ventura's far-right Chega party made huge gains in Portugal's parliamentary elections on Sunday, with Ventura promising to put the "real Portuguese" first again.

Since the Revolution of the Eyelets in 1974, marking the fall of the Salazarist dictatorship, Portuguese political life was based on the alternation between the Socialist Party (PS) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP)... Read more Legislative legislation in Portugal: With the rise of the hard right, the end of a political exception in Europe appeared first on Current Values.

Portuguese elections: a political earthquake

Chega was the big winner on election night in Portugal. Although the results are inconclusive and there is no prospect of a stable government, some conclusions can already be drawn.

The Portuguese Election Marks a Shift to the Right

In the decades after Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, many considered the country immunized from the far right. This has been challenged by the rise of Chega, the anti-immigrant party that won almost a quarter of the vote in Sunday’s election.

Winners of the election, but far from having the majority, the Conservatives of outgoing Prime Minister Luis Montenegro may seek ad hoc support on the left but also on the far right, which has won 22% of the vote. ...

Portugal’s shift to the right is accelerating. What does that mean for its future?

The center-right Democratic Alliance won the May 18 election, while the far-right Chega party continued its rise.