
Portugal Election: Chega Challenges Establishment Parties
Change is in the air as national populists Chega go from strength to strength following a grift scandal that brought down the ruling socialists.
Change is in the air as national populists Chega go from strength to strength following a grift scandal that brought down the ruling socialists.
The snap election comes after a green grift scandal toppled the ruling socialists.
Chega managed to host the largest demonstration ever against a foreign head of state—and, in another first, secured unity among disparate factions of the Portuguese Right, which usually compete rather than cooperate.
“Chega is right-wing, but of a non-conservative type. … the bottom line is that we need a real conservative party in Portugal. There is none right now.”
This is not the first time that the court has found the euthanasia law too vague.
Chega is preparing to govern, but it won’t happen under just any circumstances.
For those who have been paying moderately close attention to European politics over the past several years—and especially over the last year to six months—Chega’s continued electoral ascendency is indicative of a much broader trend presently taking place across much of Europe.
“Our Europe and the way we see the world focuses on freedom—cultural, social, religious—while the Europe of Brussels bureaucrats means only restrictions and totalitarianism.”
The trend is indicative the European people’s ever-increasing rejection of liberal globalism and intensifying embrace of democratic nationalism and conservatism.
André Ventura wants to make the fight against corruption one of the major axes of his policy.