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

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.

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.

Portugal's far-right Chega makes historic election gains. Some are comparing it to Trump's rise

Portugal’s third general election in three years has failed to deliver the result that could break the worst spell of political instability for decades in the European Union country of 10.6 million people.

Neo-fascist Chega surges in Portugal as ruling right-wing Democratic Alliance coalition wins election

Responsibility for the rise of Chega lies with what the media promote as the "left" in Portugal, which has betrayed and repressed an increasingly militant wave of class struggles in recent years.