The Socialist Party has been voted out, with the centre-right winning the most seats and talking ahead for try to form a government
Luis Montenegro, leader of Partido Social Democrata and the Democratic Alliance coalition, during an election night event in Lisbon on Monday. Portugal’s center-right AD coalition won Sunday’s elections, in a tight race which saw support for the far-right surge. is that the Socialist Party , victorious in the previous two contests and having won an overall majority in a triumphant performance just two years ago, will now be forced into opposition.
Chega, whose motto, ‘God, Fatherland, Family, Work’, recalls that of the dictatorship established by António Salazar which governed Portugal for 41 years until 1974, has campaigned against immigration, abortion, LGBT rights, the Roma community and “the Islamisation of Europe”. During the campaign, the leader of AD, Luis Montenegro, promised that whatever the result he would not govern with Chega’s support. He has since reiterated that “no means no.
‘I feel that it is possible to become Irish in a way it would never be possible to become German or to become Japanese’
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