Multiple corruption scandals fuel support for populist Chega party led by André Ventura

Portugal’s two-week general election campaign has officially begun with centre-right and centre-left parties leading in the polls, but a far-right populist forecast to collect almost a fifth of the vote is a further sign of Europe’s nativist drift.

  • Claidheamh@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    Just to clarify, the one that said that is actually one of the oldest far right parties in the country, not one of those that just popped up.

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      8 months ago

      That’s true, sorry, I wrote everything in a rush and didn’t separate the two issues. He in fact started that debate saying “for anyone out of the loop, we changed names but we’re actually that other party”