Centre-right leader claims narrow victory in Portugal election, rejects role for far right

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Português a todos é exigido que deem ao país condições de estabilidade e de governabilidade mais firme expectativa é que o partido socialista e o chega não constituam uma aliança negativa para impedir o governo que os portugueses [Aplausos] quiseram tantas fotografias dá uma ficou [Música] ob l

The leader of Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance, Luis Montenegro, has claimed victory after a closely contested parliamentary election that saw the far-right surge.
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With almost 99% of Sunday’s votes counted, the Democratic Alliance – an electoral platform made up of the large Social Democratic party (PSD) and two smaller conservative parties – and the Socialist party (PS) were each on 28.67%. The far-right Chega party was in third place with 18%. In the early hours of Monday, Montenegro reiterated his election promise not to rely on Chega to govern or to strike any deals with the populists, although it was unclear if he could govern without their support.

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41 comments

  5. The writing is on the wall, around the world. The 'diversity project' is a failure, a criminal failure in a lot of cases. Most minorities have no interest in 'intergration' that the boomers insisted was going to take place, and all the colours of the rainbow would hold hands and sing. It's just brought, division, resentment and a mistrust of politicians almost universally where ever this nonsense 'utopian dream' has been enforced on the population.

  14. The only way to save Europe from destruction is to have right wing (people who believe in law and order and family values etc) politicians running every country.

  17. Centre right?? I have never heard the guardian label any party centre right, they are always far right if they are right. What is going on here??

  25. Regardless of the topic, I quite liked hearing someone speaking "old fashioned Brazilian". It has been a while. Where have you been, Portugal?

  29. "centre right" now means infinity migrants, the same beliefs as the left on gender and sexuality, same serving of globalist masters, but we will have some rhetoric which sounds anti these things to get people to vote for us

  33. Do not be surprised because there is a big difference between what Prime Minister Costa says in Europe and the Portuguese reality. The country is on its knees with numerous problems in education, housing, the national health service and rising poverty rates. 8 years of incompetence by the socialist government involved in scandals and with a prime minister who did nothing more than raise taxes and make life impossible for the already massacred middle class.

  34. Every party labelled as "far-right" by the dinosaur media is a party worth voting for. Not because we're extremists but, because we're done with the smug moral superiority of those who think they can lecture us. As a first generation Dutch person with roots in Portugal. I have to say that this is a breath of fresh air that rarely comes out of Portugal.

  41. Congrats my beloved Portuguese Brethrens from a auld alliance who has never forgot your heroic deeds and help. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿..

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