According to the first exit polls, in Portugal the center-right party won the elections. Exploits of the ‘Chega’ extremists (enough) that the consensus is doubling, while the socialists are in sharp decline. These are the first data to arrive after the polls closed and, if confirmed, will mark the end of the socialist government after eight years.
Read Also
Elections in Portugal, the vote of women and undecided people will make the difference. Chega’s far right will be the third force
According to initial findings, the Portuguese have rewarded the opposition forces in the political era of Antonio Costa: the moderate conservative front of Democratic Alliance it is the first party, with a figure between 29 and 33%. Exploits of the far-right populists of the Chega party and its leader Andre Ventura, which double the votes, going from 7% in 2022, to a figure between 14 and 17%. The Socialists collapse, gaining between 25 and 29%, very far from the 41% two years ago that brought Costa back to government. However the formation of the government remains an unknown and all the scenarios of the day before remain open. Only in the next few days will it be seen whether the pact between all the political forces to keep Chega away from the government will be maintained.
Throughout the electoral campaign, the conservatives of the Democratic Alliance have always ruled out the possibility of forming an executive with Ventura’s extremists. The same moderate leader, Luis Montenegro he confirmed his veto, but other members of his party were not so clear on this point. As reconstructed by the Ansa agency, if this sort of “conventio ad excludendum” is maintained, the only way left for Portugal to have a government is the formula of wide agreements between the socialists and the moderates, with an executive perhaps led by Montenegro itself. It would be the triumph of a political leader who managed to survive politically for 25 years: everyone thought his career was at an end, perhaps after the European elections this spring, but at the end of November, in view of these early elections, it was confirmed as a candidate for prime minister.
On the progressive front, Pedro Nuno Santos, born in 1977, the same age as Giorgia Meloni, he became the leader of the Portuguese socialists last December. His arrival was seen as the sign of a generational change in the party, but also as a clear turn to the left.
Nicknamed the “terrible child” of the Socialist Party, he earned a reputation as a rebel and radical more than ten years ago, when Portugal had just been saved by the troika: “Either they become nice or we don’t pay. And if we don’t pay the debt, the German bankers’ legs will shake“, he said in Parliament at the time. But the new socialist general secretary has recently moderated his line to erase internal differences and appeal to the vote of the centre. So much so that a bipartisan agreement with the moderate right cannot be ruled out in order to maintain the “cordon sanitaire” against Chega.
1 EURO FOR THE FIRST MONTH
and then €5.99 per month
Read all the articles on the site without limits Participate live every Thursday at 4pm in the editorial meeting of ilfattoquotidiano.it and propose your investigation Participate in the discussion forum with the editorial staff and the Director and launch your campaign on a theme or a battle of public interest. Discover the new section dedicated to supporters Propose your post for the dedicated blog Comment on all the articles Browse the site without advertising Receive thematic newsletters Read all the Fatto Quotidiano articles 7 days after publication 30% discount on the annual subscription to TvLoft and on the books of the Paper First publishing house; 20% discount and on the products of our online shop Sign up for the il Fatto Quotidiano Foundation card at the reduced price of €5 (instead of €20) Finally you will receive your digital Membership card and you will be able to take advantage of the advantages dedicated to our Partnerships DISCOVER ALL THE ADVANTAGES
€60 PER YEAR
(you save €11.88)
Read all the articles on the site without limits Participate live every Thursday at 4pm in the editorial meeting of ilfattoquotidiano.it and propose your investigation Participate in the discussion forum with the editorial staff and the Director and launch your campaign on a theme or a battle of public interest. Discover the new section dedicated to supporters Propose your post for the dedicated blog Comment on all the articles Browse the site without advertising Receive thematic newsletters Read all the Fatto Quotidiano articles 7 days after publication 30% discount on the annual subscription to TvLoft and on the books of the Paper First publishing house; 20% discount and on the products of our online shop Sign up for the il Fatto Quotidiano Foundation card at the reduced price of €5 (instead of €20) Finally you will receive your digital Membership card and you will be able to take advantage of the advantages dedicated to our Partnerships DISCOVER ALL THE ADVANTAGES
€139.99 PER YEAR
(instead of €189.99)
Read all the articles of the daily and monthly FQ Millennium from the “il Fatto Quotidiano” App or from the site and read all the articles on the site without limits Access the complete archive of il Fatto Quotidiano and the monthly FQ MillenniuM Access 4 courses of the Scuola del Fatto at a truly exclusive price Participate live every Thursday at 4.00 pm in the editorial meeting of ilfattoquotidiano.it and propose your investigation Comment on all the articles of ilfattoquotidiano.it Browse the site without advertising Watch programs exclusively on the TvLoft platform Have a 30% discount on books from the Paper First publishing house; and a 20% discount on the products in our online shop Receive your digital Membership card and take advantage of the advantages dedicated to our Partnerships Subscribe to the il Fatto Quotidiano Foundation card at the reduced price of €5 (instead of €20) DISCOVER ALL THE ADVANTAGES
Previous Article