2023-11-24 20:04:46
The far-right party He arrivesthird force in Portugal and to which the surveys predict an increase in the intention to votewas tucked in this Friday in Lisboa for the french Marine Le Pen and other European partners, with whom he began to warm up his engines for the elections on March 10.
The president of Chega, Andre Venturareceived Le Pen (National Group) and the co-leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Tino Chrupallain the Portuguese Parliament, in a preamble to the congress being held tonight in the Portuguese capital by Identity and Democracy, the European family of the extreme right.
Encouraged with the victory this week of Geert Wilders in Netherlandsfar-right leaders were optimistic about next year’s European elections.
Le Pen considered that “trust” in the extreme right is growing and France, Germany and Portugal are an example of this, a message supported by Ventura, who believes that “it is a sign that change may be near, as happened in the Netherlands.” Even so, he admitted not knowing whether Wilders will be able to form a government despite his victory at the polls.
Elections in Portugal
The next to go to the polls at the national level will be Ventura, whom Le Pen and Chrupalla supported this Friday. The Portuguese far-right celebrated the growth of his party in the latest polls, which gives them “a realistic but difficult hope of fighting for victory,” he said.
The most recent survey, the Intercampus Barometer released this Friday, gives his party 13.5% in voting intention, far from the socialists (23.6%) and the conservatives of the PSD (21.9%). , but above the result obtained in the last legislative elections (2022), of 7%.
In Portugal, after eight years of socialist government, Chega wants to offer an alternative and prevent the country from ending up with “a solution close to the one Spain now he had to return,” said its leader, who regretted that the other Portuguese right-wing parties refuse to dialogue with his party.
The conservative PSD, which now leads the opposition, has refused to form a coalition with Chega if it were necessary to govern. These “sanitary cordons” to the far right, which also exist in other countries such as Germany, were criticized this Friday by Ventura and his European partners.
Change Europe
They also sent a message that it is necessary to refound the European Union (EU), which is becoming “a caricature of itself” and has embarked on a “world of sanctions and threats”, according to Le Pen. “We are against the EU because we like Europe,” said the former leader of the National Rally. In addition, they criticized EU policy on issues such as migration, security or the green transition.
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The Identity and Democracy Congress arrives in Portugal months after Chega canceled a “world summit” of the extreme right that was going to be held last May with the presence of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and representatives of the American Republican Party.
Czechs also participate in the congress Tomio Okamura and the estonian Martin Helmewho lead far-right parties in their respective countries, and the Austrian MEP Harald Vilimsky.
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