Parliamentary elections in Portugal in the shade of high dissatisfaction of the citizens with the existing conditions

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, publication ” In an article, D-Site reported on the high probability of a tendency towards the extreme right in the early elections in Portugal due to the shortages in this country and wrote: Corruption, lack of housing and socio-economic problems have caused the Portuguese to increasingly turn to the extreme right. tend in this country. Forming a government could be difficult under these conditions.

The Socialist Party (PS), which is still in government, is expected to lose in Portugal’s early parliamentary elections on Sunday. to eat According to the polls, there will be a strong political shift to the right with an increase in votes for the populists of the Chega (Enough is Enough) party. Therefore, it will be difficult to form a government. He himself resigned and remained in his position only as an actor, he announced new elections.

According to the polls, the conservative coalition of the Democratic Alliance (AD) led by the candidate Frontrunner Luis Montenegro could win with 30 to 35 percent of the vote, ahead of Pedro Nuno Santos’ Socialist PS. However, the two main rivals will be far from the absolute majority that the Socialists, who have been in power for eight years, won at the start of 2022.

Both Montenegro and Santos need to make deals and form coalitions with smaller parties to be elected as the new prime minister by President Rebelo de Souza. But according to the polls, even that seems highly unlikely.

According to the polls, Chega, led by former TV sports commentator Andre Ventura , can progress from seven percent to 15 to 20 percent. And since in Portugal there is a firewall and a ban on going to the right – just like in Germany against the far-right Alternative for Germany – it will not be possible to form a new coalition strong enough.

The reputation of Prime Minister Costa’s Socialist Party has been tarnished by several corruption scandals, including those involving state-owned airline TAP.

Representatives of most parties agree that new elections can lead to the strengthening of the far-right Chega party. In recent years, this party has been able to win the votes of the right wing with its populist positions. And abroad they will also have many other problems on their minds – including a severe housing shortage and inflation, which is hitting this low-wage country hard. In addition, doctors, teachers and police officers often went on strike due to dissatisfaction with the existing conditions.

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