Now playing Next Portugal Exclusive poll shows Portuguese voters in favour of early elections Portuguese voters will head to the polls on 10 March to vote in early elections triggered by a government corruption scandal. 08/12/2023
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Now playing Next Economy Portugal: Will the political crisis bring about an economic one? Voting on the budget is the glue that holds the Portuguese parliament together, but amid a corruption scandal that has sent the government packing, what comes next for the country's feeble economy? 10/11/2023
Now playing Next Portugal How far-right extremism seeped into Portugal’s mainstream politics Chega, Portugal's third largest party, brought toxic racist and anti-migrant narratives to the country's mainstream politics - yet it strongly denies being far-right, preferring to be considered a populist party. 21/08/2023
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Now playing Next Portugal Portugal election: Key takeaways as Socialists cement power With more than 99% of the votes counted, the PS, lead by Prime Minister Antonio Costa, had secured 41.68% of the vote and an outright majority. 31/01/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Portugal election: Socialists re-elected but far-right make gains A poll by Portugal’s Catholic University for public broadcaster RTP estimated that the Socialists collected between 37%-42% of the vote on Sunday, with their main rival, the centre-right Social Democrats taking 30%-35%. 30/01/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Portugal heads to the polls in decisive parliamentary elections Despite a certain disenchantment with the Socialist Party, the majority of voters believe that PM Antonio Costa has more skills and experience to govern than his main opponent, PSD's Rui Rio. 30/01/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Portugal election: the rise of the far-right In this special preview of Portugal's parliamentary election we shine a spotlight on the country's far-right Chega party 26/01/2022
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Portugal election: Why now? Who leads the polls? Why does it matter? Read our special guide to Portugal's parliamentary poll, which will take place on Sunday, 30 January. 25/01/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Portugal: Quarantined voters allowed to vote in polling stations Two-thirds of the 600,000 people quarantining are potential voters. 20/01/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Campaigning gets underway ahead of Portugal election The vote comes two years ahead of schedule as the country’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called an early election after the parliament failed to pass the new budget. 16/01/2022
Now playing Next World Lookahead to 2022 Behind us, a year marked by Covid lockdowns and crises, fears and protests. Ahead, a Europe that would like to count for more on the world stage, but which is riven by internal conflicts. Let’s look at what 2022 may bring. 30/12/2021
Now playing Next Portugal Early election called in Portugal after MPs reject Socialists' budget The snap election is set to take place on January 30 next year. 04/11/2021
Now playing Next The Cube Facebook suspends Portuguese far-right leader over hate speech The Facebook account of Andre Ventura, the leader of Chega, was suspended for 24 hours after two of hits posts were reported. 14/06/2021
Now playing Next Portugal Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa re-elected The record low turnout of 39.5% is believed to be due to voters avoiding the ballot boxes for fear of COVID-19. 24/01/2021
Now playing Next World Is the far-right gaining popularity in Portugal? Portugal will head to the polls on Sunday to choose a new President, despite pandemic lockdown measures still in place. We take a look at Chega!, a right-wing party pushing to get through to the second round. 21/01/2021