Portugal’s two-week general election campaign has officially begun with centre-right and centre-left parties leading in the polls, but a far-right populist forecast to collect almost a fifth of the vote is a further sign of Europe’s nativist drift.
Chega (Enough), led by 41-year-old former football commentator André Ventura, could become kingmaker if the polls prove accurate. His party scored 1.3% of votes in 2019’s election but jumped to 7.3% in 2022 and has since climbed to about 19%.
