Portugal's far-right Chega surges
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Portugal's president is due to convene the country's political parties for consultations after a general election delivered another minority government.
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Portugal's far-right wins record support as centre-right falls short of majorityLISBON - Portugal's far-right Chega won a record vote share in Sunday's snap election and was vying to become the main opposition party as the ruling centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) again fell short of a majority needed to end a long period of instability.
The Socialists took a drubbing in Portugal's snap elections. The governing center right emerged victorious, but it is Chega’s meteoric ascendancy that has really made waves.
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Portugal’s third general election in three years has failed to deliver the result that could break the worst spell of political instability for decades in the European Union country of 10.6 million people.
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In the Portuguese legislative elections, the third one in less than four years, far-right Chega party won over 22.6% vote and nearly took over the Sociality Party, one of the oldest political parties in the country, which formed numerous governments since the country’s transition to democracy in 1974.
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Voters in Portugal are returning to the polls for a third general election in three years, as the country’s increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues such as immigration,
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