Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters will elect 230 lawmakers, who will then choose a new government.
Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos waves to his supporters during the election campaign closing rally in Almada, south of Lisbon, Friday, March 8, 2024. Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's Parliament. – Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.
A 5-year-old radical right populist party called Chega, or “Enough,” has made the fight against corruption one of its political banners and could profit from the scandals.House prices in Portugal jumped by around 80% and rents rose by some 30% between 2010 and the second quarter of last year, European Union statistics show. Those increases were way above wage rises.
The minimum wage, earned by more than 800,000 people, is 820 euros a month. That’s 676 euros in take-home pay. Close to 3 million Portuguese workers earn less than 1,000 euros a month. Santos, 46, quit the previous government under a cloud over his handling of bailed-out flag carrier TAP Air Portugal and an unresolved dispute over the site of a new Lisbon airport.
He heads the Democratic Alliance, a grouping of mostly small right-of-center parties formed for the election. He has never been part of the Portuguese government.
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