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Mar 2024
35m 16s

Portuguese voters' anger and what it mea...

POLITICO
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Portugal's snap election has brought seismic change — the Socialists are now in opposition and the center-right Democratic Alliance, which narrowly won the vote, will try to form a minority government. But the biggest shock came when the far-right, ultra-nationalist, anti-immigrant Chega won more than a million votes and became the third-largest party in par ... Show More
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