Conservative party, Democratic Alliance, obtained between 29 and 33% of the votes in a country governed for eight years by the socialists. The decisions that Chega, with which neither of the two major parties want to negotiate, will therefore determine the political future of the country.
No negotiations with the far right is possible on paper, but one, central, has been excluded by Luis Montenegro. The rise of the party founded in 2019 can be explained by several factors, says political scientist Antonio Costa Pinto.