[HIGHLIGHTS] Portugal is no longer the exception: right-wing populists are gaining ground – a dark harbinger of the European elections?

Right-wing extremist parties are on the rise in Europe - now also in Portugal. Right-wing populists are gaining ground – a dark harbinger of the European elections? Portugal is symptomatic of the whole of Europe: a shift to the right is expected in the coming European elections.

The election in Portugal could be a precursor to the European Parliament elections in June. The results are the latest evidence of the rise of the far right across the continent ahead of the EU elections inJune.