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The End of the Portuguese Exceptionalism. Chega, the Emergence and Consolidation of the Populist Radical Right in Portugal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35757/STP.2025.53.3.10
Przesłane: 17 grudnia 2025
Opublikowane: 18 grudnia 2025

Abstrakt

The exceptionalism that historically characterized Portugal as being immune to radical right-wing populist formations has come to an end. In 2019, for the first time since the end of Antonio Salazar’s authoritarian regime, a radical right-wing populist party gained representation in the Assembly of the Republic, and Chega has since become the third largest political force in the Portuguese party system.
In order to understand the reasons why Portugal has remained immune to the rise of radical right-wing populist parties, this article offers an analysis of the emergence and consolidation of Chega in the Portuguese party system, exploring the context in which Chega’s emergence took place, the reasons why Portugal had been immune to such formations since the transition to democracy, and the causes that led the formation led by André Ventura to break the exceptionalism that characterized Portugal.
Based on the typology established by Cas Mudde, the article evaluates Chega’s ideological and discursive positioning, trying to determine to what extent the Portuguese formation shares the ideological elements of radical right-wing populist formations.

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