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Chega (political party)

Chega!
PresidentAndré Ventura
Vice Presidents
FounderAndré Ventura
Founded9 April 2019
Merger ofCitizenship and Christian Democracy (2020)
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
HeadquartersLisbon
Youth wingJuventude Chega
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[1]
National affiliationBasta! (2019)
European affiliationPatriots.eu
European Parliament groupPatriots for Europe (since 2024)[nb 1]
Colours  Dark blue
Assembly of the Republic
50 / 230
European Parliament
2 / 21
Regional parliaments
9 / 104
Local government
(Mayors)
0 / 308
Local government
(Parishes)
0 / 3,085
Website
partidochega.pt

Chega (European Portuguese: [ˈʃeɣɐ]; officially stylised as CHEGA!; lit.'Enough!') is a national conservative, right-wing populist[3] political party in Portugal formed in 2019 by André Ventura.[4] It is characterized as being on the far-right[5] of the political spectrum.[6][7][8]

Chega won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic in the 2019 election. Since this election, the party has rapidly grown in popularity, gaining significant support for its anti-establishment positions.[9] It was the third most voted party in the elections of 2022 taking 12 seats. It saw a surge in support in the 2024 winning 50 seats, more than quadrupling its previous seat count.[10]

  1. ^
    • Hernández-Morales, Aitor (11 March 2024). "Portugal's far right comes roaring back". Politico Europe. Axel Springer SE. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
    • Henley, Jon (12 March 2024). "Europe's centre-right dilemma: work with the far right, or work to exclude it?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
    • Almeida, Henrique (11 March 2024). "From Trainee Priest to TV Pundit: Europe's New Far-Right Figure". Bloomberg News. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Chega oficializa ligação à extrema direita europeia". www.sabado.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Portugal's Socialists win election, now eye alliances". Star Tribune. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ^ Nava, Sergio (11 March 2024). "Portogallo, Andrè Ventura: chi è il leader del partito di estrema destra Chega". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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  6. ^ Carvalho, Bruno Amaral de (12 April 2019). "A extrema-direita chega a Portugal?" [Has the far-right arrived in Portugal?]. Contacto (in Portuguese).
  7. ^ Almeida, São José (26 January 2019). "Chega um partido populista de extrema-direita a Portugal" [A far-right populist party has arrived in Portugal]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "'Politico' highlights poor adhesion of Portugal to the populist movement". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. News article on the campaign for Europeans Elections refers to the meager chance that the coalition "Basta!" to elect a MEP and advances the reasons for the country to resist the wave of far-right that reached the rest of Europe.
  9. ^ CLAUDIA CHIAPPA (12 March 2024). "Chega: 5 things to know about Portugal's surging far-right party". Politico.
  10. ^ "New deputies meet today for the first plenary session of the XVI Legislature". Sul Informação. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.


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