Tatiana Moutinho, Portuguese housing, feminist and left-wing activist, a permanent collaborator to transform!europe network, joins Cross-Border Talks to explain the results of Portuguese snap parliamentary elections, which came as a surprise to many in Europe. While a social-democratic Socialist Party held a full majority in the previous parliamentary term, it is the right that emerged victorious from the March vote, and a far-right party Chega made a great leap forward.

Tatiana explains the reasons why the left-wing parties lost the society's trust, while a party who directly hints at 'cleaning Portugal' (but also promises a kind of 'chauvinist welfare') gains votes. She speaks of major disappointments and social problems, including precariousness and unability to deliver good public services, including education or healthcare, as well as of corruption that marked the social-democratic rule. She also explains why it is extremely hard to make any prognosis about Portugal's future. Not only the composition of a future government is unclear - it is even hard to imagine what the succesful right-wing parties indend to actually do, given how many contradictions are there in their programmes and promises.

Tatiana Moutinho: Portugal enters in a period of political uncertainty

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