Chega (political party)

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CHEGA
President André Ventura
Vice-Presidents Diogo Pacheco de Amorim
Nuno Afonso
José Dias
Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro
António Tânger Correia
Founded 9 April 2019
Merger of Citizenship and Christian Democracy (2020)
Split from Social Democratic Party
Headquarters Lisbon
Membership  (2020) 15,000[1]
Ideology Portuguese nationalism[2]
National conservatism[3]
Economic liberalism[4]
Social conservatism[5]
Right-wing populism[6]
Anti-immigration
Anti-ziganism[7][8][9]
Euroscepticism[10]
Political position Far-right[11][12]
European affiliation Identity and Democracy Party[13]
Colours      Dark blue
Assembly of the Republic
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European Parliament
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Regional parliaments
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Website
partidochega.pt
Politics of Portugal
Political parties
Elections

Chega (officially stylised as CHEGA!; English: "Enough") is a Portuguese far-right political party formed in 2019 by André Ventura. The party has been described as nationalist and right-wing populist.[14][11][12] In the 2019 Portuguese legislative election it won one seat in Parliament of Portugal.

Its inclusion in the register of Portuguese political parties was accepted by the Constitutional Court on 9 April 2019.[15] On 12 April 2019, it announced that the head of its list to the European Parliament is Ventura. Chega was part of the Basta! coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election in Portugal.

Ideology

Chega considers itself a party with nationalist, conservative and personalist roots.[16] It defends the promotion of an effective justice and the decrease of the State's intervention in economy. The party also presents itself as national conservative and social conservative.[17]

The party wants a decrease of the tax incidence, considering the current tributary system to be "brutal and aggressive to the ones who work and build wealth", and that "takes away half of their salary". It also defends shrinking the bureaucracy, considering it to be one of the main reasons for the "Portuguese competitive economic backwardness".[16]

Election results

National legislative elections

Date Head of list Cl. Votes % +/- Seats +/- Status
2019 André Ventura 7th 67,826 1.29 New
1 / 230
New Opposition

European elections

Date Head of list Cl. Votes % +/- Seats +/-
2019 Basta! 0

Presidential elections

Date Candidate First Round
Cl. Votes %
2021 André Ventura

Regional Elections

Madeira Autonomous Region

Date Cl. Votes % +/- Seats +/- Status
2019 13.º 619 0,43% New
0 / 47
New Extra-parliamentary

Azores Autonomous Region

Date Cl. Votes % +/- Seats +/- Status
2020 4.º 5 260 5,06% New
2 / 57
New Confidence and supply

Leadership elections

The 2020 Chega leadership election was held on 6 September 2020. André Ventura was reelected with more than 99% of the vote, facing no opposition.[18][19]

In 2020, the press notes the "guerrilla atmosphere" prevailing within the party, the result of tensions between the different factions that make up the party.[20]

Controversies

Chega has been criticised for promoting to high ranking positions individuals with ties to organisations with neo-nazi and far-right ideals.[21] Before this was investigated, the head of list, Ventura, promised to have "zero tolerance" with militants connected with extremist or racist movements.[22] Despite this, the party leader organised a march during the coronavirus outbreak, in 2020, which received huge backup and support from the portuguese neo-nazi Mário Machado.[23]

Several members of the party also have admitted to have belonged to neo-nazi groups.[24]

See also

References

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External links

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