André Ventura said he expects the Government to backtrack on some of the proposals it has presented.
Ventura says that if the labour reform were voted on now, Chega would be against it

Context & Explainers

Chega ("Enough") is a Portuguese far-right populist party founded in 2019 by André Ventura. It positions itself as an anti-establishment movement against what it calls a "rotten and corrupt system" of PS-PSD dominance. The party surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest force with 60 seats. Chega's core platform emphasizes strict immigration control—ending automatic CPLP residency, deporting non-independent immigrants, implementing job-market quotas, and requiring five-year social security contributions before benefit access. It advocates radical constitutional reform, including reducing parliament to 100 members, abolishing the prime minister position for a presidential system, and dismantling public healthcare. Law-and-order policies include life imprisonment and chemical castration proposals.
The party is defined by inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric, with Ventura convicted multiple times for discrimination. Chega maintains international alignments with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen, Santiago Abascal, and Matteo Salvini. Mainstream Portuguese parties, including Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's government, have imposed a cordon sanitaire, refusing coalition with Chega despite its parliamentary strength.
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- Labour package should go to a vote so the Government can show it wants to reform, but the opposition won't allow it • cnnportugal.iol.pt
- May 1st • cmjornal.pt
- Chega 'resigned from negotiations' for the labour package 'by presenting a condition that no sensible Government can accept' • cnnportugal.iol.pt
- If labour reform were voted on now, Chega guarantees it would vote against it • cnnportugal.iol.pt
- Opposition out in force on May Day against labour law reform • rtp.pt
- “This May 1st is the most important of the last decade” • publico.pt
- Photographs of the May 1st demonstration in Lisbon • observador.pt
- If labour reform were voted on now, Chega would be against it, says André Ventura • rtp.pt
- If labour reform were voted on now, Chega would be against it, says André Ventura • rtp.pt
- With workers on the streets and a strike looming, even the President of the Republic joined 'the fight': the labour package's days are numbered • expresso.pt
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