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Do the centre and the right really want to hand the defeated PS the top and centre of the political stage?
A group of young people linked to the centre-right declared their support for António José Seguro in the second round of the 2026 presidential election, rejecting André Ventura for 'a lack of sense of the State' and for positions incompatible with democratic values.
After more than 20 years with Presidents coming from its political camp, the PSD is left out of the second round amid the consolidation of the left and mounting difficulties for the centre-right.
CNN Portugal commentator Anabela Neves analyses the electorate that put António José Seguro in the lead in the race for Belém in the first round.
João Cotrim de Figueiredo regretted that “despite the centre-right social majority in the country, it is likely that we will have a President of the Republic from the PS”, saying that this “is due solely to a strategic error by the PSD leadership.” "Despite the evidence [that he would be better placed than Marques Mendes] and the ...
André Pardal, a supporter of Gouveia e Melo and a former PSD MP, says the PSD has an important lesson to learn. He emphasises that the entire centre‑right has suffered a defeat in these presidential elections.
The AD/IL electorate no longer accepts living in a world defined solely by the left, and younger voters are more than willing to hear new ideas which — in Portugal — can only come from the classic European right.
Luís Montenegro returned to the campaign trail to urge voters to back Luís Marques Mendes and to prevent the second round from featuring only candidates from the extremes.
The Finance Minister today warned centre-right voters against 'siren songs', arguing that only a vote for Marques Mendes can prevent the next President of the Republic from being 'a populist or a socialist'.
The presidential candidate has been avoiding ties to the Socialist Party; Pedro Nuno's endorsement was reduced to just one among several. He chose instead to emphasise Lídia Jorge's support and other backers that broaden the campaign's reach towards where he wants to go.
Presidential candidate Luís Marques Mendes told voters on Monday that his candidacy represents the defence of democracy and said João Cotrim Figueiredo appears to be of the 'radical right'. At a rally in Vila Pouca de Aguiar (Vila Real district), the candidate for President of the Republic supported by ...
In the final debate ahead of the presidential election, candidates Gouveia e Melo and Marques Mendes competed to win over voters, emphasising their differences on key issues and appealing to the centre-right electorate.
