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The socialist leader accuses the right of colluding with the far-right to exclude the PS from the election of the three Constitutional Court judges.
The Portuguese parliamentary group Chega abruptly left the plenary session after a heated altercation with Teresa Morais, the acting president of the parliament. The dispute arose during a debate on racism and violence against women, initiated by Chega, where leader André Ventura accused opposition deputies of ignoring crimes against foreigners and women. Teresa Morais responded by defending the integrity of female parliamentarians, which prompted Ventura to criticize her and the opposition. The confrontation escalated when Filipe Melo of Chega was reprimanded for leaving his seat during the exchange, leading to the entire Chega bench walking out and the session ending prematurely. The incident was widely condemned, with the opposition praising Morais and criticizing Chega's behavior.
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The Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) is blocking the election of external parliamentary bodies, including the Constitutional Court and the Council of State, which has led to repeated delays. André Ventura of Chega accuses the PS of preventing his party's participation in key decision-making organs, such as the Constitutional Court, despite previous joint efforts. The PS has requested postponements to ensure proper representation and is engaged in ongoing negotiations, with the next discussion scheduled for March 25. The dispute highlights political disagreements over parliamentary appointments and the PS’s resistance to Chega’s inclusion in these institutions.
The leader of Chega, André Ventura, accused the PS this Monday of blocking elections for the external bodies of the Assembly of the Republic and of refusing to allow his party to nominate a candidate for the Constitutional Court.
The article discusses a political dispute in Portugal where Ventura blames Carneiro for causing an “embarrassing deadlock” in the Assembly of the Republic. It highlights ongoing tensions within Portuguese politics, with references to recent parliamentary issues and statements from political figures. The broader context includes various national news topics such as social support initiatives, government appointments, and European Union defense policies, but the primary focus is on the internal parliamentary conflict between Ventura and Carneiro.
André Ventura, leader of the Chega party, has summoned the Governor of the Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal), Álvaro Santos Pereira, to explain a pension agreement for his predecessor. The controversy involves former governor Mário Centeno, who reportedly reached a deal to retire at 59 with a pension nearly equal to his full salary of approximately 20,000 euros per month. Residents should note this follows reports of a “hidden agreement” regarding the early retirement.
André Ventura, born January 15, 1983, is a lawyer, academic, and Portugal's most prominent far-right leader. He founded Chega ("Enough") in 2019 after his PSD mayoral campaign attacked the Romani community. Chega surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest party and making Ventura Leader of the Opposition.
His platform emphasizes immigration restrictions, law-and-order policies, constitutional reform, and contains inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric that has triggered multiple discrimination convictions and investigations. Politically classified as far-right by international media, Ventura cultivates alliances with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen and Santiago Abascal.
He announced his 2026 presidential candidacy, polling at 18% alongside independent Admiral Gouveia e Melo. His rise ended Portugal's 50-year resistance to far-right parties.
Mário Centeno is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as Finance Minister from 2015 to 2020 and as President of the Eurogroup from 2018 to 2020, and later became Governor of the Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal). His nomination for vice‑president of the European Central Bank matters because a senior Portuguese official at the ECB could influence euro‑area monetary policy decisions that affect interest rates and the economy in Portugal.
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.
The PS leader reacted to the fact that Nuno Melo stated he had been waiting several months for the Foreign Minister's contribution to finalise the National Strategic Defence Concept.
The Socialist speaks of the executive's “insensitivity and incompetence” in responding to fundamental issues. Regarding the Constitutional Court's decision on Montenegro, he says that political life is subject to “absolute scrutiny”.
The former President of the Assembly of the Republic complained in writing to his successor for failing to speak out after André Ventura linked him to the Casa Pia case.
The PSD parliamentary leader stresses that this decision has no repercussions for the Prime Minister, but rather for “other holders of sovereign offices, whose treatment should be equal.”
The Chega leader also admitted he may appeal to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.
The Lisbon Court of Appeal rejected the appeal from André Ventura and confirmed the initial decision of the Lisbon Civil Court, which ordered the removal of his presidential campaign posters that targeted the Roma community. The leader of Chega and former presidential candidate invoked several reasons in his appeal against the decision of...
The Socialists argue that the changes promoted by the Government are nothing more than a “governmentalisation and politicisation of the news agency”
The councillor moved into the building that houses Moedas's administration and says she is 'available to serve the public'. She accuses Bruno Mascarenhas of preventing her from doing her job. Mascarenhas promises to reply after the elections.
A Liberal laments that the PSD did not withdraw its support for Marques Mendes. Also, FC Porto beat Guimarães 1-0.
According to the PS parliamentary leader, “if there was a figure who, throughout that difficult period, was against salary and pension cuts, it was António José Seguro.”
Leader of the PS (Socialist Party) reiterates his conviction that Montenegro has been “completely disconnected from the country” since his New Year statement. “He is a prime minister who is out of touch with the people,” he says.
António José Seguro accuses Paulo Rangel of saying nothing about the situation of Portuguese people in Venezuela. But the candidate does not answer directly the minister's charge that a vote for Seguro is a “blank vote”. Seguro's campaign visited the Angeiras market this morning in Matosinhos.
The retired admiral says the prime minister 'was wrong' to equate him with André Ventura.
The former secretary-general of the Socialist Party revealed he will not be present at the Council of State convened by the President of the Republic to discuss the situation in Ukraine. He says “it doesn't make sense to attend”.
In a ruling published on Tuesday, the Constitutional Court stressed that, after that deadline, none of the three candidacies had remedied the irregularities in question.
Gouveia e Melo accused Marques Mendes of being involved in the golden visa case, but that was not quite right — it was his former partners. Mendes also accused the retired admiral of having advocated the return of compulsory military service, which was likewise not entirely correct.
The PS parliamentary leader says that after a 'non-exhaustive analysis' it was concluded that 'there are more than 100 lies, inaccuracies and manipulations identified and circulated', mainly by André Ventura.
