• poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    1 day ago

    As a migrant in Portugal I agree with your concerns, but on the other hand I am happy that in my municipality (and the surrounding ones) Chega did quite badly and basically only a few idiots voted for them. Small wins and all that 🤷

    • sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social
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      Oh, hello fellow citizen in Portugal!

      Celebrate away. They even did 10 times worst than the predictions suggested nationwide. That is really worthy of celebration indeed.

      But I live in Algarve. And that alone should tell you everything. Even though they also did a lot worse than they expected down here, they still got a lot of sits in the municipal assemblies in the region. I haven’t checked Alentejo but I suspect a similar outcome. But it’s a lot of damage and interference they can generate nonetheless.

      I’m also sad that Alexandra Leitão lost to Carlos Moedas in Lisbon. That is a huge blow to a very important region in the nation. I despise both PS and PSD, but Alexandra Leitão is the only example of a Leftist that PS has to offer, while Carlos Moedas is the worst kind that PSD has to show for and that is saying a lot.

      But yeah, celebrate the small victories nonetheless. Just remain vigilant though.

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        If the whole left had united in Lisbon it might have been a different story, still very close though