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Dave Kellaway provides an initial response to the March 10 general election in Portugal, in which the far-right party Chega was the big winner of the night.

“Now that even the social liberal left are out of power, defending social gains and the living standards of working people will need increased mobilisations in the workplaces and communities. Increased polarisation and instability could increase rather than decrease with these election result.”

Barely a year after the Socialist Party (PS) won a majority in the Portuguese parliament, strikes and protests are erupting across the country.

“What happened this Sunday ‘doesn't mean that we start believing that the Socialist Party Budget was good. It wasn't.' For the Bloco, ‘the reasons for opposing it are not invalidated by our result' and, in fact, ‘parties should not change their convictions for electoral reasons like the way you change their shirt'.”

“What happened this Sunday ‘doesn't mean that we start believing that the Socialist Party Budget was good. It wasn't.' For the Bloco, ‘the reasons for opposing it are not invalidated by our result' and, in fact, ‘parties should not change their convictions for electoral reasons like the way you change their shirt'.”