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Portugal’s Election Gamble: How it Backfired for the Left – TLDR News
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On Sunday Portugal headed to the polls in an election triggered by a power play from the Left Bloc & Communists. However, that move is now looking more questionable, with the electoral gamble certainly not paying off. So in this video we’ll unpack what happened, why the left took such a major chance and why it didn’t work out.
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@jk1llxx
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
"António Costa will remain the Prime-Minister" -woop, that didn't age well
@walesruels
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Is Portugal the only country in Europe (other than Denmark?) where the left-wing has won an election recently?
@brvn02
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Dude chega isnt far right, its the farthest right weve had in portugal, but compared with other parties in other european and extra-european countries its not that far from centre.
@mlevif
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
The only reason they got the majority was because people were afraid of Chega raising to power, so they voted PS. This resulted in the current political crisis.
@Redmailnet
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Portugal's politics are rotten corrupt – been like that for at least 30 years now.
One of the most incompetent public sectors I've ever seen in my whole life – while the private sector is ultra-greedy. So, there's no growth possible with this kind of leadership.
The only viable solution is Chega – at least it has solutions and members doing great job for small regions and peripheries around big cities.
Portuguese's mass-media tries at all cost to damage and label Chega as a far-right and racist party – which is far from the truth.
Chega want's to change how gypsies are using tax payers money to buy luxury cars while their youth drop school and goes into crime.
They call it Far-Right 'cos Chega doesn't want a Nanny Government for Portugal.
They say Chega isn't suitable 'cos they want to demand the BANKS to give back the money they stole during BES Scandal and others.
They can't call it anything else 'cos they're a bunch of corrupt that have to be careful with accusations since 13 PS ministers already resigned.
Portugal's not a full representative democracy 'cos there's a few Oligarch and influential old families that still use their power to corrupt.
So yeah. In short. PS and PSD have the political machine figured out. They go around kissing and dancing with old people, promising them everything. When the elections came, most young people and working class are busy and PS/PSD win from having a bunch of elderly population.
Now Chega has been growing, mainly 'cos PS/PSD/LEFT are CORRUPT and INCOMPETENT, but also 'cos young people are WAY more educated and are now growing up.
Simply talking without saying anything won't work any longer.
@fungo6631
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Whenever communists are involved, shit backfires in some way. Never trust the hard left and hard right.
Commies and nazis cannot be trusted.
@nathanielescudero5379
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
With almost 50,000 British living in Portugal it's great to have a concise update on the political landscape in a format that I can understand.
My Portuguese is ok for shopping and light conversation. All politics and bureaucracy here is shrouded in legal language. Many (including natives) choose to pay solicitors or administrators to navigate the paperwork.
More details in the future please.
@brianharris4275
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
" MAKE PORTUGAL GREAT AGAIN" SCREW CHINA AND THE EU.
@jmrev8968
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
The power of USA devil pro sumpS –> portugal/roman ia
Instead IT TO in-gla-te-rra
rids my land OFF**🇵🇭
@SergioHBranco
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
This is not true. The geringonça ended with the 2019 elections.
@nostro1940
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Saying chega is fascist is like saying the tories are fascist.
@nostro1940
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
11 months later and it's a corruption clusterfuck without end.
Poortuguese get what they voted for. Switzerland should just ban all Portuguese immigration
@mirromarnicco3162
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
I can understand why the Communists have done what they did, they are just stupid Leninists, but the Left? Why?
@farinfasfarinfinfinhas7903
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
I have to tell you something. "Chega" is not far-right I must say. It's called far-right by the toxic socialists and commies. There's no far right at the moment in Portugal.
@luisaresta8235
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Well the portuguese dictatorship was not fascist, it was a right wing authoritarian regime. And Chega is more of a conservative party, a little too close to far right but they are similar to Britain's conservative party.
The rest is spot on, just as a fun fact, it's documented that when Rome was trying to conquer what is now Portugal Julius Caesar proclaimed, Who are those people that don't govern themselves and don't allow others to govern them. Not much has changed
@rof8200
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Large government spending plans and more bureaucrats are continuing to make Portugal extremely business unfriendly
@adrijobecq
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Geringonça actually translates better to "contraption", it's a nameless machine that you don't really know how it works.
@soggybread5853
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Even with all the flaws of the Portuguese government I hear about (no government is perfect), as a Hungarian leftist I would be happy if my country’s politics was more like that of Portugal.
@bfmtrooper5454
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Well, the less left wing parties that are in power around the world, the better. I would rather see the far right in power than any left wing party.
@MasouShizuka
March 5, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Huh the communist party is called PCP…