Chega (political party)

Enough!
Chega!
PresidentAndré Ventura
Vice PresidentsAntónio Tânger Corrêa
Pedro Frazão
Marta Martins da Silva
FounderAndré Ventura
Founded9 April 2019
Merger ofCitizenship and Christian Democracy (2020)
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
HeadquartersLisbon
Youth wingChega's youth
Membership (2021)Increase 60,000[1][needs update]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
National affiliationBasta! (2019)
European affiliationIdentity and Democracy Party
European Parliament groupIdentity and Democracy (2020–2024)[2]
Colours  Dark blue
Assembly of the Republic
50 / 230
European Parliament
2 / 21
Regional parliaments
9 / 104
Local government
(Mayors)
0 / 308
Local government
(Parishes)
0 / 3,085
Website
partidochega.pt

Chega (Portuguese: [ˈʃeɣɐ]; officially stylised as CHEGA!; lit.'Enough!') is a national conservative, right-wing populist[3] political party in Portugal formed in 2019 by André Ventura.[4] It is characterized as being far-right[5] of the political spectrum.[6][7][8]

Chega won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic in the 2019 election. Since this election, the party has rapidly grown in popularity, gaining significant support for its anti-establishment positions.[9] It was the third most voted party in the elections of 2022 taking 12 seats. It saw a surge in support in the 2024 winning 50 seats, more than quadrupling its previous seat count.[10]

  1. ^ Figueiredo, Inês André (10 March 2024). "Só um em cada cinco militantes do Chega inscritos nos cadernos eleitorais votou em Ventura". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Chega oficializa ligação à extrema direita europeia". www.sabado.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Portugal's Socialists win election, now eye alliances". Star Tribune. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ^ Nava, Sergio (11 March 2024). "Portogallo, Andrè Ventura: chi è il leader del partito di estrema destra Chega". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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  6. ^ Carvalho, Bruno Amaral de (12 April 2019). "A extrema-direita chega a Portugal?" [Has the far-right arrived in Portugal?]. Contacto (in Portuguese).
  7. ^ Almeida, São José (26 January 2019). "Chega um partido populista de extrema-direita a Portugal" [A far-right populist party has arrived in Portugal]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "'Politico' highlights poor adhesion of Portugal to the populist movement". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. News article on the campaign for Europeans Elections refers to the meager chance that the coalition "Basta!" to elect a MEP and advances the reasons for the country to resist the wave of far-right that reached the rest of Europe.
  9. ^ CLAUDIA CHIAPPA (12 March 2024). "Chega: 5 things to know about Portugal's surging far-right party". Politico.
  10. ^ "New deputies meet today for the first plenary session of the XVI Legislature". Sul Informação. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

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