João Carvalho: Portugal was long considered immune to populism. Now the right-wing Chega party is at 19 percent in polls.
Cost of living has risen sharply since the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The view of immigrants is therefore different in Portugal, says the political scientist. He says migration thrives as long as there are jobs and when the economy stumbles, as we lack both both low-skilled and highly specialized workers who are flexible and expats who don't work well together.