The new faces of far-right populism

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A campaign poster of populist candidate André Ventura, in Lisbon, dated May 2019 (Illustration image).

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By: Frederique Lebel

1 min

In Portugal, the Chega party.

The last legislative elections gave the absolute majority to the socialist Antonio Costa.

But the novelty is also the arrival on the political scene of the far-right Chega party.

Which means "enough" in Portuguese.

They had only one MP during the previous legislature, they have 12 today.

In Lisbon, Marie-Line Darcy.

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The Polish Pis wants to bring morality to school

We no longer present the ultra-conservative Polish populist party the PIS, the Law and Justice party and its anti-abortion, anti-European, anti-migrant positions.

More recently, the party has distinguished itself by a desire to breathe its ideology into the classrooms.

It is the famous Lex Czarnek reform, named after the Minister of Education who wants to bring morality back into education, and which has provoked the opposition of many teachers, parents and members of Parliament. 

In Warsaw, Sarah Bakaloglou. 

The suspense for Viktor Orban

And when we talk about Poland, we are also necessarily talking about Hungary and its Prime Minister Viktor Orban.  

Corentin Léotard, 

editor-in-chief of the Courrier d'Europe centrale, based in Budapest, edited "Hungary under Orban" for the plein jour editions.

He explained to Juliette Rengeval how the leader of Fidesz, in office since May 2010, was a model for other European extremists...

And what will happen to Viktor Orban, during the next general elections which are scheduled for April 3, 2022?

The Prime Minister is seeking a 4th term.

But this time, it could be more complicated since the entire opposition presented a single candidate, Peter Marki-Zay. 

In Budapest, Florence Labruyère. 

This is my Europe, the chronicle of Alice Rouja

The youth vote is primarily a protest vote that is expressed on the far left and the far right.

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