(16 May 2025)
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Lisbon – 16 May 2025
1. Various of leader of AD (democratic alliance coalition and current Prime Minister) Luis Montenegro during street parade
2. Various of parade
3. Montenegro greeting supporters
4. People watching from window
5. Montenegro greeting people making victory sign
6. Various of supporters and flags
7. Flag with Montenegro’s face
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Antonio (surname not given) 88 year-old supporter of AD:
“Whoever wins will have some trouble to find consensus, but we must find it because the situation is serious, to be able to have a government. This is it and we hope that this is the party that wins, and may the others understand and have the political maturity to allow for governance, not in favour of a party but in favour of the country.”
9. Supporters leaving
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Tatiana Azenha, 35-year-old supporter of AD:
“I hope that we can win with a majority to be able to guarantee stability in Portugal. We deserve, and the Portuguese deserve indeed, someone that is serious, that is truthful and with competence and Luis Montenegro is the only person that can assure us this.”
11. Supporters leaving
12. Wide of Socialist Party parade
13. Various of leader of the Socialist Party Pedro Nuno Santos during street parade
14. Various of Santos greeting supporters
15. Group of friends and supporters of Socialists
16.SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ana Paula (Surname not given) 62-year-old supporter of PS:
“First of all I hope that PS wins, first of all. Secondly, I hope that whoever wins may bring stability and benefit people’s lives. This is what I hope for.”
17. Tilt down from woman holding balloon and rose (symbol of the party)
18. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Tiago Veloso 36-year-old supporter of PS:
“What I hope for is that the Socialist Party may have a win that avoids that AD and the Liberal Initiative can form a government – this would endanger the welfare state, the public school and the national health service. I hope above all that people trust the Socialist Party and the program of the party.”
19. Wide of parade
20. Nuno Santos waving to cameras
STORYLINE:
Portugal is facing its third national elections in three years this Sunday following the collapse of the center-right government of Luis Montenegro.
Parties and voters alike are gearing up for what promises to be a unique election amid voter discontent and recent controversy.
The minority government of Montenegro lost a confidence vote in Parliament amid questions about the prime minister’s conduct and brought the worst bout of political instability since Portugal adopted a democratic system more than 50 years ago in the wake of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, which ended a four-decade dictatorship.
Portugal, which has a population of around 10.6 million people, has had a series of minority governments in recent years as the traditional rivals for power, the center-right Social Democratic Party and the center-left Socialists, lost votes to growing smaller parties.
The ballot deepens political uncertainty just as Portugal is in the process of investing more than 22 billion euros ($24 billion) in EU development funds.
Voter discontent with a return to the polls could bring dividends for the far-right populist party Chega (Enough), which has fed off frustration with the two mainstream parties.
Portugal has been caught up in the rising European tide of populism, with Chega surging into third place in last year’s election.
Montenegro, who is standing for re-election, has denied any wrongdoing.
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