(16 May 2025)
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Lisbon, Portugal – 15 May 2025
1. Pan of Lisbon skyline
2. Various of Portuguese Parliament facade
3. Various of Chega Party campaign billboard reading (Portuguese) “To save Portugal, vote Chega”
4. Various of campaign billboard for Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader and current Prime Minister Luis Montenegro
5. Various of Socialist Party campaign billboard showing leader Pedro Nuno Santos
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Lisbon, Portugal – 14 May 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marina Costa Lobo, University of Lisbon’s Institute of Social Sciences director and coordinating researcher:
“We have a dilemma which is, we have a majority of the electorate that votes on the right, the right holds 60% of the seats in Parliament, but in reality together the parties do not make up for a stable coalition because there is a cordon sanitaire between Chega and PSD. So, the past elections that resulted in a majority on the right did not lead to a stable government. It was a minority government led by the PSD and due to a set of factors it fell.”
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Lisbon, Portugal – 15 May 2025
7. Various of IL (Liberal Initiative party) campaign billboard
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Lisbon, Portugal – 14 May 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marina Costa Lobo, University of Lisbon’s Institute of Social Sciences director and coordinating researcher:
“The reality is that the trajectory of the polls indicates that PSD is slightly ahead – PSD in coalition with the CDS party (People’s Party) that makes up the AD (Democratic Alliance coalition). What the polls indicate is that there will not be major differences from the last election results, it should be similar but AD is betting on an improvement of their results so that they can possibly achieve some kind of absolute majority with IL. If that does not happen there needs to be some post electoral agreement between the parties.”
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Lisbon, Portugal – 15 May 2025
9. Left Bloc party campaign sign
10. Man reading newspaper
11. People playing cards on street
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Lisbon, Portugal – 14 May 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marina Costa Lobo, University of Lisbon’s Institute of Social Sciences director and coordinating researcher:
“Regarding the issues at stake during the campaign, I think health was likely the main one. The issues of the welfare state, taxes as well, which is also linked with welfare. The growth of the country as well, the social economic issues were the main themes."
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Lisbon, Portugal – 15 May 2025
13. Various of apartment blocks
14. Woman passing by Left Bloc sign reading (Portuguese) “Lower rents”
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Lisbon, Portugal – 14 May 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marina Costa Lobo, University of Lisbon’s Institute of Social Sciences director and coordinating researcher:
“Housing is also an issue that I would say is part of what can be perceived as the welfare state, even if it is not exactly that – as it has to do with how the markets operate and the regulation of the markets. These issues were all very important. It is significant to mention that the international issues were quite absent from this campaign.”
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Lisbon, Portugal – 15 May 2025
16. Street scene, tram passing by
17. River Tagus seen from top of hill
STORYLINE:
Portugal is facing its third national elections in three years on Sunday, following the collapse of the center-right government of Luis Montenegro.
The minority government of Montenegro lost a confidence vote in Parliament amid questions about the prime minister’s conduct.
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