(19 May 2025)
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Lisbon – 19 May 2025
1. Leader of the Socialist Party Pedro Nuno Santos coming to stage, applause
2. Santos at podium, AUDIO applause
3. Long shot of supporters applauding
4. Supporters chanting “Pedro, Pedro”
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Nuno Santos, Socialist Party leader:
“We didn’t provoke these elections but we wanted to win them. We did everything in our power, we had a good campaign but we did not manage to win these elections. The Portuguese people have spoken out clearly and as always we respect the decision of the Portuguese public. I have called Luis Montenegro, I have congratulated him, may he honour the confidence the Portuguese people have placed in him in these elections. It is not up to me to support this government and I believe that this role should not be up to the Socialist Party either.”
6. Close up of supporters
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Nuno Santos, Socialist Party leader:
“The far-right has risen, greatly, it became more violent, more aggressive, more deceptive, we felt throughout this campaign the activity, the violence and the lies of the far-right that unfortunately has grown. The far-right needs to be fought without complacency, with courage, determination, without fear, eye to eye.”
8. Applause and chanting
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Nuno Santos, Socialist Party leader:
“I own my responsibilities as leader of the party, as I have always done in the past whenever I thought they were due. So I will ask for internal elections to the national committee, we have decided with the president of the party to convene next Saturday, when we will call for internal elections, in which I will not be a candidate again.” (Supporters respond with disapproval: ‘No!’)
10. Various of supporters applauding
STORYLINE:
Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos accepted the centre-left party’s defeat early Monday, following the results of a snap election in Portugal, and announced he was standing down.
For the past 50 years, the Social Democrats and the Socialist Party have alternated in power, now the Socialists are contemplating possibly their worst result since 1987, also gaining 58 seats.
The incumbent centre-right Democratic Alliance won the general election, but it failed to secure a majority in Parliament and was set to take office as a minority government for the second time in a year amid a surge in support for a hard-right populist party.
Portugal’s third general election in three years dashed hopes that the ballot could end the worst spell of political instability for decades in the European Union country of 10.6 million people.
Also, an increasing wave of support for Chega (Enough), a populist party which may yet claim second place with its focus on curbing immigration and cracking down on corruption, added further uncertainty to Portugal’s political climate.
With 99.2% of votes counted, the Democratic Alliance captured at least 89 seats in the 230-seat National Assembly, Portugal’s Parliament.
It had been in power for less than a year when it was ousted in a confidence vote in March. It collected 80 seats in last year’s election and served as a minority government.
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