Chega’s president, André Ventura, this Monday said that relations between his party and the PSD are “very lukewarm” and urged the Social Democrats to show signs of rapprochement.
“How are the relationships at the moment, on a temperature scale I’d say they’re very warm, but that’s our system and that’s probably how they will continue as long as the PSD shows no signs of wanting to break away from the PS and want really get closer”Chega’s leader said at a press conference at the party’s national headquarters in Lisbon.
André Ventura was of the opinion that the parliamentary elections in Italy the need for the right to have “a new dialog” to win elections and argued that “the right wins when it is able to break down barriers, even with differences, and face common challenges”.
“We must be able to overcome sanitation or false moralisms to cope with the machine that is the Socialist Party at the moment”orphan.
Taking the example of the Italian elections which, according to partial results, were won by the coalition led by the far-right Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, led by Giorgia Meloni, André Ventura argued that “The Fratelli d’Italia, Liga and Força Italia are completely different in terms of immigration, minorities, the project for economic growth, taxes and social rights, but they managed to have a common candidacy project”.
“If they succeeded, why not us? That’s the challenge on the table”he stressed and defended that Chega, PSD and IL should keep in mind that: “only within a common institutional framework, even if there are differences, only within a framework of common competition” will be able to “take down the PS”.
André Ventura believed that the PSD gave “a positive sign on a call to vote for the Chega candidate” vice president of the Assembly of the Republic, but defended that “there are some other things that need to change”not only “in the behavior of the PSD in the Assembly of the Republic, as well as in terms of proximity”.
And he gave the example that “next week” Chega’s constitutional review project will be presented, indicating that this will be an issue to be discussed with the leader of the PSD.
The leader of Chega pointed out that the leader of the PSD, Luís Montenegro, “he gave a signal at Congress that he wanted the PSD closer to the right and not the PS”but stressed that “it’s not enough to say it, it has to be done”.
“In that sense, the PSD has to give signals if we want to create an alternative path. If we don’t, we run the risk that this will continue, that the PS will succeed in adding links and that this will not be possible.” “warned.
On Thursday, the president of Chega regarded as “a sign of normalization” that opens prospects for an understanding of the two parties in 2026, the appeal of the parliamentary leader of the PSD for the favorable vote of his deputies in the candidate Rui Paulo Sousa for deputy deputy. President President of the Assembly of the Republic.
On the same day, the PSD leader refused that this orientation meant a “political approach” to that party, appealing to the “normality of the democratic regime”.
Source: DN
