RE: Portuguese General Election11 Mar 2024 10:05
The last Politico poll of polls showed a much larger margin between AD and PS so maybe the Presidential plea for people to vote and high turn out has had its effect.
They are all aware of the different issues that face the country, high rents, low wages, immigration, emigration of the ambitious and perceived (or not) corruption. The BLP touches positively on many of these issues and, despite the implications of the SundayTimes article yesterday, the confirmation from the authorities that SAV has no case to answer would help undercut any political opposition looking to make objective decisions for the benefit of the country.
As you say TB, one might hope that the AD and PS will be adult enough to enable positive economic development for their respective electorates, and not use the possible disruptive votes of Chega to stall, just because they can. I can understand their name, looking back and saying ‘enough’ but do they want their current battle cry to be associated with ‘Not Enough’ by their current and future supporters if all they do is prevent economic renewal?
When the political 3-legged milking stool has one much shorter leg, it doesn’t make it very stable for business to plan.