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Chega

2019– · Portugal · Radical Right Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence low

+06ECmarket
+08CUtraditional
+04AUmonist
+03SCcentral
+05IDascriptive
−01CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Anti-corruption populism combined with restrictive immigration and harsher criminal justice.

Economic model

Tax cuts, smaller state, welfare conditionality.

Organisation of powers

Parliamentary; advocates constitutional revision and chemical castration for some offences.

Reading note

Recent and fast-changing; coded with low confidence.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored +06

Coded +6: tax reduction and a smaller state alongside welfare conditionality.

  • Programme textProgramme commitments to a flat-rate income tax structure and to reduced public administration.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +08

Coded +8: law and order, national identity and opposition to what the party calls gender ideology.

  • Programme textProgramme has included chemical castration for some sexual offences and opposition to gender self-identification.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +04

Coded +4 with low confidence: entirely parliamentary, seeking constitutional revision by the prescribed route.

  • Documented act or statuteGrew from one seat in 2019 to the second-largest parliamentary group in 2025 through ordinary elections.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +03

Coded +3: unitary and sovereigntist, opposing further regionalisation.

  • Programme textProgramme opposes the creation of administrative regions and supports national control of migration policy.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +05

Coded +7: migration restriction and conditional access to welfare.

  • Programme textProgramme commitments to end automatic regularisation and to tie social support to contribution history.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −01

Coded −1: electoral throughout, with confrontational parliamentary tactics.

  • Documented act or statuteHas contested every election since founding and has never endorsed extra-parliamentary action.

Scores that have been revised

ID +07 → +05Portuguese citizenship is civic and lusophone naturalisation is comparatively open. The programme contests admission and welfare conditionality, not belonging.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Portugal

Cite this page

Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Chega. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/chega/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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