Basta! (coalition)

Enough!
Chega!
LeaderAndré Ventura
Founded12 April 2019
Dissolved30 July 2019
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing to far-right[2][3]
European Parliament groupEuropean Christian Political Movement
Member partiesChega
People's Monarchist Party
Citizenship and Christian Democracy
Exits:
Democracy 21

Basta (lit.'Enough') was a right-wing populist[4][2][3] party coalition in Portugal, formed by the political party Chega, the People's Monarchist Party, and the Citizenship and Christian Democracy party. The Democracy 21 movement was also a part of the coalition on the European elections, but decided to quit shortly after because of the proposal of the Citizenship and Christian Democracy party to revoke the law permitting abortion.[5]

The coalition was formed in order to participate in the 2019 European elections, joining several formations from the Portuguese political right. The coalition embodies the wide range of ideologies advocated by the different parties that make it up: the conservatism defended by all, the populism and nationalism of the Chega party, the monarchism of the People's Monarchist Party, the Christian democracy of the Citizenship and Christian Democracy party and the economic liberalism defended by the Democracy 21 political movement.

  1. ^ "Manifesto of the party". Chega (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Almeida, São José (2019-01-26). "Chega um partido populista de extrema-direita a Portugal" [A far-right populist party has arrived in Portugal]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  3. ^ a b "'Politico' sublinha pouca adesão de Portugal ao movimento populista" ['Politico' highlights poor adhesion of Portugal to the populist movement]. Jornal Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-05-29. News article on the campaign for Europeans Elections refers to the meager chance that the coalition "Basta!" to elect a MEP and advances the reasons for the country to resist the wave of far-right that reached the rest of Europe.
  4. ^ Marinho, António Luís. "Populist (A)ventura". SAPO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 May 2019. Os populistas devem ser criticados pelo que são: um verdadeiro perigo para a democracia
  5. ^ "Basta. Democracia21 deixa coligação devido a petição para penalizar aborto" [Basta. Democracia21 leaves coalition thanks to petition to punish abortion]. ionline (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-06-23.