Chega (political party)

Chega!
PresidentAndré Ventura
Vice Presidents
  • António Tânger Corrêa
  • Pedro Frazão
  • Marta Martins da Silva
FounderAndré Ventura
Founded9 April 2019
Merger ofCitizenship and Christian Democracy (2020)
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
HeadquartersLisbon
Youth wingJuventude Chega
Membership (2021)c. 40,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[2]
European affiliationPatriots.eu
European Parliament groupPatriots for Europe
(since 2024)[nb 1]
Colours  Dark blue
Slogan"God, country, family and work"[4]
Assembly of the RepublicTemplate:Political party data
European ParliamentTemplate:Political party data
Regional parliaments
8 / 104
Local government
(Mayors)
0 / 308
Local government
(Parishes)
0 / 3,085
Election symbol

Chega (pt; officially known as CHEGA!; lit.'Enough!') is a national conservative and right-wing populist[5] political party in Portugal. It was formed in 2019 by André Ventura.[6] It is on the far-right[7] of the political spectrum.[8][9][10]

Notes

  1. The party was formerly part of Identity and Democracy (2020–2024).[3]

References

  1. "Ventura diz que Chega tem cerca de 40 mil militantes, mas apenas 10% reelegeram o líder?". Polígrafo. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. "Chega oficializa ligação à extrema direita europeia". www.sabado.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-07-02.
  3. Hernández-Morales, Aitor (11 March 2024). "Portugal's far right comes roaring back". Politico. Lisbon. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. "Portugal's Socialists win election, now eye alliances". Star Tribune. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. Nava, Sergio (2024-03-11). "Portogallo, Andrè Ventura: chi è il leader del partito di estrema destra Chega". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  6. de Carvalho, Bruno Amaral (12 April 2019). "A extrema-direita chega a Portugal?" [Has the far-right arrived in Portugal?]. Contacto (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  7. Almeida, São José (26 January 2019). "Chega um partido populista de extrema-direita a Portugal" [A far-right populist party has arrived in Portugal]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. "'Politico' highlights poor adhesion of Portugal to the populist movement". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. 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.