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/396/ Enough Carnations? Portugal Decides, ft. Catarina Príncipe
🕑 Added 2024-03-12 21:13:02 +0000 UTCOn Portugal's elections, 50 years since the revolution
Catarina Príncipe, a long-time activist on the Portuguese left and a doctoral student of political economy, is back on the podcast to talk through what happened as Portugal went to the polls.
- How does Portugal see itself, with regard to Europe, and its own history?
- How did the right-populist Chega party break through amid high turnout?
- What kind of anti-politics did Chega bring to the table?
- Is there nostalgia for the dictatorship?
- How did immigration become an issue in a country where emigration is the big problem?
- What is going on with Portugal's huge housing crisis?
- Why has the EU disappeared as a political issue, 10 years on from the peak of the crisis?
Links:
- In Portugal’s Election, the Center Left Struggles to Hold On, João Murta & Guilherme Rodrigues
- Europe After Brexit, Bungacast live event, ft. Catarina Principe + others
Comments
Ricardo de Cillo
If Chega is apolitical, does it even fit the left right framework anymore. I guess you probably already discussed this before but cant recall in which episode. I hope that Brazilians are behaving in Portugal. Here in Japan they are mostly Bolsonaristas, specially the low payed workers, which is a tragedy.
NigelBOpinion
Probably unavoidable, but a bit too much elementary background for those of us familiar with Portugal. Also, given that both participants in the conversation Lusophone, it's hard not to wish this episode was in Portuguese! (Even if logistically difficult, expensive to subtitle etc.).
