Antonio Costa has been losing the comfortable advantage he had in the polls, in which he came to have a difference of more than ten points over Rui Rio, who is three points below the Socialist candidate.
Portugal celebrate today the early elections to end the political crisis that dates back to 2019. The year in which the stable and long-lasting relationship between the forces of the left known as a ‘lowonça‘.
This situation pulled the country out of the hole in which it found itself, but at the same time it triggered a disagreement that was reflected in the rejection of the budgets by the former partners of the Socialists.
Faced with this scenario the Prime Minister, Antonio Costa still ahead of the polls, but the advantage he has over the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PDS), Rui Rio, is getting lighter.
According to the researcher of CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Affairs), Héctor Sánchez, a grand coalition between the two forces is very likely, but without the center-right entering the government.
“The price they are going to demand communists Y Block is higher than the one that will demand the PSD (…) Yes now Antonio Costa he does not decide for them, the campaign that they are going to make him pay for is enormous,” adds Sánchez.
During the campaign, Costa has blamed communists and the Bloc for being responsible for the current situation, which makes it difficult for them to unite their paths again for the next legislature. However, the irruption of the extreme right of He arrives! as a possible third force in the Parliament it also complicates a possible agreement with its former partners, now weaker.
advantage decreases
For the moment, Costa count with one 36 percent in intention to vote, still below the 116 deputies necessary to have a majority in Parliament, while the Block it would obtain between five and eight deputies and communists between five and nine, according to various polls published in the Portuguese press.
But nevertheless, Costa has been losing the comfortable advantage it had in the polls, in which it came to have more than ten points of difference over Rio, who, in the best of cases according to the polls, is three points below the socialist candidate.
Source: Eitb
Kingston is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his in-depth and engaging writing on sports. He currently works as a writer at 247 News Agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the sports industry.
