The presidential office in Lisbon announced this early Thursday morning. Montenegro’s conservative alliance AD received the most votes in Sunday’s elections a week ago, narrowly trumping the Socialists, who have been in power for eight years but clearly lacked a parliamentary majority. After counting almost all votes, including those from abroad, the Conservatives only won about a third of the total 230 seats in parliament.
The big winner of the elections was André Ventura of the right-wing populist party Chega, who more than quadrupled the number of seats. Since Montenegro has labeled Chega a “xenophobic” and “racist” party and has repeatedly rejected cooperation with the populists, governing will likely be very difficult for him.
As Prime Minister, he must now present his government program to Parliament. If he is unlikely to get a majority for this, new elections become more likely. Things will only get serious when Montenegro has to pass a draft budget through parliament. A ‘grand coalition’ between conservatives and socialists is considered impossible in Portugal. As with neighboring Spain, the two main parties are effectively divided by irreconcilable differences. (sda/dpa)
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