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Portugal votes in election that could add momentum to Europe’s rightward shift

www.france24.com Portugal votes in election that could add momentum to Europe’s rightward shift

Voters in Portugal go to the polls Sunday in an early election that could see the country join a shift to the right seen across Europe after eight years of Socialist rule.

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Socialist rule? What countries are those? AFAIK it’s been more like
NL: right to ultra right
BE: center to center right
FR: center
DE: center to center left(ish)
NO: right
SV: center left to right
etc
so enlighten me about this “socialist rule”.
- Like in many European countries the social democratic party calls it self socialist party. It gets especially odd in Portugal, because the big center-right conservative party calls themselves ”social democrats” 🙄
  
  Ah thank you!
- I think that refers to Portugal being ruled by the Socialist party for 8 years
  
  Actually in any sane country the Portuguese Socialist party would be considered neoliberal
- The absolute state of reading comprehension on Lemmy. Holy shit
  
  cmeio rightly pointed out that “socialist rule” did not necessarily apply to Europe, but Portugal specifically. My understanding is that you mean the same, but in a rather less polite way, correct?
- France center hehehe
  
  Stretching it, I know
  
  Welp, that's what Macron first presented himself as, can't blame you 🤭
- Germany very generously described, would say they’re also rather center to center right.
- News exaggerate everything nowadays.
  I think "populism rule" would fit a bit better.

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