Lisbon’s Mayor called for the preservation of Portugal’s liberal tradition and unity against a party that is inciting its base with racist insults targeting a minority.
The mayor of Lisbon demanded that Portugal’s progressive traditions be upheld and that it band together to oppose a party that was robbing its supporters of discriminatory remarks made against minorities. The mayor of Lisbon demanded that Portugal’s democratic traditions be upheld and that it band together to oppose a party that was robbing its supporters of discriminatory remarks made against minorities.
Lisbon’s Mayor called for the preservation of Portugal’s liberal tradition and unity against a party that is inciting its base with racist insults targeting a minority.
At the 2023 Web Summit, held at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, Carlos Moedas, the mayor of the city, will be in attendance. Piaras Ó Mídheach via Getty Images. On a balmy night with the sounds of a traditional Portuguese fado singer resounding through a tavern where slick hands roll over dishes and the stems of wine glasses, it is effortless to not remember the politics in this ancient capital. Unlike London, Amsterdam, or Paris, 13,000-year-old Lisbon has grown into a cosmopolitan area with both local citizens and overseas travelers, and there has not been any friction from right-wing populists condemning minorities and foreigners for any troubles in the city. People in this area have deliberately chosen not to support anyone who is a supporter of the authoritarian regime that had power over Portugal from the 1930s to the 1970s. Until this point in time. The repercussions of far-right populism are beginning to be felt in Portugal, where the mayor of Lisbon anticipates difficult times – comparing the situation to those in the U.S. and Brazil, where societies have been polarized to extreme degrees. Carlos Moedas has pledged to fight against this trend in his country. You divide people into different groups. Moedas, 53 and possessing thick but graying brown hair, is slender and wears glasses. In an interview with HuffPost last month, he commented that it is severely difficult to recover. Portugal was considered an example of moderation, yet now Moedas discussed how it must fight to maintain that image. Throughout this hill-filled municipality, in which 1 in 4 Portuguese dwell, there are promotion boards for the first radical right-wing political bloc to gain momentum since the nation recovered democracy fewer than 50 years ago.
