Thank you for sharing these insights about Portugal's political system and politics. We, ex-patriots living in Portugal, know and understand too little of what's going on. Posts like yours help us stay informed.

I remember how surprised I felt a few weeks ago, when I discovered for the first time that the "Social Democratic" Party is, in fact, centre-right, while the "Socialist" party is actually social-democratic in its ideology and platform. 😅 It can be pretty confusing for someone new in the country. (Like in two Nordic countries we have parties called "Left" that are both centre-right in reality 😆).