PORTUGAL A COUNTRY WITHOUT POPULISM

&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Portugal a country without populism<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><strong>The European elections are approaching and Brussels fears a populist tsunami across the continent&amp;period; In Portugal&amp;comma; however&amp;comma; this phenomenon is not taking hold&amp;period; For several reasons&amp;comma; explains the weekly magazine <&sol;strong><a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;"expresso &lpar;ouverture dans un nouvel onglet&rpar;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol; https&colon;&sol;&sol;expresso&period;pt&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank"><strong>EXPRESSO<&sol;strong><&sol;a><strong>&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In the week leading up to December 21&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;December&amp;comma; seeing the turn this movement had taken in<strong> France&amp;period;<&sol;strong> Portugal held its breath&amp;period; The President of the Republic multiplied declarations and also promised that at the <strong>Portugal we did not resort to undue violence<&sol;strong>&amp;comma; citing our latest revolution as an example&amp;comma;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;led by eyelets"<&sol;em>&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>And the mountain gave birth to a mouse&amp;period; The most emblematic image of the day is undoubtedly that of the gathering on the square <strong>Marquês de Pombal&amp;comma; in Lisbon&amp;period;<&sol;strong> Twenty or so demonstrators surrounded by a police cordon at least twice as large&amp;period; The state had prepared itself&amp;comma; but in Portugal&amp;period; Angry civil society&amp;comma; dissatisfied with its political class&amp;comma; did not, however, answer the call&amp;period; Could it be that this electorate does not exist&amp;ThinSpace;&amp;quest; Is the non-concretization of indignation on December 21&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;the mark of the gap between virtual promises and concrete action&amp;ThinSpace;&amp;quest; Is there real discontent&amp;ThinSpace;&amp;quest; If so&amp;comma; how can we explain its failure to translate into either protest action or&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;electoral change&amp;ThinSpace;&amp;quest;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">These few successes serve as a bulwark against populism in Portugal<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In October&amp;comma; the Portuguese government announced its intention to reduce its public deficit to<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;le-portugal-paiera-la-dette-au-fmi&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;" 0&comma;2&percnt; du pib en 2019 &lpar;ouverture dans un nouvel onglet&rpar;"> 0&amp;comma;2&amp;percnt; of GDP in 2019<&sol;a>&amp;period; To remove it completely the following year&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>For the time being&amp;comma; these few successes serve as a bulwark against populism&amp;comma; but the country is not immune for all that&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>None of the parties represented in Parliament are populists&amp;period; But this possibility is not excluded&amp;period; Especially since we know that&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;au <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com">Portugal<&sol;a>People are very disconnected from politics&amp;period; They support democracy as an ideal regime&amp;comma; but they don't rely on parties or leaders&amp;period; This outburst of mistrust could also one day be recuperated by someone who has some media influence"&amp;comma; comments João Tiago Gaspar&amp;comma; political scientist&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>But beyond the economic aspect, Portugal is one of the most conciliatory interlocutors on the migration issue&amp;period; In the EU refugee sharing program&amp;period; The country ranks 6th&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>A policy of openness that can also be explained by demographics at half-mast &amp;colon; the population has been falling for almost 10 years&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><em>"I am convinced that we will be able to reverse these xenophobic tendencies&amp;period; It is true that we are witnessing the emergence of a wave of protest&amp;comma; for not recognizing fundamental values and human rights&amp;semi; in short&amp;comma; to reject all the elements that are the basis of the European project&amp;period; Portugal is not one of those countries that are following this wave.<&sol;em>"Rosa Monteiro, Portugal's Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality, assures us&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;