Portugal’s election could add momentum to Europe’s drift to the right due to corruption, hardship
Portugal is holding a general election Sunday against a backdrop of corruption scandals and economic hardship that have eroded faith in moderate mainstream parties and could push a significant number of voters into the arms of a radical right populist party.
A slew of recent corruption scandals has tarnished the two parties that have alternated in power for decades — the center-left and the center-right Social Democratic Party, which is running with two small allies in
