Marine Le Pen, leader of France's National Rally party and Portugal's far-right presidential candidate Andre Ventura visit a monument to fallen soldiers in Lisbon, Portugal, January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal's far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his joint news conference with visiting French counterpart Marine Le Pen due to a lack of social distancing.
Invited to a small, windowless conference room in a hotel basement in Lisbon, most of the several dozen reporters decided to leave over fears of coronavirus contagion, just as Portugal reported record daily infections and deaths.
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