Portugal election winner seeks to sidestep far-right with spending

FILE PHOTO: Far right political party Chega leader Andre Ventura speaks following results in the general election in Lisbon, Portugal, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Pedro Rocha/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's rightist Democratic Alliance (AD), which won Sunday's election by a slim margin, hopes that its proposed tax cuts and wage hikes will be impossible for the far-right Chega party to reject, allowing it to govern without any deals with the populists.

Chega quadrupled its parliamentary seats to 48, coming in third after the AD and incumbent Socialists.