André Ventura said he was confident that more right-wing parties would soon join the parliamentary faction.Oscar Del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images

Portugal’s Chega party to join Orbán’s new far-right alliance – POLITICO

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Portugal’s far-right Chega party is poised to be the latest addition to Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán’s new right-wing alliance, which hopes to become a European Parliament group.

Chega’s president, André Ventura, on Sunday said that he was keen to have his party’s two recently elected lawmakers join the Patriots of Europe group, which is made up of members of Orbán’s Fidesz party, Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the Czech Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO) movement.

Ventura said Chega’s executive committee would vote on the matter on Tuesday. He said he was confident that more right-wing parties would soon join the parliamentary faction.