Housing and the far right: Portugal votes again but the issues remain the same

<p>Immigration rises up the agenda and housing remains key issue as polls point to a similar result to 2024 vote</p><p>Portugal will return to the polls for the third time in just over three years on Sunday to vote in a snap general election triggered by the country’s centre-right prime minister, Luís Montenegro, who is under pressure over his family’s business activities.</p><p>Montenegro, who leads the Social Democratic party – the largest party in Portugal’s ruling Democratic Alliance (AD) coalition – is facing political and judicial scrutiny over a data protection consultancy that he founded in 2021 and which he transferred to his wife and sons the following year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/17/housing-and-the-far-right-portugal-votes-again-but-the-issues-remain-the-same">Continue reading...</a>