An Unprecedented Journey Behind the Scenes of Politics
"Inside Chega" offers a detailed and rigorous look at one of the most discussed phenomena in current Portuguese politics. This work is essential for anyone seeking to understand the internal dynamics, strategy, and impact of this movement on the national landscape.
Revelations and Documented Facts
Based on meticulous research, the content explores episodes and behind-the-scenes stories that rarely reach the general public. It is an indispensable read for informed citizens, political science students, and those curious about the country's future.
Critical and Independent Analysis
The work stands out for its direct approach, seeking to unravel the complexities of a party that has changed public debate. A current document that serves as a guide to understanding the motivations and central figures of the party.
ISBN9789895891436
Publication date September 2025
Current edition5th
Pages752
Format paperback
Dimensions150x230mm
Genre Economics, Management, Politics and Current Affairs, History, Science and Society
Founded in April 2019, Chega presented itself to the country to defend "good Portuguese citizens", to "destroy" the "system", to "cleanse" Portugal of "thugs", to "expel" immigrants and to erect the "Fourth Republic".
Forged in sensationalism, the party that climbed the ladder of power to become the second largest parliamentary force in 2025 proved to be a political project dominated by contradictions, cases, vendettas and excessive ambitions. Provocative in all the political lines it presents, it brought polarization to democratic life, rode on prejudices and contributed to extremize society.
But who finances Chega? What intrigues does it hide? What do the behind-the-scenes reveal? To which international networks is it linked? How does it coexist with nostalgic dictatorship sympathizers and neo-Nazis? What are the profiles, trajectories and methods that dispute internal influence? How did it attract voters from other parties? What religious and political currents dispute power? How does it use and reinterpret the past and present to win over vulnerable social sectors, young people and neglected areas of the country?
This is the investigation that reveals the hidden face of Chega.
Using thousands of pages of unpublished documents and dozens of exclusive interviews with founders, funders, current and former leaders and militants, Inside Chega is, above all, a portrait of the party by those who created and built it. Unfiltered.
Miguel Carvalho, an award-winning journalist, takes the reader on a journey into the heart of radical populist right-wing politics and "Chega's country", highlighting the consequences of its choices and political practices for the democratic regime.
