Description | Right-of-center populist party founded and led by sports commentator, professor and MP, André Ventura. Ventura simultaneously launched the BASTA! coalition ahead of 2019 European Parliament elections, which dissolved on July 30, 2019. CHEGA! was strengthened by merger with the Citizenship and Christian Democracy Party (PPV/CDC) on August 27, 2020. Party picked up 12 seats in the National Assembly after elections held on January 30, 2022, which quadrupled to 50 after legislative elections held on March 10, 2024, ranking it as the third-largest political force and parliamentary group in Portugal [CHEGA! (CH)]. |