The leader of the Social Democratic Party does not consider it a bad result to be 2-3 points behind the Europeans

The SDP president considered on Monday that losing two or three percentage points to the Europeans would be a good result, and assured that a defeat does not necessarily lead to his resignation.

“It’s not just about winning or losing, it depends. The SDP lost the last European elections by 12 percentage points, if the SDP by two or three points, do you think this is a bad result? I don’t think so, but it’s not. I want to get results,” Luis Montenegro said in an interview with RTP.

The Social Democrat leader reiterated that he was working to win next year’s European Championship – just like he had previously won the regional championship in Madeira in the fall – but declined that a loss would automatically mean his resignation.

“I’m not going to tell you that failure in the European elections will necessarily lead to the termination of my functions, certainly not,” he said, believing that this would depend on the “political assessment” of two years in power.

“If I am convinced that I am on the right track, that we will achieve the goal of becoming a government, whatever the result, I will remain at the head of the SDP,” he added. in an interview marking his first year of election on May 28 last year.

In an interview with Montenegro’s RTP, it was asked to clarify whether he acknowledges Chega’s support for a possible future government, after he said in a recent CNN interview that he would not form a government or accept political support from parties. “racist, not xenophobic, not opportunist, not populist” but later declined to clarify whether he was specifically referring to the André Ventura-led party.

“I have already answered this question, I have nothing to add now, and I have already promised that when we go to the polls, the Portuguese will not wake up with a government different from the one they wanted. that today he is PS General Secretary and Prime Minister,” he said, urging the media to ask António Costa the same questions.

Faced with the journalist’s insistence – “Enough, yes or no” – he replied: “I have already said what is important that people know today about my political position and the principles that guide my candidacy for the post of prime minister,” he said. , justifying his response “because there will be no elections tomorrow”.

“I have my own political and pre-election strategy, and I will follow it, I have already said that I am excluded from my political project,” he repeated.