The populist far-right and the intersection of antiimmigration and antifeminist agendas: the Portuguese case

This article aims to discuss the intersections of anti-feminist and anti-immigration agendas in Portuguese far-right through critical discourse analysis PNR Chega’s positions. These political actors convey nationalist, racist anti-multiculturalist messages at same time that they show their hostility towards gender equality policies, using racial, cisgender heteronormative categories as criteria define whose citizens are worthy defense/protection. Recently, have also co-opted justify positions, specifically opposing hosting refugees, depicted a potential threat imagined European white Christian community. The latter representation, apparently disruptive own conservative ideology based on protecting traditional family/nation, is thus re-oriented order simultaneously attack “gender ideology”. shows how mobilization gendered racialized tropes construction Europe Portugal risk from ‘external’ forces re-inscribes xenhophobic securitarian discourses sphere.