Vox clarified that the image showed that ″ Portugal and Spain are stronger together ″
The leader of Chega said this Thursday that Vox told him that, by sharing an image of the Philippine dynasty which shows Portugal annexed by Spain, he intended to show that the two countries “are stronger when they are together”.
At a press conference in Passos Perdidos, in the Portuguese Parliament, André Ventura once again addressed the image shared by Vox on social media, to celebrate the Hispanity Day, in which he used an image from the Philippine dynasty, when Portugal was annexed by Spain .
After saying on Wednesday that he had asked the Spanish party for clarification, the leader of Chega said on Thursday that his Vox counterpart Santiago Abascal had told him that the shared image “corresponds to a historical fact” 17th century – Portugal was annexed by Spain between 1580 and 1640 – which wants to convey an “idea of unity”, preserving the “maximum respect for Portuguese sovereignty, history and culture”.
“The message that is pretending to convey to the one that Santiago Abascal conveyed in Lisbon, beside me, at the end of the Chega campaign: that Portugal and Spain are more powerful, stronger, when they are together, not when they are apart”, stressed.
André Ventura also added that Santiago Abascal told him that an alliance between Vox and Chega is a “deep, structural and structuring alliance” that “nothing will break”.
“This alliance is to be maintained, it is unbreakable and will continue to bear political fruit, regardless of which European group each of us is in”, said Ventura, referring to the fact that Chega belongs to the Identity and Democracy group ( ID), while Vox is affiliated with the European Conservatives and Reformers (ECR).
The Chega leader also alluded to the fact that, last year, he had demanded an apology from Vox – which was never childish – after the party also shared an image in which Portugal was annexed by Spain, to mention that it is “particularly It is important that, this time, there was a clarification, given the close relationship that exists between the two parties.”
On Tuesday, Vox released a poster alluding to the Day of Hispanity, which was then commemorated, in which Portuguese territory is part of Spain, as are the former Portuguese colonies.
“Spain has a lot to celebrate and nothing to regret. On a day like today, 529 years ago, Columbus discovered America and began Hispanity, the greatest twinning work carried out by one in universal history,” stated the people who were party in message that accompanies the image posted on social networks.
In the center of the image is a map that marks in red former Spanish crown possessions around the world, including Portugal, all of Latin America, much of North America and the African coasts of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, including what is now Angola , Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, among other countries.
At the top, a flag with Portuguese arms, beside the Spanish royal Philippine shield, during the 60-year period of Portugal’s annexation by Spain (1580-1640), in which Portuguese arms were part of the coat of arms of the Spanish crown.