As in the rest of the world, in Portugal there are also reactions to the result of the presidential elections in the United States. The majority are institutional messages that congratulate Donald Trump and express the wish that good diplomatic relations between Portugal and the United States continue. There are, however, those who consider the Republican’s victory a “nightmare come true”and a”big risk”for the maintenance of European institutions and economic stability in the countries of the European Union.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the United States presidential election this Wednesday morning and wished him “happiness as he affirms the transatlantic relationship, democracy and human rights.” The President of the Republic recalled institutional relationship that he maintained with Trump during the Republican’s previous term, especially “in two especially important moments”: the meeting at the White House in 2018 and during the pandemic, when North American ventilators were provided to Portugal.

Regarding a new official visit to the White House until the end of his mandate in Belém, which ends in January 2026, Marcelo stated that its realization “will depend a lot on the availability of one party and the other,” but he does not rule out the possibility.

“For the future, one of the fundamental points is the collaboration between Europe and the USA and that is why in my message I placed a strong emphasis on that cooperation, which must be strengthened and not diminished,” Marcelo said in statements to journalists at the Belém Palace, a few minutes after the majority of the North American media declared Trump as the winner in the race for the White House. Previously, he had already published a note on the Presidency’s website congratulating the Republican for the mandate he won.

Luís Montenegro used social network X to congratulate Trump and highlight the “long and solid relationship” between Portugal and the United States. “I am committed to working closely together, in the spirit of the long and strong relationship between Portugal and the United States, at the bilateral, NATO and multilateral levels,” the Portuguese Prime Minister highlighted in the brief message.

Congratulations, president @realDonaldTrump.
I look forward to working closely with you, within the spirit of the strong and long-standing relationship between Portugal and the United States, bilaterally and at the @BORN and multilateral.

— Luis Montenegro (@LMontenegropm) November 6, 2024

The president of the Assembly of the Republic also welcomed the electoral process in the United States this Wednesday and said he hoped that the privileged relationship between both countries “will continue to happen now with President Trump.”

“I welcome the fact that elections are free, direct and universal. is he legitimacy of the American people that elects a new President and I salute this election,” said José Pedro Aguiar Branco, in statements to Lusa, on the sidelines of a bilateral meeting with the president of the Brazil-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Group, António Brito, at the Portuguese Embassy in Brasilia. .

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres also congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election, highlighting the importance of cooperation between the United States and the United Nations.

“The United Nations is ready to work constructively with the next administration to confront the dramatic challenges of our world,” Guterres said in a statement. Relations between the multilateral organization, based in the US, and Donald Trump were marked by some diplomatic incidents during the Republican’s first term in the White House, between 2017 and 2021.

Pedro Nuno Santos “respects” the choice of the Americans. Ventura joins Trump and says they will be “bulwarks of freedom”

Pedro Nuno Santos, speaking with journalists at the PS headquarters, also reacted this Wednesday to the election of Donald Trump. He said he “respects” the results and the elections of American citizens and hopes that “the The United States can be part of peacebuilding. and not the other way around.”

The PS leader predicts that “the country will continue to deepen its relations with the United States.” “The last few years have been rich from this point of view,” he said. “This relationship that Portugal can build with the United States is essential” and the country “must never lose its Atlanticist perspective,” he added.

André Ventura, speaking to journalists this Wednesday morning, stated that “we need a Europe and an America that are bastions of freedom” and he says he is “convinced that President Donald Trump will be.”

The leader of Chega understands that “the turn to the right in the United States is not just a block a leftist agenda that had been sweeping some European capitals and in the United States themselves”, as a “stimulus for all partner parties of the Republican Party”, in the case of the Portuguese party.

Ventura speaks in plural and says that Chega and the Republican Party will together be a “bulwark of freedom.” And he gives examples that he considers contrary to that freedom: “We have a South America taken over by communist and socialist dictatorships. The case of Brazil is no different today.”

“Portugal must maintain excellent relations with the United States, we are one of the countries with the best bilateral and geographical relations,” appeals Ventura, who considers “it is important for Europe to understand that, regardless of having defeated Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, Europeans have to stop thinking under the umbrella of American defense and be your own headquarters without depending on the USA.”

Before speaking to journalists, Ventura had already used the social network

Great victory for Donald Trump in the United States. Against the interests of the installed system, against the traditional media, against awakened globalism. America has changed today and turned to the right. Europe must do the same!

—André Ventura (@AndreCVentura) November 6, 2024

Rui Rocha believes that the EU will have to learn to take care of itself. Bugalho welcomes the “significant result” in the US elections

Rui Rocha, president of IL, also reacted this Wednesday, early on, there was an apparent victory for the Republican candidate who had already been elected president of the United States in 2016. He used the social networkEurope will have to take care of itself“.

Europe will have to take care of itself. The first consequence for the PT is obvious. The State focuses on essential areas: security, defense, justice, mobility, universal access to health/education. Do very well there. There is no longer any place to waste public resources on superfluous items or accessories.

— Rui Rocha (@ruirochaliberal) November 6, 2024

“The first consequence for Portugal is obvious. The State focuses on essential areas: security, defense, justice, mobility, universal access to health/education. Do very well there. “There is no longer any room to waste public resources on superfluous/additional items,” he said.

Sebastião Bugalho, from Brussels, congratulated the American people “for going to the polls” and “for a very expressive and very clear result.” Likewise, in statements to Portuguese journalists, he demonstrated “solidarity with the communities that, faced with this result, feel more apprehensive”. “I have no problem doing it as an MEP,” he stressed.

The MEP elected by the Democratic Alliance considers that the first action of the European Union should be “to work to have a good interlocutor on the other side of the Atlantic to guarantee the defense of the continent at a time when it is threatened by a superpower.” which is led by Vladimir Putin”.

Marta Temido speaks of “a nightmare come true.” Catarina Martins says that “in times of all dangers, the lesser evil is useless”

In Brussels, PS MEP Marta Temido reacted to the results of the presidential elections in the United States and stated, this Wednesday morning, that “if they are confirmed, they are a nightmare come true” and that this translates into “an enormous concern for respect for democracy and human rights.”

In statements to CNN Portugal, the socialist stated that these are “moments of enormous concern for the world” and that “the EU must assume all its responsibilities” at a time when “relations are entering a phase of enormous uncertainty.” He considers that the world “is very aware of the little friendship that Trump has with European institutions” and how “he will make every possible effort to undermine the European image and values.” “Trump represents the worst of politics”says the MEP chosen by the PS.

Temido also hopes that Trump’s election “is not an example for anyone”, insisting that for European institutions the result of the US elections “is a big risk”, as well as for “support and financing” for institutions such as the UN and NATO.

Catarina Martins, who reacted to Donald Trump’s victory in X, says she is “very worried, but not surprised” by Donald Trump’s victory in the United States. “Democrats ignored poverty at home and genocide in Gaza. when the progressives Embrace liberalism and war, the extreme right wins.”, considers the MEP from the Left Bloc.

Very concerned, but not surprised. Democrats ignored poverty at home and genocide in Gaza. When progressives embrace liberalism and war, the far right wins. These are times of all dangers and the lesser evil is of no use. The task of the left is enormous.

– Catarina Martín (@catarina_mart) November 6, 2024

“These are times of all dangers and the lesser evil is of no use. The task of the left is enormous,” says the blocker.