(7 Oct 1995) Portuguese/Nat
Last week's general election in Portugal highlighted the rise of right wing extremism in a country which was always seen as a haven of racial tolerance.
The decline of the Portuguese economy, growing crime and unemployment is all being blamed on the country's ethnic minorities by the political right-wing.
The Partido Popular which focused its election campaign on these issues won double their previous number of seats in Parliament.
A recent spate of racially motivated killings by neo Nazis in the capital Lisbon indicates the growing wave of rightist extremism in Europe has now reached Portugal.
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