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José Manuel Pureza
Coordinator of the Left Bloc · 
Portugal
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Popularity in the polls
10.7% Approval · 49.3% Disapproval
| Pollster | Dates | Approval | Disapproval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intercampus | 6–12 Oct 2026 | 10.7% | 49.3% |
| Aximage | 14–15 Sep 2026 | 20% | 52% |
| Intercampus | 7–14 Sep 2026 | 7.4% | 53.1% |
| Aximage | 20–21 Jul 2026 | 21% | 53% |
| Intercampus | 9–14 Jul 2026 | 9.6% | 48.4% |
| Aximage | 24–25 Jun 2026 | 25% | 50% |
| Intercampus | 10–16 Jun 2026 | 10.8% | 44.5% |
| Intercampus | 8–14 May 2026 | 9% | 47.3% |
In this table, each number is the pollster's own, as published. The rings identify their 30-day average. We do not compare countries, and nothing comes from the headlines. Read from the Wikipedia polling table (CC BY-SA 4.0) with collection scheduled every 3 hours. Last recorded collection: 29/10/2026, 21:05 (Lisbon).Record older than 24 hours; newer data may be available at the source.
Defence
Positions and proposals
- Defence spending
«they defend the dramatic increase in Europe's military spending in order to disguise as a guarantee of supposed strategic autonomy what is, in truth, pure subservience to Trump's diktats»
Original in Portuguese:
defendem o aumento dramático da despesa militar da Europa para disfarçar de garantia de uma suposta autonomia estratégica aquilo que, na verdade, é pura subserviência aos diktats de Trump
Resolution of the Left Bloc's National Board of 28 March 2026, on European leaders: the party's position.
Background (4 more than a year old)
- Defence spending
«Increasing military spending is wrong and will not guarantee peace.»
Original in Portuguese:
O aumento da despesa militar é errado e não vai garantir a paz.
Left Bloc manifesto for the 18 May 2025 general election: the party's position.
- NATO
«The European Union has the military means it needs to defend itself, but it has to organise them outside NATO and Washington's influence and has to accept the sovereignty of its states.»
Original in Portuguese:
A União Europeia tem os meios militares necessários para se defender, mas tem que organizá-los fora da NATO e da influência de Washington e tem que aceitar a soberania dos seus Estados.
Left Bloc manifesto for the 18 May 2025 general election: the party's position.
- Support for Ukraine
«The agreement being imposed on Ukraine is merely a sharing-out of its natural resources between Russia and the US»
Original in Portuguese:
O acordo que está a ser imposto à Ucrânia é apenas uma partilha dos seus recursos naturais entre Rússia e EUA
Left Bloc manifesto for the 18 May 2025 general election: the party's position.
- Nuclear weapons
«We do not want the French nuclear bomb in Le Pen's hands.»
Original in Portuguese:
Não queremos a bomba nuclear francesa nas mãos de Le Pen.
Left Bloc manifesto for the 18 May 2025 general election: the party's position.
Alliances
- The country's defence treaties: