Military vehicles carrying former soldiers that took part in the 25th April Revolution take part in a military parade to celebrate the Carnation Revolution's 50th anniversary in Lisbon on April 25.Thousands celebrated the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy, though support for the far right has revived in recent years.
, singing the national anthem as fighter jets roared overhead. Though its multi-party democracy has proven stable and the country’s infrastructure has been greatly modernised since 1974, aided by EU membership and development funds, Portugal remains Western Europe’s poorest state. “Chega attracts those who have a revisionist view of history with the idea that colonialism and the empire were not bad, and that the glorious Portuguese past and its symbols should be valued,” Costa Pinto said.