Portuguese ultranationalist group, Reconquista.
The municipality says it was deceived by the neo-Nazi group Reconquista, which, claiming to be associated with Chega, had rented the space without revealing its true identity. Group denies this and says it “listed all speakers” to AML.
On November 2nd, the Lisbon Municipal Assembly (AML) room was the stage for an event promoted by the neo-Nazi group Reconquistawhich brought together around 100 participants linked to the extreme right in the Lisbon municipality.
According to information released by the newspaper this Thursday, the group managed to rent the space without revealing its true identity. A “lady whose name did not raise any alarm” presented the request as being for a “conference on the relationship between modernity and collectivism and its effects on society”.
O group identified itself as a “youth collective” associated with the Chega partysaid Rosário Farmhouse, president of the AML, although a source from the latter denied any involvement with the meeting, called the II Reconquista Congress.
The lack of verification allowed the meeting to take place, which, in practice, served to publicize extremist ideals.
Hitlerians, KKK and a “migrant hunter”
The event was attended by activists who openly follow Adolf Hitler’s doctrine, Expresso found. There was space for speeches by prominent figures on the international far-right scene, such as Steve Lawsa self-styled Brit “migrant hunter”, Dries Van Langenhovea prominent figure on the Belgian extreme right, and Keith Woodsan Irishman with ties to Ku Klux Klan.
Group says it has revealed its identity
The group Reconquistafounded in June 2023 and led by Afonso Gonçalves and Alexandre Gazur, is classified as ultranationalist, supremacist e white nationalist.
He frequently articulates with the nationalist and actively promotes positions against migrants in Portugal, the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and inclusive cultural initiatives.
The group has already addressed the case, saying that the news about the meeting is false. in the
They say they are not neo-Nazis: Reconquista “is a nationalist and traditionalist organization; not neo-nazi”, writes the group.
