Carlos Moedas always presents himself as a moderate politician, sometimes even a non-politician, but he believes that “a certain assertiveness in moderation” is necessary in order to “combat extremes”. “Populism creates hatred in society and there is nothing worse”, said the mayor of Lisbon before an audience that was a kind of right-wing States-General, with Marcelo and Cavaco, but which also included several figures from outside politics such as Manuel Luís Goucha, Lili Caneças, Rui Massena, Tony Carreira, Luís de Matos).
Always making a point of equating extremes on the left and right, and without naming parties, Moedas, however, left a message for the heart of the PSD. “Historically, integrating extremes has never worked very well: when we integrate extremes, they