00:01A five-year Bolsonaro victory could push Brazil away from the European Union, former MEP and vice-chair of the
00:08EU-Brazil delegation, Jaume Aboukaka, has told Euronews.
00:13Speaking on Euronews' flagship live morning show Europe Today, Aboukaka noted incumbent Brazilian leader Lula da Silva helped bring Latin
00:22America's biggest economy and the EU closer on trade, climate and democratic values.
00:29But a shift to the right, he says, could now put those ties at risk.
00:34Lula has had a very significant impact in approving the Mercosur agreement, but also in making sure that we have
00:40on cultural issues, on progressive and democratic issues, there was an approximation between the two sides.
00:47And I think it was very important that the two sides managed to come together. And I think this is
00:51at risk now with the election of Bolsonaro.
00:53He also gave insights into what a Bolsonaro government could likely mean for Brazil.
01:00I think he will follow the tendency that you see with Millet in Argentina, but a very close-minded partner
01:07to Donald Trump.
01:08It's this right that is very conservative in terms of values, in terms of social and cultural values, but at
01:13the same time very liberal in terms of the economic policies.
01:16So trying to cut down on government funding, on government spending, on a population that, of course, heavily depends on
01:22the social benefits that the state provides.
01:24This can have significant impact in the social elevator and the way that people can come out of poverty.
01:30Albuquerque's comments come as neither President Lula nor Bolsonaro, the eldest son or former President Jair Bolsonaro,
01:39warned the majority needed to secure the presidency outright in the first round.
01:43The presidential poll heads to a run of second-round votes on October 25.
