25.–27. 09. 2026 Patriots Academy 2026 in Portugal

From September 25 to 27, 2026, the Patriots Academy 2026, organized by the Patriots for Europe Foundation and focusing on the theme “Leadership, Freedom & Europe’s Future,” is scheduled to take place in Ericeira, Portugal.

Speakers: André Ventura (President, CHEGA, Portugal), András László (President, PfE Foundation, MEP, Fidesz, Hungary), António Tânger Corrêa (Board Member, PfE Foundation; MEP, CHEGA, Portugal), Susanna Ceccardi (Board Member, PfE Foundation, MEP, Lega, Italy), Tom Vandendriessche (Board Member, PfE Foundation; MEP, Vlaams Belang, Belgium), Emmanouil Koulas (Board Member, PfE Foundation), Elisabeth Dieringer (MEP, FPÖ, Austria), Pierre-Romain Thionnet (MEP, Rassemblement National, France), Jorge Martín Frías (MEP, VOX and Director of Disenso Foundation, Spain), Silvia Sardone (MEP, Lega, Italy), Jorge Buxadé (MEP, VOX, Spain), Csaba Dömötör (MEP, Fidesz, Hungary), Mercina Claesen (MP Flandern, Vlaams Belang, Belgium), Madalena Cordeiro (MP, CHEGA, Portugal), Rita Matias (MP, CHEGA; President, CHEGA Youth, Portugal), Pedro Frazão (Vice-President, CHEGA; MP Portugal), Barbara Kolm (Member of the National Council; President of the Hayek Institute, FPÖ, Austria), José Carvalho (MP, CHEGA, Portugal), Manuel Matias (President Instituto Carlos I da Áustria, Portugal), André Azevedo Alves (Professor, Institute for Political Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal), Adrian Kochan from Poland, Francisca Silva Zacarias (Founder, Editora Laboratorium, Portugal), Teresa Nogueira Pinto (Professor of Political Science, Universidade Lusófona, Portugal), Kristen Ziccarelli (Writer and researcher based in Washington, D.C., USA), Dóra Hidas (Vice President, Fidelitas, Hungary), Hugo Chadima (First Vice President, Young ANO, Czechia);

Moderators: Paul Rougeron (Program Manager Shared Ground, France), Javier Villamor (Journalist, The European Conservative), Victor Santana (Director General, Patriots for Europe Foundation), Carl Deconinck (Journalist, Brussels Signal), André Ventura (President Chega, Portugal).