PM holds out for absolute majority in January elections: if not, will resign
Prime minister António Costa is refusing any thought of a ‘central alliance’ with the PSD, the only ‘other party’ with a chance of victory in upcoming legislative elections. He reiterated
Algarve’s PSD MP Cristóvão Norte dropped from PSD ‘lists’ to fight elections
Algarve PSD MP Cristóvão Norte was one of a number who learnt this week that they have been dropped from the official lists of candidates drawn up to fight upcoming
Business confederations lay down conditions for return to negotiations table
Representatives of the four business confederations have explained their no-show earlier today to discuss (the government’s plans for) dishing out €24 billion in Portugal 2030 funding (click here). In a
PSD leadership battle: Paulo Rangel “refuses to suspend democracy”
With the CDS-PP in such a stage of internal rancour that leading militants are walking away in disgust, PSD – Portugal’s main opposition force – is in much the same
Moody’s: Political impasse is negative for Portugal’s credit
Moody’s – one of the world’s leading ratings agencies – has given a fairly dismal overview of Portugal’s current situation. In an analysis published today, it considers that on the
Almost all Portugal’s political parties want elections on January 16
Contrary to the dates trailed before President Marcelo met with Portugal’s political parties yesterday, news today is that the consensus is for elections to be called on Sunday January 16
Months of political limbo ahead “just when government poised to fire up economy”
Rejection of the State Budget in parliament yesterday consigns Portugal “to months of political limbo just when the government was poised to fire up the economy after the Covid-19 pandemic
(Im)perfect storm – Portuguese government beset from all sides
Anyone who thought the arrival of Brussels’ ‘bazooka billions’ would start powering Portugal towards success will be looking in dismay at the events of the last week. The minority government
State Budget impasse: Left wingers want written agreement, government ‘plays ball’
The continuing ‘impasse’ over acceptance of the next State Budget (OE 2022) continues to fill column inches, with left-wingers Bloco de Esquerda this week suddenly ‘in the driving seat’. Only
Pandora Papers: three former Portuguese politicians among hundreds found hiding their wealth from tax man
Three former Portuguese politicians (two for the PS Socialist party, one for PSD centre right) have been found in the latest journalistic investigation into how the ‘super wealthy’ evade paying