Prime minister in waiting in talks to unblock parliamentary impasse
Luís Montenegro meeting PS leader – irritating CHEGA even further The ‘impasse’ on the first day of parliament over who should be its president persists this morning, with PSD leader
First day of new parliament descends into unprecedented confusion
PSD/ CHEGA ‘verbal agreement’ to vote in new parliamentary leader fails The first day of Portugal’s new parliament got off to a shaky start – and then descended into unprecedented
No political agreement between incoming government and IL
PSD and the Liberal Initiative (IL) have not reached an agreement to form a government. In a joint statement released today, the two parties said that they “will not go
Portugal’s new parliament meets for first time
With old government still in office… In what observers may see as an incongruous event, Portugal’s new parliament has met for the first time today, with the ‘old’ PS majority
Left-wingers agree to block constitutional revision
Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda (BE) and Communist Party (PCP) agreed today to try to stop the constitutional revision process and to call for the recognition of the State of Palestine.
President convenes Council of State on Madeira’s political crisis
President Marcelo is free now to dissolve the regional parliament of Madeira (six months have past since the government – recently brought down by a criminal probe – took office).
António Costa’s outgoing executive releases “transition portfolio”
Dossier outlines “most relevant projects under development” The outgoing government of António Costa today released a “transition portfolio” for the next government with the “most relevant projects under development” in
Outgoing government holds extraordinary Council of Ministers
President to chair meeting designed as ‘catch-up’ on PRR spending, among others In one of the longest ‘withdrawals’ of a government beaten in an election, Portugal’s outgoing Socialist executive will
Final tally: AD’s ‘winning margin’ narrowest in Portuguese history
With all the votes from last Sunday’s legislative election now counted, results published in State gazette Diário da República show that the AD centre-right alliance won by the narrowest margin
Outgoing PM leaves European Council ‘proud’ of budget progress
António Costa attended his last European Council meeting Portugal’s outgoing prime minister, António Costa, said on Friday that he was leaving the European Council, after eight years, “proud” of Portugal’s