Former governor under suspicion of various crimes re-elected leader of PSD Madeira
Miguel Albuquerque who resigned his position as regional governor of Madeira in the wake of a corruption probe (that later appeared to have stalled) has now been voted back as
President Marcelo to dissolve Madeiran parliament next week
With so much going on on the national political scene, Madeira too is in a state of ‘flux’: President Marcelo is due to dissolve the regional assembly next week, which
Montenegro in Brussels pledges Portugal will ‘catch up’ in execution of PRR
PM hoping for new tranche of funding by end of month In Brussels this morning, Portugal’s prime minister designate Luís Montenegro has had to hit the ground running: the country’s
CHEGA’s emigré successes “victory of humility over arrogance”, says leader
Portugal’s up and coming political force ‘routs’ former parliamentary speaker CHEGA’s extraordinary success in the March 10 elections perpetuated yesterday with an unprecedented win in the ‘emigré circles’ (the party
Luís Montenegro appointed prime minister; on way to Brussels
New government to be presented March 28; takes office April 2 In a flurry of late night activity Portugal’s political future was finally ‘officially decided’: PSD president and leader of
CHEGA ‘sweeps board’ in Portugal’s emigré votes
Final results of Portugal’s legislative elections due at 5pm today With 70,000 emigré votes still to be counted, Correio da Manhã runs with the story today that CHEGA has pretty
Socialists “should govern if emigré votes go their way”
Party stalwart continues to uphold possibility most see as unlikely Alexandra Leitão, coordinator of the PS Socialist Party’s electoral campaign, has argued that the PS should be called to govern
Almost 300,000 emigrés voted in Portugal’s legislative elections
Almost 300,000 Portuguese voters abroad voted by letter for the legislative elections last Sunday (March 10), according to data collected up till Friday by the Electoral Administration, which will begin
Vetting procedures delay swearing in of Portugal’s new government
President Marcelo does not want repeat of Socialist government blunders With PSD leader Luís Montenegro described as raring to go with populist measures to power Portugal’s new minority government, media
CHEGA’s overwhelming election result means party can now be represented on Council of State
With 48 MPs elected to parliament in last Sunday’s legislative elections, CHEGA is in a position to be represented on the Council of State (the body established by the Portuguese