Portugal reboots
Sunday’s snap election brings new set of problems, but PM survives Sunday’s snap election has delivered Portugal a whole new set of problems. The AD (PSD/CDS-PP) coalition may have ‘won’
Ventura leaves Belém already talking of becoming “alternative to government”
CHEGA leader promotes himself to Leader of Portugal’s Opposition CHEGA leader André Ventura, miraculously recovered from his debilitating attacks combining acid reflux with high blood pressure, left his party’s post-election
“Danger to democracy” warning as ‘race’ for presidency gets underway
Candidate Luís Marques Mendes lays into rival for post, former Navy chief With one election done (albeit far from dusted), Portugal is being launched into a new election race –
Prosecutors office still waiting for “additional information” on PM’s family firm
Spinumviva was the reason for Portugal’s snap elections The Attorney General’s Office has confirmed today that prosecutors have requested additional information from ‘former prime minister Luís Montenegro’ as part of
Socialist leader withdraws from scene on Saturday
New leader unlikely to be chosen before results of municipal elections late summer Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos, the man under whose watch Portugal’s PS party has lost roughly a
PS/ CHEGA tie likely to be broken when emigré votes are counted
Votes will be counted on May 28 The current PS/ CHEGA tie (of 58 MPs apiece) could well be broken when the count of emigré votes is completed on May
The inexorable rise of André Ventura: Portugal’s marmite politician
Love him or hate him, Ventura has done more in six years than anyone thought possible With international focus being on the ‘rise of the extreme right’ in Portugal, and
PS ‘catastrophe’ gives José Luís Carneiro second crack at leadership
José Luís Carneiro ‘lost’ to Pedro Nuno Santos in 2023 The unmitigated disaster suffered by PS Socialists (their third worst result in history, according to national reports) saw Pedro Nuno
PM’s gamble pays off: AD stays in driving seat
PS at risk of worst result in history The gamble by Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro to ‘let the people decide’ whether the drama made about his family firm was
Three reflections today on importance of voting tomorrow – president
… First reflection: “Return to power of Donald Trump” and what it means for world President Marcelo addressed the nation this lunchtime, to bring voters ‘back to reality’ after so