Barroso out of Portugal’s upcoming presidential elections
He had already guaranteed it, but now it is official – José Manuel Durão Barroso will not be running for president in Portugal’s upcoming presidential elections in 2016. The European
Government under fire after “disastrous” election results
The ruling PSD/ CDS parties couldn’t even scrape 30% of the country’s vote and pundits say the results “raise serious questions over whether the Executive can continue on the same
A vote for change
In a clear ‘vote of protest’ by the nation against the Social Democrat-led government, results showed that the PSD party had lost a large number of town halls to the
Bush is back
After George W. Bush secured his second term in the White House recently, The Resident asked American citizens living in Portugal what the President’s victory meant to them. The over-riding
Hard work starts
Members of the newly-enlarged European Parliament met for the first time in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The new parliament has 20 official languages and will represent 450 million people. A total
Euro election analysis
Last week’s elections to the 732-seat European Parliament provided the first major test of the electorate’s views since 10 new countries joined the European Union on May 1. Voters in
No time to walk away from the challenge
The European Parliamentary elections are now over for another five years. The good news for us in the UK was that yet again the Conservatives topped the poll. The other
Claim your US vote
US citizens are reminded that, in order to vote via absentee ballot in the November Presidential elections, you will need to apply now for your absentee ballot. This is accomplished