Durão Barroso, former European Commission president, weighs into defence dithering
Warns of fragmentation in speech at Military Academy in Amadora Former Portuguese political heavyweight, Durão Barroso, has weighed into the defence spending debate today, saying the fundamental problem in Europe
Minister warns of “invasion of Chinese goods” into Europe
Invasion will have “dramatic consequences” on member states’ economies With another ‘groundhog-US-tariff-announcements-day’ dawning, the knock-on consequences of all the uncertainty suggest that China will end up ‘dumping’ large quantities of
Portuguese government highlights unity within Europe over negotiations with US
“We must be strategically patient” – secretary of state for economy As the European Commission proposes “a good deal” to President Donald Trump in the face of his swingeing tariffs
Former Portuguese ambassador spells out chilling agenda within US tariffs
“Trump is trying to divide UK from Europe” A senior European diplomat and Portuguese national who has held posts as ambassador in the United States and the United Kingdom has
Over 75% of Portuguese want EU more involved in protecting them
Eurobarometer shows Portugal stands out from European average More than three quarters of Portuguese people want the European Union (EU) to play a “more important” role in protecting citizens of
“Business as usual” for PM in Brussels for emergency defence summit
“Government not limited in any way” In Brussels this morning, for the emergency defence summit of EU leaders, Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro has said the equivalent of “it’s business
European leaders von der Leyen and Costa travel to Kyiv
Both leaders have stressed no peace can be sealed without Brussels and Kyiv at table Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and António Costa, president of the
Portugal absent from emergency defence summit of European leaders in Paris today
Summit takes place as US starts ‘peace talks’ with Russia The Portuguese government will be absent from today’s hastily convened summit of European leaders, promoted by French president Emmanuel Macron,
All eyes on Munich Security Conference as Europe grapples to keep up
Portugal’s foreign minister represents Portugal at meeting where ‘no decisions are made’ but where sentiments towards the US are changing In the “particularly hectic context” of a United States of
CHEGA leader talks of need to “reconquer Christian Europe” at Patriots summit in Madrid
Patriots aim to become ‘new normal’ in Brussels At the end of a terrible week for right-wing party CHEGA, leader André Ventura has been speaking at the ‘Patriots of Europe’