Portugal’s president “cuts ties with son” over ‘scandal’ involving Brazilian twins
“I don’t care if he’s held responsible…” Marcelo tells reporters Very possibly true, and certainly widely reported, is the fact that Portugal’s head of State is thoroughly disillusioned by his
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).
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
President rubber-stamps steps to simplify renewable energy production
Measures include “reducing need for environmental impact assessment” Portugal’s president has promulgated the decree-law that extends the deadline for exceptional measures to simplify renewable energy production procedures, such as reducing
Marcelo to begin audiences with political parties tomorrow
Talks to continue for at least a week As a result of last night’s election results, President Marcelo will begin hearing the various parties with seats in parliament from tomorrow.
President Marcelo addresses nation on ‘day of reflection’
Reminds citizens of ‘situations’ and problems developing overseas President Marcelo has addressed the nation this evening, on Portugal’s day of reflection, to insist on the importance of citizens exercising their
Marcelo discusses ECB’s failure to bring down interest rates
President Marcelo said yesterday that the decision of the ECB to maintain interest rates as they are (and not reduce them) “is not good news”, albeit most people were not
President appeals to citizens to ‘use their right to vote’
Habitual abstention compounded this year by high percentage of “undecided” President Marcelo was among the 208,000 citizens who elected to ‘vote early’ yesterday, under a regime that allows people away
Marcelo considers climate activists have lost their edge
President Marcelo has said, in the wake of today’s latest paint spattering by climate activists, that their tactics “have lost their effect”. Too many political figures have been spattered by
Marcelo to receive Madeiran representative as political crisis enters 4th week
With the political crisis in Madeira now entering its fourth week – and the arrested men in the corruption probe only today likely to hear bail measures – President Marcelo