Portugal’s parliament stops short of recognising Edmundo González as Venezuela election winner
Parliament’s decision counters position taken in Europe In a fairly tortuous exercise in semantics, Portugal’s parliament has today rejected the Liberal Initiative Party’s draft resolution to recognise Edmundo González as
PM welcomes Socialists’ intention to abstain in crucial state budget vote
Luís Montenegro welcomes the PS “sense of responsibility” Portugal’s prime minister, Luís Montenegro, has “democratically” welcomed the announcement by the leader of the Socialist Party (PS) that he is proposing
PS leader makes ‘surprise announcement’ during Thursday evening news bulletins
“Why didn’t he say all this seven months ago?” Query commentators PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos made a surprise announcement about the 2025 State Budget at 8pm this evening (the
PS Socialists will announce State Budget voting intentions on Monday night
PS Socialists have announced that next Monday, October 21, in the evening, following a meeting of the Political Commission, the party will ‘reveal’ its intentions with regarding to voting on
PAN declares it too will be vetoing 2025 State Budget proposal
PAN position follows “irrevocable decision” to veto announced by CHEGA PAN – one of Portugal’s ‘smallest parties’ – has declared that it will vote against the State Budget for 2025
CHEGA leader dubs 2025 State Budget “a disaster”
CHEGA leader André Ventura (embroiled in a ‘he said, no he said’ spat with the prime minister) has declared the State Budget document released last week a “disaster” and a
Porto mayor says new round of elections in Portugal ‘inevitable’
Something of a dampener on all protestations to the contrary, mayor of Porto, a seasoned ‘independent’, Rui Moreira said today that a new round of legislative elections in this country
PM tries hard to explain ‘country needs to move forwards’
With every question these days – no matter what ministers are doing – coming back to the State Budget, and whether or not it will pass, the prime minister stressed
Budget rankling continues through weekend
In spite of all noises to the contrary on Friday – with even President Marcelo seemingly eschewing the need for a Council of State as the budget is on track
New Attorney General steps in as predecessor set to enjoy pension higher than salary
President Marcelo thanks outgoing Attorney General for her six years of service In a speech of carefully-chosen words today, President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bid farewell to