Luís Montenegro appointed prime minister; on way to Brussels
New government to be presented March 28; takes office April 2 In a flurry of late night activity Portugal’s political future was finally ‘officially decided’: PSD president and leader of
CHEGA ‘sweeps board’ in Portugal’s emigré votes
Final results of Portugal’s legislative elections due at 5pm today With 70,000 emigré votes still to be counted, Correio da Manhã runs with the story today that CHEGA has pretty
Socialists “should govern if emigré votes go their way”
Party stalwart continues to uphold possibility most see as unlikely Alexandra Leitão, coordinator of the PS Socialist Party’s electoral campaign, has argued that the PS should be called to govern
Almost 300,000 emigrés voted in Portugal’s legislative elections
Almost 300,000 Portuguese voters abroad voted by letter for the legislative elections last Sunday (March 10), according to data collected up till Friday by the Electoral Administration, which will begin
Vetting procedures delay swearing in of Portugal’s new government
President Marcelo does not want repeat of Socialist government blunders With PSD leader Luís Montenegro described as raring to go with populist measures to power Portugal’s new minority government, media
CHEGA’s overwhelming election result means party can now be represented on Council of State
With 48 MPs elected to parliament in last Sunday’s legislative elections, CHEGA is in a position to be represented on the Council of State (the body established by the Portuguese
Outgoing PM to meet EU labour/ internal market commissioners
Portugal’s outgoing prime minister, António Costa, will be received next Wednesday in Brussels by the European Commissioners for Employment and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, and for the Internal Market, Thierry
LIVRE “still believes in left wing government”
Party with 4 MPs holds out for results of emigré constituencies LIVRE – the upwardly moving left-wing party that quadrupled its representation in parliament in Sunday’s legislative elections – is
PCP Communists reject centre-right government programme
Paulo Raimundo, secretary-general of Portugal’s Communist Party (which was reduced to 4 MPs in Sunday’s elections) has announced that his party will be presenting a motion to reject AD’s government
Winning tactics: how Luís Montenegro plans to lead Portugal’s new government
Start big, with populist measures almost impossible to disagree with With Portugal’s left-wing parties already trying to construct an alternative to the AD centre right alliance voted into power last