Portugal’s president sets dates for resignation of government, dissolution of parliament
Government goes Thursday; parliament on January 15 Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has said that he will formalise the resignation of the government next Thursday, December 7, pointing to
Elections in the Azores
At the same time that Portugal’s national government has imploded, so too has the regional government of the Azores. When its budget for 2024 failed to pass, the PSD/ CDS
PS leadership race hots up ahead of Portugal’s elections
Candidates present their strategies With just two weeks to go before the PS Socialist Party elects its new leader, the candidates hoping to win legislative elections on March 10 are
Socialists “beat austerity, balanced budget, gave country more freedom” – PM
PM gives speech following approval of State Budget; no questions allowed PM António Costa gave his assessment of the PS Socialists’ last eight years in government, following the approval of
Government to be officially dismissed “in first days of December”
President stresses this is not moment to talk further President Marcelo intends to formally dismiss the government during the first days of December. Answering some of the barrage of questions
Socialists’ ‘safe pair of hands’ offers olive branch to nation’s doctors
José Luís Carneiro intends to “validate legislative commitment” On a day when doctors’ syndicates once again get around the table with a minister who has already said he can’t see
PM at strategic agenda debate on EU post-2024
António Costa has said future executive role ‘not on his horizon’ Portugal’s caretaker prime minister, António Costa, is taking part in a dinner debate this evening on the European Union’s
Former PS mayors to face trial for corruption
Operation ‘Teia’ (Web): accusations move forwards Operation Teia, which broke over four years ago, is inching forwards with the formal charges now made against two former PS Socialist mayors (of
Candidates for PS leadership don’t see eye to eye…
The two candidates for the leadership of the PS Socialist Party appear to have fallen out over whether the selection process would be helped by televised debates. José Luís Carneiro
State Budget debate: what opposition parties are pushing for
Rectifying budget “could be presented” after March elections In many ways, the settling of Portugal’s State Budget for 2024 is ‘academic’: elections in March will see a new government taking