Portugal’s battered government faces second “motion of censure” in less than two weeks
Today’s motion has been tabled by PCP communists In what to outsiders may look like a kind of groundhog day within a turgid soap opera, parliament will be debating and
PS call for parliamentary inquiry into PM’s family business
Socialists accuse PM of “actively contributing to degradation of institutions” The government’s attempts to wriggle out of political crisis are being thwarted at every turn today: PS Socialists are calling
Marcelo ‘did not answer PM’s phone call’
Portugal’s head of state stresses “there is no reason for the (political) crisis” As the reverberations of Saturday night’s ‘address to the nation’ by the prime minister continue, another unfortunate
Socialist MEP wades into gathering political crisis
Urges PS to present its own motion of censure Socialist MEP Francisco Assis has challenged the PS to present a motion of censure if the government does not move forward
Government hastily backtracks as all parties reject confidence in PSD/CDS coalition
Only PCP offer way out of latest shambles On an incredibly significant Sunday (when leading EU countries are in London to discuss the way forwards with regard to Ukraine), Portugal’s
PM threatens ‘motion of confidence’
New political crisis for Portugal “could be inevitable” Portugal’s prime minister Luís Montenegro gave an address to the nation at the start of evening news bulletins, flanked by the various
Land law changes finally approved
Decree-law goes back to president for promulgation Parliament has today approved amendments to the bill that allows rustic land to be reclassified as urban land for housing – in part
Opposition parties round on Luís Montenegro’s government
Demand resignation of health minister; further explanations on conflicts of interest Unfinished business hanging over from last Friday’s debate on the first motion of censure faced by Luís Montenegro’s government
PS leader: “If I was PM of course I would (have been) in Kyiv…”
Why is Portugal’s government so quiet about defence policies, queries opposition PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos has reacted to the fact that Portugal was missing from the video conference of
Parliament votes in committee on changes to law that allows construction on rustic land
President Marcelo queries sense in law coming in year of municipal elections Changes to the diploma that allows the reclassification of rural land into urban land for house construction will