Marcelo puts PM on notice: “You have one year to get to grips with government”
Sources in Belém already talking of “swamp” – Expresso Portugal’s absolute majority government suffered yet another blow to its credibility last night as the 12th member was forced to resign
Sacked deputy secretary of State “will be going to trial”
With so much water having chundered under the bridge since his exit under a cloud from government in November, former deputy secretary of state Miguel Alves (also a former mayor
Democracies under pressure; need to be cared for – president
Marcelo’s speech comes as Portugal’s ruling majority blanks demands for scrutiny Portugal’s president said last night that democracies are under “deep pressure” and need “more than ever” to be cared
Newly sworn-into government with “several bank accounts seized”
Secretary of State for Agriculture involved in PJ probe into suspicions of corruption No sooner had she been sworn into her new government post than Secretary of State for Agriculture
Government stability hits rocks
Christmas and the New Year in Portugal were marked by bitter political in-fighting which saw three more Socialist members of government ‘shown the door’; calls by opposition parties for the
PM Costa kicks off PRR Roadmap ‘checking projects on the ground’
Country has more than €18 billion in grants and loans to spend by 2026 Portugal’s prime minister António Costa is presenting the start of a government initiative dubbed “PRR Roadmap”
Parliament launches into 8th constitutional revision
PS and PSD seek to deprive citizens of liberty in “public health emergencies” Portugal’s parliament starts the 8th constitutional revision process on Wednesday, almost 20 years after the previous change,
Conference of Leaders meets on Tuesday to set date for emergency debate
The Conference of Leaders will be meeting on Tuesday at 11.30 to discuss and set the date for the emergency debate requested by PSD and CHEGA, in the wake of
President rules out snap elections
Nothing suggests they would change anything for the better President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has ruled out the scenario of early elections following the political crisis caused by
Pedro Nuno Santos’ resignation “closes golden handshake case, says government”
Costa speaks (not the PM but Socialist MP Hugo Costa) Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party has said that “following the resignation of the minister of infrastructure and housing, the Alexandra Reis