Treaty of Lisbon ratified by Portuguese parliament
By CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE PORTUGUESE parliament has ratified the Treaty of Lisbon, with PS, PSD and CDS-PP parties all voting overwhelmingly in favour. The ratification in the Assembleia da
Parties announce election strategies
Pedro Santana Lopes (centre), leader of the Social Democrats Party (PSD), promised that there won’t be tax increases and that value-added tax (IVA) will remain unaltered, highlighting that IRC (tax
Capucho criticised
Allegations have surfaced that the President of Cascais Câmara, António Capucho, has spent vast sums on information technology without accounting for the expenditure through the appropriate municipal channels. Conceição Cordeiro,
International business remains optimistic despite problems
Last week, Portugal’s President dissolved parliament and decided to call early elections for February. The decision by Jorge Sampaio follows four months of a divided PSD administration headed by vacillating
Parliament dissolved
President Jorge Sampaio has begun moves to dissolve parliament and call an election after concluding that his Prime Minister, Pedro Santana Lopes, is not up to the job. A spokesman
Bush is back
After George W. Bush secured his second term in the White House recently, The Resident asked American citizens living in Portugal what the President’s victory meant to them. The over-riding
A sensitive man in politics
The brilliant law professor and politician, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has been the centre of attention since he resigned last week. He was the political commentator for the TVI television
Socrates is new leader
Former Portuguese Environment Minister, José Socrates, has won a sweeping victory in the leadership elections for the Socialist Party. Socrates, 47, replaces Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues who quit in protest at
Warning against tax cuts
The Governor of the Bank of Portugal has advised Pedro Santana Lopes’ new centre-right government against going ahead with plans to cut IRS (income tax). The warning comes after new
New cabinet sworn in and PM promises to work for the poor
Pedro Santana Lopes and his new cabinet have been officially sworn in at a ceremony in Lisbon. The appointment means that the country continues to be led by the centre-right