Elections

Text: Chris Graeme; Photo: Fernando Bento The former chief of staff of the Portuguese Navy, who looks likely to put himself forward as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2026, has [...]

Portugal is to go to the ballot boxes on May 18 after a political crisis failed to be resolved this week in the country’s Parliament. The Government fell on Wednesday and the President of [...]

Portugal will have to go to the ballot boxes in May – the third time in just over three years – after its centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) government fell on Tuesday after a [...]

The Portuguese are facing the prospect of a snap election in May in what would be a third election since 2022 over an alleged conflict of interest involving its Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro [...]

The Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno has not ruled out running for the presidency of Portugal in January, 2026. In an interview with celebrity CNN business journalist, Richard [...]

An interesting reflection on the reasons behind the rise of the far right and populist political parties in Europe was delivered to the members of the International Club of Portugal (ICPT) by [...]

Business analysts have voiced concerns over yesterday’s elections in Portugal saying a hung parliament, the prospect of the country’s State Budget for 2025 not being passed, and risks to [...]

History is littered with disagreeable people who won elections on the back of election pledges that promised to resolve national insecurities, with Churchill and Kennedy just two examples. This [...]

Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa and his ruling Partido Socialista party won a clear majority in Portugal’s General Election at the end of January. As the dust settles, five leading lights [...]

The Portuguese went to the polls on Sunday and delivered a surprising majority win to the incumbent Socialist Party government led by António Costa. The controversial outlying far right, [...]