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This was the first time this order has been awarded, and in addition to Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 19 other European citizens were also decorated. The former President is the only Portuguese person to be distinguished.
The names of the first laureates of the European Order of Merit were announced in Strasbourg by the President of the European Parliament.
The former leader is the only Portuguese person in the first edition of a pioneering European distinction. He will receive the second of three grades, with the ceremony scheduled for May in Strasbourg.
The candidate also had the backing of former president Cavaco Silva, who, in a video, emphasised Marques Mendes's preparedness and said he would be 'independent' and 'demanding' of the Government.
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Today, Francisco Sá Carneiro became the central figure of the third day of the presidential campaign, with candidates divided between accusations of political opportunism and criticisms of former president Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
Cavaco joined the campaign to defend Mendes. Marques Mendes admits defeat without the benefit of tactical voting. Seguro says he knows who his opponents are.
Ventura and Gouveia e Melo respond to Cavaco's comments about Sá Carneiro and attack Marques Mendes.
Former President calls it 'intolerable' that Gouveia e Melo, Ventura and Cotrim — whom he says are at the 'antipodes' of the PSD founder — want to 'rewrite' history to 'attack' Marques Mendes.
Cavaco Silva won the 2006 presidential election with the Socialist Party divided, in a contest that reunited him with Mário Soares, the President with whom the former PSD prime minister shared power for ten years.
