Marcelo bids farewell in a year of 'new life' in which 'the people freely choose what they want and who they want for the future'

In a 'singular year' and on the eve of the presidential election, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa draws on Eça de Queiroz in his New Year's message to the Portuguese, in a new year in which 'new life' is hoped for and in which 'the people freely choose what they want and who they want for the future'. In a long quotation from the character of ...