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João Miguel Tavares argues that Minister Luís Neves remains in office only because Prime Minister Luís Montenegro prioritizes self-preservation over institutional integrity, amidst growing political scrutiny from opposition parties.
Statements by Sérgio Sousa Pinto, a commentator for CNN Portugal, on this Friday's edition of Contrapoder.
Statements by João Marques de Almeida, a commentator for CNN Portugal, on this Friday's edition of Contrapoder.
Statements by Assunção Cristas, a commentator for CNN Portugal, on this Friday's edition of Contrapoder.
Miguel Relvas, a commentator for CNN Portugal, analyses the recent statements by Pedro Passos Coelho regarding low productivity in Portugal.
While Germany trembles with the far-right and interest rates suffocate families, Portugal prefers gossip about Seguro. The Luís Neves case has overshadowed serious debate to make room for backstage soap operas.
I feel a thousand times more secure with a prime minister who dares to skip work for a day to go to the beach than with those who monitor other people's beach days.
Mafalda Anjos, a commentator for CNN Portugal, criticised the statements made this Tuesday by the Minister of Internal Administration.
Former PSD leader Marques Mendes admitted this Wednesday that he may return to political commentary, stating he has already received invitations, but ruled out the possibility of running for office again or holding any political-party position. Luís Marques Mendes, the candidate supported by the PSD and CDS-PP in the last presidential elections (he finished in fifth place in the first round with about ...),
Luís Marques Mendes was a candidate supported by the PSD and CDS-PP in the last presidential elections.
The former presidential candidate guarantees he will not return to active political life, but admits he “misses” his television slot. He has received “invitations” from stations, but the decision “will not be in the short term.”
In a context where the President of the Republic is expected to comment on everything and everyone, almost in real-time, Seguro has seemed more interested in posing questions that continue to exist long after the headlines have changed.
It is time to stop pretending that Portugal is a developed country. It is time for our politicians to admit their true ambition for the country: Portugal should become a third-world country.
At the end of any story, we must look not at what was gained, but at who gained. Who laughs last. Which economic or political groups benefited most from the economists' report. Opinion by Paulo Reis Mourão
Having reached the middle of August, I sat down at the computer and felt that, after five years of writing chronicles, I owed the reader an introduction and a political framework. Next week I will return to the usual tedious topics.
Luís Montenegro complains about “modern censorship”. Between silences and empty announcements, where does the festival of democracy stand? Meanwhile, Mariana Leitão looks like a real estate consultant in the new IL posters.
A government is not just a communication agency with ministers.
Montenegro went to Pontal to leave nothing more than victimhood and propaganda.
CNN Portugal commentator José Pacheco Pereira discusses what he considers to be 'right-wing wokism' and draws parallels between André Ventura and Donald Trump.
Could this be the title of a new Famous Five adventure? It could, but unfortunately it is not. It is actually the chronicle of an adventure by some journalist from Correio da Manhã who decided to take the silly season too literally. I do not need to be more direct, do I? At the end of the day, the Prime Minister's trip...
A commentary on the political stance of a Socialist Party member regarding the conflict in Ukraine.
By Carlos Rodrigues
The tragedy, in this case, does not lie only with Luís Neves. It lies, above all, with the people, because it was the people who endorsed at the ballot box the ethical standard imposed by Montenegro. A column by Pedro Garcias
If last year we had to wait until mid-August for the Government to throw a handful of sand in our eyes – with the Prime Minister announcing new hospitals, dams, and even the return of Formula 1 at the Pontal Party, while much of the country was in flames – in 2026 the...
Whether it is a politician who forgets to declare their earnings or the new ban on mobile phones in schools, the last resort is always to admit mistakes. Deep down, do we always prefer to pass the buck?
It only surprises me that in the office they didn't have the little man's face on a voodoo doll, next to the effigy of Our Lady.
Luís Neves needed to be more convincing in some of the explanations he gave, but the TVI commentator (from the same group as CNN Portugal) warns that the most politically important aspect is being left out
Well, if she didn't read the manifesto she was representing and fronting, who could possibly expect that, out of nowhere, this elected official would pull knowledge of Ancient Greek epic poetry out of a hat? Hesiod, after all, didn't have TikTok.
Salazar was, after all, a politician prone to lavish spending and with an eye on real estate speculation. And violence and cabals do not exist on the left: they are an absolute exclusive of the 'far-right'.
