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Seguro doesn't need the Socialist barons at all. António Costa's PS revenge was long in coming but has finally arrived. Opinion piece by João Miguel Tavares

The candidate backed by the PSD is one of the major losers of the 2026 presidential election. In his first speech after the polls closed, Marques Mendes took full responsibility for the poor result.

Taking part in the election of a republican head of state would, even if unintentionally, be a way of legitimising the regime I reject.

Our vote can elect delinquents and anti-democrats, warmongers and totalitarians. We may be mistaken. But we will never stop believing that the vote is the best weapon to correct our own mistakes. Opinion by António Barreto

António José Seguro (who runs the campaign he wants), Cotrim Figueiredo (who has adopted the mannerisms of populism) and Jorge Pinto (who quit without really quitting) are the Good, the Bad and the Villain.

What is most debated about these presidential elections is who will be the lesser evil and which candidate will be best for this or that party, for the government and for the opposition.

If we let ourselves be influenced by the polls, we are sabotaging that ‘what will happen’, paradoxically distorting the polls’ own findings. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso

The AD/IL electorate no longer accepts living in a world defined solely by the left, and younger voters are more than willing to hear new ideas which — in Portugal — can only come from the classic European right.

On the 8pm programme, Jorge Pinto suggests he might vote for António José Seguro, indicating a willingness to back him.

Admiral Gouveia e Melo says that a vote for the candidate backed by Chega “is partisan, like a club, but useless”.

This administration rests ... on the whitewashing of reality.

To make a long story short: accusing Pedro Passos Coelho of reticence or of being absent from Marques Mendes's campaign is shameful. So now you need him — do you really? Let's be serious.

Luís Marques Mendes is someone of common sense, with a sense of the State, knowledge of institutions and the ability to build bridges.

I sincerely hope the people can send a clear signal: we are tired of 'more of the same' or a 'Marcelo II' in the name of convenience.

Seguro is everything the right used to admire in a statesman.

If any reader wants to know who I'll be voting for next Sunday, I have no problem explaining my method of choice. Opinion by João Miguel Tavares

Times favour impotence and vacuity. And the ordinary voter now only seeks some meaning, some truth amid the tragicomedy the world has become.
André Ventura (who has moderated his stance), Gouveia e Melo (who has become radicalised) and Alexandra Leitão (who only wants to take on Donald Trump) are the Good, the Bad and the Villain.

The problem is not what Cotrim says, but what he left unsaid.

There are moments when history seems to accelerate, and we may be living through one of them. In Iran, in Latin America, perhaps even in Europe — and not always in a good direction. The campaign will have to wait.

Humberto Correia’s candidacy is personal, non-transferable and incommunicable. Whether he wants to be President or not is a private matter and none of our business. Column by Rogério Casanova.

Candidate Vieira becomes our 'wake-up call' to a reality we often prefer not to see.


Ricardo Arroja argues that, despite earlier favourable international coverage, the government’s final days of 2025 were painful and exposed deeper political and economic faults. He calls for a new mindset and a reordered policy approach to restore public confidence, stabilise consumption and address the political challenges facing the next phase of governance.


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