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So far, so good: political parties emerging from today’s hearings with President Seguro appear, in the main, to be ready to ‘do more’ to find solutions for the housing crisis/ The post MPs emerge from meetings with president ‘ready to do more’ on housing appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The President of the Republic spoke for the first time about the protests against the housing crisis. In a clear and forceful speech, António José Seguro admitted he did not like what he saw, appealing to political parties and the Government to reach an understanding based on dialogue.
European Council President António Costa has advocated for a long-term EU budget that is sufficiently ambitious to meet the bloc's responsibilities, while reiterating the target of securing a deal by year-end. Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Costa emphasized that the upcoming 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework is a political choice rather than just a calculation. He stressed the need for new own resources to fund priorities like defense, competitiveness, and the energy transition, while balancing national contributions. Costa, who will lead the negotiations, aims to avoid delays potentially caused by future electoral calendars in member states.
A one-time MEP candidate, experts affiliated to political think tanks, and former Commission heavyweights are tasked with advising whether to pull the plug on European political parties.
Europe is counting down to the most important moment for European institutions
Portuguese emigration does not occur in a vacuum, nor is it a simple determinism, destiny, or fate of the population. It is, rather, the consequence of successive political choices. Opinion by Mariana Garrido
The discussion began after a researcher from the company Anthropic resigned. Furthermore, the Constitutional Court may have failed by allowing the registration of Chega as a political party.
By wanting to celebrate three distinct moments under the same aegis, the country risks not celebrating any of them with the necessary dignity and clarity.
The political party Livre has sent a formal request to Prime Minister Luís Montenegro and Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proença, calling for Morocco's removal as a co-host of the 2030 World Cup.
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In March, I wrote that the first victims of political irresponsibility would be children. Tomorrow, the European Parliament has the opportunity to correct a mistake it should never have made. Opinion by Paulo Cunha
According to Inês de Sousa Real, the commemorations in the Azores are “a very important political signal for the whole country regarding territorial cohesion”.
She is the daughter of a German father and a Portuguese mother. Born in Lisbon, she grew up in the Aachen region in western Germany, where she was elected in the 2021 legislative elections and again in 2025. The second term is proving to be much more challenging, but Catarina dos Santos-Wintz believes her Christian Democrats will manage to circumvent the danger of the far-right.
Renew chief Valérie Hayer said keeping out the far right is of utmost importance.
The CDS president is contesting his re-election at this weekend's congress and is presenting a motion that includes a chapter authored by Adolfo Mesquita Nunes on what the priorities should be in responding to digital transformation.
European Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque argued this Saturday in Porto that the European Union (EU) should focus more on being united than on diversity in the face of the challenges it faces. 'In moments like the one we are going through, I think it is important to focus more on the united than on the diversity,' the European Commissioner stated in...
The President of the Republic argued that, 'instead of blocking minorities', 'majorities with ambition' are needed.
Leaders fear debates about bringing in new members will revive "Polish plumber"-like rhetoric and play into hands of far right.
PSD admits to refining the text while maintaining its “foundations”. For Aguiar-Branco “there is no drama”, but Seguro disagrees: the focus should be on policy and less on the text of the Constitution.
Jorge Miguel Teixeira, a deputy for the Liberal Initiative, analyses the possibility of the party he represents supporting a constitutional review
During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Constitution, Cristovão Norte, a PSD deputy, considers that the texts are not “immutable”, but that the “foundations must remain untouchable, because they are timeless”.
Luís Garcia argues that the Azores must “have their homework done” before any constitutional revision. The Constitution turns 50 on April 2nd.
A study by IPPS-ISCTE reveals that half of the respondents identify with the democratic Constitution – which marks its 50th anniversary next Thursday – but the majority want a revision of the Fundamental Law, though without any rupture.
Paulo Moniz argues that the island autonomy of the Azores is a “visceral” reality and calls for greater political understanding. The PSD deputy guarantees that the TAP privatisation schedule is proceeding without delays.
The leader of Chega argued in Santarém that “if everything is unconstitutional, then it is the Constitution that is wrong”.
The MEP and leader of the S&D parliamentary group, who attended the 25th PS Congress, argues that Carneiro's visit to Venezuela is important for a democratic transition in that country.
With the country caught between a devastating storm and a war with economic impact, the right is amusing itself by reversing the gender identity law without listening to experts and focusing on the major issue of LGBT flags. As shown in the choice of Constitutional Court judges, the PSD is trying to break the three-bloc deadlock. And, as it fails in the National Health Service and housing and may lose the economic situation that protected it, it is likely that these joint diversionary manoeuvres with Chega will begin to multiply.
The Antifa movement is formed by 'groups with a radical ideological matrix', argues Chega. It therefore requests that the Government promote its classification as a 'terrorist organization' within the EU.
The parliamentary group claims it is a threat to national and international security.
The National Federation of Teachers says that the law approved yesterday by the PSD, Chega, and CDS regarding gender identity is a step backwards.
The non-renewal of Rita Rato's tenure at the Aljube Museum is the third attack on democratic pluralism by the right-wing administration, whether in the Government or the Lisbon City Council. Opinion piece by Fernando Rosas.
