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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.
The Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion stated this Tuesday in Porto that “regionalisation will happen when the people want it,” shifting the decision to move forward with a referendum on the topic to Parliament. To avoid any doubt, he warned immediately that the Government will not proceed with regionalisation, just as the Prime Minister...
The Chega bill was rejected with votes against from all parliamentary groups except for the proposer and the centrist party.
The silence from Carlos Moedas and EGEAC opens the door to a very serious interpretation of Francisco Frazão's removal: that of a political purge due to pressure from the far-right in the Lisbon City Council. Opinion by Tiago Rodrigues.
