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Albuquerque advocates for the revision of the Regional Finance Law and accuses the State of neglecting sovereignty in the Madeiran territory.
Sovereignty is asserted through the freedom to consent and the right to refuse.
During a hearing at the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities, Paulo Rangel addressed Portugal's stance on the Middle East conflict and the use of Lajes Base in the Azores by the United States. Rangel emphasized that the process is being managed with transparency and that there is no reason to believe the agreed-upon conditions have been violated. He clarified that Portugal does not support the military intervention by the US and Israel in Iran, prioritizes diplomatic channels, and maintains constant contact with counterparts in the region. Regarding Lajes Base, he provided data on recent US military aircraft movements and reiterated that Portugal continues to negotiate with its ally, the United States, while upholding its sovereignty.
The Left Bloc (BE) submitted a formal request today to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) to determine whether the use of the Lajes Air Base in the Azores by the United States of America complies with the law, insisting on a “gross violation of international law.”
Portugal needs less liberalism and more sovereignty. We have lived for almost nine hundred years as sovereign and independent — do not tell me that we need more than the Portuguese to be Portugal.
There are many AIs under the broad umbrella of AI, and in the case of defence, we are still far from a Skynet-style moment of self-awareness, at a time when the extent to which decision-making power remains in human hands is being questioned. Companies warn against the temptation to regulate AI applied to...
Fabian Figueiredo has submitted formal requests asking for a complete list of all US government requests for the use of the military base located in the Azores.
Accelerating the entry of disruptive defence solutions into the theatre of operations is Brussels' goal with the AGILE programme. The pilot, which will take place during 2027, will have 115 million euros to fund between 20 and 30 European projects. The goal is to take innovative defence technologies from the laboratory to the field.
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, lawyer and partner at Pérez-Llorca, highlights in an interview with Lusa that artificial intelligence (AI) has become a strategic technology for defence and state sovereignty, yet it is developed by private entities. On March 10, the American AI company Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the US government.
National Defence should not be the exclusive responsibility of a restricted group of volunteers, because if peace and sovereignty are common goods, their safeguarding must be shared by all.
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said on Thursday that it is time for Europe “to reaffirm unity and firmness in the defence of the principles, sovereignty and territorial integrity of its states”. Speaking to journalists in Brussels as he arrived at the informal European Council, the head of government said this had been an important meeting ...
An opinion calling for a formal declaration to assert national independence from the European Union and sever political ties.
What if it were in the Azores? In recent days, voices of several European leaders have begun to be heard raising a question that for a long time seemed unutterable: what can each country do about foreign military bases installed on its territory? What room for manoeuvre exists when those bases become associated with strategic decisions that the State itself does not control, does not decide on, or does not recognise as its own?
