Portugal's president and outgoing PM attend state meeting as elections loom

Record ID: 1983159

  • Title: Portugal's president and outgoing PM attend state meeting as elections loom
  • Date: 13th March 2025
  • Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (MARCH 13, 2025) (REUTERS) COUNCIL OF STATE MEMBERS SEATED AT TABLE PORTUGAL PRESIDENT MARCELO REBELO SOUSA AND PRIME MINISTER LUIS MONTENEGRO SPEAKING COUNCIL OF STATE MEMBERS SEATED AT TABLE FORMER PRESIDENT RAMALHO EANES VARIOUS OF COUNCIL OF STATE MEMBERS SEATED AT TABLE STATE COUNCIL MEMBER LEONOR BELEZA (LEFT) VARIOUS OF COUNCIL OF STATE MEMBERS SEAT
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  • Keywords: Portugal Rebelo de Sousa election government politics
  • Location: LISBON, PORTUGAL
  • City: LISBON, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001861913032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Portugal's outgoing prime minister Luis Montenegro attended a meeting with president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and his consultative body on Thursday (March 13), as another snap election looms.
    Portugal is likely to face its third early parliamentary election in just over three years after the center-right minority government lost a parliamentary confidence vote.
    The government stays on in a caretaker capacity following Tuesday's (March 12) vote, pending a decision by Rebelo de Sousa on whether to dissolve parliament and call a snap election amid concerns that a national ballot would only perpetuate political instability and mud-slinging.
    Rebelo de Sousa has pointed to May 11 or 18 as possible election dates and is expected to decide on Thursday after meeting his advisory council.
    Latest opinion polls show the main opposition Socialists taking a slight lead over the alliance led by Montenegro in the past week, but they are largely neck-and-neck at around 30% each, showing little change from last year's election, in which Montenegro won a four-year term by a slim margin.
    The far-right Chega is steadily polling third, but somewhat below last year's result of 18%, which analysts attribute to scandals involving several senior party members.
    (Production: Miguel Pereira)
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