🇵🇹 Portugal's politics and elections 4.0 (Madeira snap regional election: 26 May 2024)
Mike88:
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With the 10 March 2024 election now set and done, the "Costism era" comes to a close. There is a new government, very minority and very unstable, plus, more elections in the horizon, regional, local, presidential, and... another snap general election in the short term? We'll see. So, time for a new thread.
Political summary:
President of the Republic: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) 2016-Incumbent
Prime Minister: Luís Montenegro (PSD) 2024-Incumbent
Leader of the Opposition (unofficial): Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) 2024-Incumbent
Speaker of Parliament: José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (PSD) 2024-Incumbent
General Election results since 1975:
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- AD coalition between PSD, CDS and PPM in 1979, 1980 and 2024;
- FRS coalition between PS and other leftwing parties in 1980;
- PCP ran alone in 1975 and 1976; Between 1979 and 1985 ran in APU coalition, and since 1987 in CDU coalition;
- PàF coalition between PSD and CDS in 2015;
Schedule political events during 2024:
- 26 May 2024: Madeira snap regional elections;
- 9 June 2024: European Parliament elections;
Welcome to the new thread Portugal's politics and elections 4.0.
Mike88:
This Tuesday, 2 April 2024, at 6pm local time, Luís Montenegro's cabinet will be sworn in, at Ajuda National Palace, by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Outgoing PM Costa, in power for nearly 9 years (2015-2024), gave his "final goodbye" on social media, with a picture of him waving goodbye, with the title saying "Thank you":
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Mike88:
Montenegro's cabinet swearing in ceremony: Montenegro puts "pressure" on the PS to let him govern, while Marcelo warns that "time is short".
The 24th Constitutional Government is already in office. The swearing in ceremony was held this afternoon at Ajuda National Palace in Lisbon. In his speech, President Marcelo thanked the Portuguese people for the high turnout rate on March 10th, saying that it showed that people have "faith in democracy". He also pointed that, even though it was a narrow victory, voters sided with the "moderate side" and not the radicals, but warned Montenegro that time, in theory, may be long but in practice is short, taking into account all the challenges ahead. He went on saying he will support and cooperate with the government but gave it 4 warnings: The international scene, the economic and social situation, the complicated Parliamentary scenario and the limited time to put forward policies.
After the President, it was PM Montenegro's turn to give a speech. Montenegro said that the internal and external situation is very complex and that both the government and the opposition have responsabilities, pointing that it would be unforgivable for politics becoming "the aggravating factor and not the solution". Here he talked directly to the PS, saying the Socialists must decide if they will be a "democratic opposition" or a "democratic blockade", pressing that he's not a PM "on shift" and wants to last 4 and a half years, suggesting that those who let the government's program pass, should let it complete its full term. Regarding the budget surplus, Montenegro warned that the idea of "full coffers" is wrong and dangerous, but that his strategy is to cut taxes in order to shore up the economy. Montenegro also promised a "broad understanding" regarding corruption and will ask all parties in Parliment to put forward their policies and then the best ones should be picked. He concluded his speech by quoting Pope Francis, saying that "All, all, all" count, and Portuguese poet Luís Vaz de Camões, saying "May the Government have a long time because we are lost and laboured".
This is the fifth time in Portuguese democracy that President and Prime Minister are from the same party: Soares-Guterres (1995-96); Sampaio-Guterres (1996-2002); Sampaio-Sócrates (2005-06); Cavaco-Passos (2011-15); Marcelo-Montenegro (2024-present).
Mike88:
One of the first decisions of the new government was to change the "controversial" Government logo introduced by Costa around 2 years ago:
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The new Government has already recovered the old logo, with the website now available and discarding the modern logo adopted - with some controversy - by the previous executive.
Antonio the Sixth:
honestly yeah, the new logo sucked. Looks like an Italian flag with wonky proportions and a weird yellow spot. I have no idea what Costa was thinking here.
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