Portugal Hopes for Calmer Political Waters Before Presidential Vote

 

Reuters, 21/01 14:09 CET

By Andrei Khalip

LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s stormy political backdrop could shift into calmer waters on Sunday when the country votes for a new president, if the man expected to win outright makes good on promises to build consensus rather than foment divisions.

Since November, Portugal has been governed by a shaky alliance of moderate centre-left Socialists backed in parliament by the far left Communists and Left Bloc.

Many analysts do not expect the government to last through its four-year term, and whoever wins on Sunday will have the power to dissolve the legislature. 

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Source: Euronews