Go to the new dw. More info OK. Wrong language? Change it here DW. COM has chosen English as your language setting. COM in 30 languages. Deutsche Welle. Audiotrainer Deutschtrainer Die Bienenretter. The win gives Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa another five-year term.
Voters in Portugal brave lockdown for polls. Border closures 'would be the worst way to go,' says Merkel's chief of staff. Portugal's EU presidency to focus on social justice Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa aims to work on policy fields that have been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit. Date DW News on Facebook The only party that stands to clearly benefit from the election is the far-right Chega that could emerge as the third-strongest force in parliament, but has been viewed by political analysts as too toxic a potential partner for any other party.
An election would come at a sensitive time for the country of A ballot would elect to parliament legislators, who then propose who forms a government.
Given the procedural requirements, a new state budget proposal may not come before parliament until April. Black business owners say they are treated differently to white people, as pandemic highlights structural inequalities. Still, 60 percent of voters abstained — the highest figure in Portuguese history — in part because 1. Socialist candidate Ana Gomes came second with 13 percent, while right-wing populist Andre Ventura came third with 12 percent.
The number of people in hospital is also at an all-time high. Rebelo de Sousa has worked closely with the centre-left minority Socialist government, supporting its pandemic efforts. He also has endeared himself to the Portuguese with his easy-going manner. Photographs taken by passers-by of him in public places, such as one last year of him queuing up at a supermarket, routinely go viral.
With the country in lockdown, the election campaign featured none of the usual flag-waving rallies, but restrictions on movement were lifted for polling day.
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