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New Portuguese Parliament elects house speaker after deal between 2 main parties

Mar. 27, 2024 13:39 PM EDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s newly-elected Parliament on Wednesday voted in a new house speaker, following a potentially important deal between the country's two main centrist parties. The chamber elected José Aguiar Branco of the Social Democrats by 160 votes in favor,...

Portugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in the government

Mar. 21, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to...