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Rally in Setúbal, 16 May 2025.
Ana Mendes

Once Upon a Time There was a Country…

Andrea Peniche
Early parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on Sunday, called after a motion of no confidence in...
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Demonstration “Don't put us up against the wall”.January 11, 2025, Lisbon.
Ana Mendes

Snap elections in Portugal

Andrea Peniche
European UnionIberian Peninsula
For the third time in four years, general elections have been called in Portugal. This time the elections follow a...
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Arruada, Volksfest von Corroios (im portugiesischen Kreis Seixal), September 2023.
Arruada, Volksfest von Corroios (im portugiesischen Kreis Seixal), September 2023.Ana Mendes

“Choosing people’s lives over profits and high rents”

Andrea Peniche, Mariana Mortágua
LabourIberian PeninsulaElections and parties
Interview with Mariana Mortágua Early legislative elections will be held in Portugal next...
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Bloco de Esquerda electoral campaign for the elections for Prime Minister, on January 27, 2022 in Lisbon.
Bloco de Esquerda electoral campaign for the elections for Prime Minister, on January 27, 2022 in Lisbon.IMAGO / NurPhoto

In Portugal, the Left Is Rebuilding

Beatriz Gomes Dias, Anna Schröder
European UnionElections and parties
A conversation with former Bloco de Esquerda MP Beatriz Gomes DiasWith less than nine months to go before the 2024...
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Mariana Mortágua, new leader of the Bloco de Esquerda , at the 13th Congress of the party. Lisbon, May 2023
Mariana Mortágua, new leader of the Bloco de Esquerda , at the 13th Congress of the party. Lisbon, May 2023ANA MENDES

The Portuguese Left chooses Mariana Mortàgua as new leader

Mariana Carneiro
Iberian PeninsulaCrises and left solutionsElections and parties
On 27 and 28 May, the Bloco de Esquerda (the Left Bloc) held its 13th National Convention...
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Portugal’s leftwing on the wane

Víctor Honorato
Elections and parties
Antonio Costa’s surprise absolute majority gives free rein to the Socialist Party (PS) and forces the leftwing...
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Portugal’s parliamentary election can be traced back to the Socialists’ refusal to make a pact with left-wing forces

Amelia Martínez Lobo, RLS Madrid
Elections and parties
The threat of a new...
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In the Portuguese local elections, an easy win for the center over a split left and a fragile far-right

Nuno Viegas
Elections and parties
Left-wing Bloco de Esquerda lost nearly every...
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Corona Chronicles from Lisbon II

digberlin
Corona Chronicles
Francisco Louçã, Activist at Bloco de Esquerda, talks about the confinement in Portugal.

Corona Chronicles from Lisbon

digberlin
Corona Chronicles
For the coming weeks, RLS Brussels Office will publish clips from colleagues, comrades, and friends from Europe and...
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