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EU centrists’ deal paves way for von der Leyen to return as commission president

Agreement between three pro-European blocks would make Estonian PM top diplomat and former Portuguese PM council president

The Guardian - UK

EU leaders move closer towards giving second term to Ursula von der Leyen

European Commission president appears likely to keep her job as meetings continue to decide who gets top EU roles

The Guardian - UK

Ursula von der Leyen on track to keep job after EU elections boost

Macron’s move to call snap elections also seen as helping commission president’s bid for second term

The Guardian - UK

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MEPs urged to fight far right as they head home to campaign for European elections

European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forces

The Guardian - UK

Closed and insular: On Portugal’s parliamentary election results

The parliamentary election results in Portugal suggest that the country cannot remain an island when far-right populist parties are on the rise elsewhere in Europe

The Hindu

Whoever forms Portugal’s government, this is a victory for the far right. Will Europe ever learn?

Sunday’s elections marked the end of voters’ patience with the failed socioeconomic policies of both main parties, says journalist Joana Ramiro

The Guardian - UK

Portugal election: leader of winning centre-right party calls on rivals not to stand in his way

Democratic Alliance will need to form minority government after narrow victory over Socialist party and far-right Chega

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Portugal election: centre-right alliance claims victory, rejects role for far right

Democratic Alliance leader Luis Montenegro says it will not rely on Chega party to govern

The Guardian - UK

Surge for far-right party in Portugal – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Portugal’s far-right Chega party eyes kingmaker role as country goes to polls

Election triggered by resignation of PM António Costa could see scandal-hit Socialist party ousted by rightwing coalition

The Guardian - UK

‘We have never been this close’: Portuguese far right aims for election breakthrough

André Ventura is hoping discontent with mainstream politics will hand his Chega party a kingmaker role

The Guardian - UK

Anger over corruption and Portugal's economy dominate Sunday's general election

Portugal holds a general election, following the resignation amid a corruption investigation of Socialist leader António Costa, after eight years in power. He hasn't been accused of any crime.

WEKU

Europe live: Portugal election campaign heats up as voters prepare to go to the polls on Sunday – as it happened

Portugal’s prime minister António Costa resigned last November amid investigation into handling of green investment projects

The Guardian - UK

The right has no fixes for Portugal’s problems, says Left Bloc leader

Mariana Mortágua warns victory in Sunday’s election could reverse social gains and mark return of ‘political bankruptcy’

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The Guardian - UK

Portugal election: who are the key players and what is at stake?

A surging far-right populist is predicted to collect nearly a fifth of the vote in Portugal’s snap election on 10 March

The Guardian - UK

Portugal’s far right on rise as election campaign begins

Multiple corruption scandals fuel support for populist Chega party led by André Ventura

WEKU

Portugal's prime minister resigns over a corruption investigation

António Costa asserted his innocence but said he must resign amid an investigation implicating members of his government.

The Guardian - UK

Portuguese PM António Costa resigns amid corruption inquiry

Police search socialist prime minister’s official residence in investigation into alleged corruption

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Fortune

Portugal may have inadvertently sparked a fresh influx of digital nomads

Plans to end a flat 20% tax band for foreigners next year has expedited their plans to move to the country.

Fortune

Portugal becomes less friendly to digital nomads as it plans to scrap tax breaks

The country is scrapping the 20% flat tax rate foreign workers pay in the country, which has driven inequality in major cities.

The Independent UK

Portugal: 2 dead, several injured in Muslim center stabbing

Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two women to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant woman’s death causes outrage over crisis-hit Portugal health service

Health minister quit this week after woman, 34, died while being moved from hospital due to lack of space

The Independent UK

Villages battle wildfires in Portugal; Europe swelters

More than 3,000 firefighters are battling alongside ordinary Portuguese citizens desperate to save their homes from several wildfires that continued to rage across the European country

The Independent UK

European leaders back Macron as French campaign nears end

Just days before France's crucial presidential runoff vote, the center-left leaders of Germany, Spain and Portugal are urging French voters to choose centrist President Emmanuel Macron over far-right nationalist rival Marine Le Pen

The Independent UK

Portugal’s new Socialist government gets off to bumpy start

Portugal is getting a new foreign minister, finance minister and defense minister as the center-left Socialist Party prepares for its third straight term in government

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