Portugal is heading for early general elections on Sunday (20 February), as a result of President Jorge Sampaio’s decision to call a poll last November.
After a short yet intense media campaign, the prospects of the current centre-right coalition remaining in power are dimming by the day.
Current prime minister and head of the Social Democratic Party, Pedro Santana Lopes, the former mayor of Lisbon who took the helm after José Manuel Barroso’s departure to head the European Commis...
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