There’s little doubt who’s going to be celebrating victory in Lisbon on Sunday (4 October) after Portugal’s parliamentary elections.
Every poll in the past two weeks has, surprisingly, started to point to Pedro Passos Coelho, the leader of the center-right PSD/CDS coalition, as well as an amateur baritone singer.
Coelho came into office in 2011, shortly after Portugal’s creditors - the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - im...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.