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Vote of confidence: Portugal heads for new elections

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Published: March 9th, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro: Since May 2022, the 52-year-old has been Chairman of the Partido Social Democrata (PSD), which is part of the Christian Democratic party family EPP.
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, who belongs to the Christian Democratic Partido Social Democrata (PSD), will face a vote of confidence that is likely to lead to the fall of his minority government in Portugal. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will then have to decide whether to call new elections just one year after the parliamentary elections or appoint another candidate to form a government.

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