Portugal held early elections in May after the fall of minority governments

Lisbon, Portugal – Portugal will hold early general elections 18. May, the country’s president announced on Thursday, two days after the Minority Government He lost vote on trust In parliament and stood.

The President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who has no executive power, can already dissolve parliament and call elections, described the ruin of the government as a shock that was not even “expected.”

On the television address nation, he called for voters to actively participate in the third general election of the European Union in three years, saying the continent faces the hairponel’s challenges safety and economy that require political stability.

Autumn Governments in the central government on Tuesday in the middle of the issue on the Prime Minister who brought The worst God’s political instability Since Portugal adopted a democratic system more than 50 years ago in the 1974 Karanfil revolution. Year, which completed a dictatorship with four decades.

Portugal, which has about 10.6 million inhabitants, has had a number of minority governments in recent years as well as traditional rivals for power, the Social Democratic Party in the Central Right side and the Socialists in the Center, lost their votes for the breeding of smaller parties.

Minority governments are unable to build compromises that can ensure that the administration completes its constitutional four-year term without opposition parties in mitigation mitigation to block its policy proposals and make it.

Voting deepens political insecurity just as Portugal in the investment process more than 22 billion euros ($ 24 billion) in EU development funds.

The dispenser’s dissatisfaction with the survey return could bring a dividend for the right-wing populist party Chega (sufficiently), which was moving away from the two main parties. Portugal was caught in growing European tide of populismwith a chegho that is directed to the third place in last year’s choice.

The government folked by the Social Democrats in the Alliance with the Minor Party, on the controversy that revolved around potential conflicts of interest in the business affairs of the Official Prime Minister of the Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.

Montenegro, which says he will stand out for the re-procedure, denied any injustice. He said he asked his firm control in his wife and children when he became a social democratic leader in 2022. years and was not involved in her run.

Recently, the company has emerged to receive monthly payments from a company that has a large gambling concession giving the government, including income.

The Socialists sought a parliamentary investigation into the behavior of Montenegro.

Social Democrats are hoping that economic growth was estimated at 1.9% last year, compared to 0.8% by 0.8%, and the speed of unemployed by 6.4%, approximately the EU average.