Tag: Portugal
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Portugal Elections: ‘Socialist’ Party wins but Defeat for Left
The general election in Portugal (January 30) was triggered last October by the decision of the anti-capitalist Bloco Esquerda (Left Bloc) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) to vote down … Keep reading »
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Anti-Austerity Geringonça in Portugal
A new word has arisen in the European political debate: Geringonça. This new Portuguese political term geringonça (contraption), refers to the current minority government of the Socialist Party (center-left) supported … Keep reading »
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Portugal’s Political Impasse
The election of conservative candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa as Portugal’s new president on January 24 (with 51.99 per cent of the vote and a 48.84 per cent voter turnout) … Keep reading »
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Surge in Portuguese Left Bloc Support Puts Socialist Party on the Spot
Will Portugal finally see the end of austerity as administered for four years by the right-wing coalition (known as Portugal Ahead) composed of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic and … Keep reading »
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Portugal’s Left Bloc Confronts Austerity
Interview with Francisco Louçã Francisco Louçã is an economics professor at Lisbon’s Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. He is the author of numerous books and essays including “Ensaio para uma … Keep reading »
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Portugal: “I Prefer the Horses in My Lasagne to the Donkeys in the Government”
On Saturday, 2 March 2013, “Que Se Lixe a Troika” (Fuck the Troika) demonstrations represented a qualitative as well as quantitative shift for the anti-austerity movement in Portugal. In more … Keep reading »
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Crisis and Resistance in Portugal
A day before the right wing coalition government in Portugal was to vote through its 2013 budget, the German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble met his Portuguese counterpart Vitor Gaspar and … Keep reading »
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Portugal: Left Bloc Fires up to Fight Austerity
When the 548 delegates to the seventh national convention of Portugal’s Left Bloc came together in a vast sports hall in Lisbon over May 7-8, they had two big questions … Keep reading »