login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11403

6 October 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 40
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) portugal
Right wins elections but loses absolute majority

Luxembourg, 05/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - The centre-right coalition led by the outgoing Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, won the general elections in Portugal on Sunday 4 October, with 38.6% of the votes, compared to 32.4% for the Socialist opposition.

The governmental alliance formed by the Social Democrat Party (PSD) and its minority ally, the People's Party (CDS-PP, Conservative) won 104 of the 230 seats which make up the national parliament. However, it failed to hang on to the...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT