European press reports “expected” end of left pact in Portugal – News
The digital edition of the Spanish newspaper ABC reports that issues such as the crisis at Novo Banco and at TAP Air Portugal, “with millions of state aid” have increased the “gap” between the Left Bloc and the Communists (PCP), which “did not gave the arm to twist “.
The ABC article also mentions that the hiring regime, “especially with regard to young people” and precariousness, as well as the broad “contributory career that continues to be required of the Portuguese” decided that Pablo Iglesias’ “co-religionists” (founder of the Spanish party Podemos and former Spanish deputy prime minister) and Yolanda Díaz (current leader of Podemos) did not support the intentions of the socialists.
“Wednesday’s (parliamentary) session found how unedifying divorces are,” El Pais newspaper said.
The same news recalls that after six years of “complicity” between the left, “bitter” accusations were exchanged in the Portuguese Parliament, in Lisbon.
“If the socialist parliamentary leader, Ana Catarina Mendes, accused the BE of falsehoods and lying about the report of diseases in the State Budget, the parliamentary head of the Bloc, Pedro Filipe Soares, reproached the ‘arrogance’ of what he accused of allowing a political crisis to maintain as labor measures adopted by the ‘troika’, “stresses El Pais.
The same newspaper also quotes Catarina Martins, to underline that a BE leader accused António Costa of the end of the left’s “pact”.
El Pais transcribes Catarina Martins’ phrase: “The ‘gimmick’ died because of the obsession with the absolute majority” to explain the end of the parliamentary pact.
“The languages tell us that the ‘gimmick’ was not invented by the Portuguese. In the middle of the Golden Century (16th century), Francisco Quevedo (1580-1645) already classified the verses of Luís de Góngora (1561-1627), his eternal rival in ‘jeringonza’ for being incomprehensible”, referring to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo to explain the end of the political pact of the Portuguese left.
“These two great writers, who shared so much, never managed to understand each other. In Portugal, in the 21st century, the leftist parties, however similar they may be in terms of the proposals they present, also seem condemned to confront each other”, adds the El Mundo in the news headlined “The lead in the Portuguese Parliament indicates the departure of Costa and earlier anticipated.
News from POLITICO news portal (Europe edition) entitled “End of Romance – The ‘Extreme Left’ Leaves António Costa” says the six-year relationship ended in an “ugly” way on Wednesday.
“Now that Portugal switches to ‘pre-electoral mode’, Costa hopes that voters will punish the ‘extreme-left’ parties for triggering a crisis and give the Socialists the absolute majority they lost by eight seats in Parliament in 2019 “, says POLITICO referring to “fights “between the left that” marked “the political week in Portugal.
On the other hand, the same news portal reference that PSD achieved “surprising victories” in local locations last month, conquering several cities, including Lisbon, where former European Commissioner Carlos Moedas is the new mayor.
“However, as adapted (legislative) acquired at a bad time for (Rui) Rio, who is facing his third challenge to leadership in four years. December “, said POLITICO referring to the internal crisis of the PSD.
The French newspaper Le Monde reports on the “contacts” of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Ferro Rodrigues, during the discussion of the State Budget and highlights the position of deputy Inês Sousa Real, leader of the PAN, which considers it “irresponsible” to associate a budget “crisis” with an “unprecedented health crisis”.
“Doing not choose is just being against,” said the PAN leader in a position highlighted by Le Monde.
Le Figaro says in the digital edition that the “fragile union of the left – known in Portugal by the name ‘gimmick’ began to be noticed in 2019”.
In the news about the lead of the State Budget in Portugal, the British newspaper O Guardian says that “recent polls indicate that the PS can easily win as a guarantee, but without a parliamentary majority”.
“Costa, prime minister for the past six years, whose political profile in the European Union ‘appears’ considerably during Portugal’s presidency, is considered a candidate for an international office. A poor result in the (early) election may be the ‘leave’ to abandon national offices, “said the Guardian.
In the same news, the newspaper received that both the Communist Party and the Left Bloc lost votes in the 2019 amendments, in part due to their support for the “more moderate” socialists.
“The centre-right Social Democratic Party, the main concordance party, is in a leadership battle,” adds the Guardian referring to earlier advances.
German radio station Deutsche Welle’s portal recalls that it is “the first time a budget has been rejected in Portugal since the country’s transition to democracy in 1974” and a Reuters news report says “analysts” and polls report that ” an election alone will not resolve the stalemate, which could be exacerbated by the possible emergence of the far-right party Arriving as the third-largest force in parliament.
The news agency França Presse recalls that “immediately after the vote”, the Presidency of the Republic announced the holding of the legally required consultations so that the Head of State can dissolve the Parliament and install data from the previous ones.
“Rebelo de Sousa will receive the different parts, before an extraordinary meeting of the Council of State next Wednesday”, informs AFP.