After the government is superior to the ethical scandal, Portugal faces fresh elections

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Portuguese’s central-right government-right government has lost a confidence in the family work as Prime Minister Luís Montenegro on Tuesday.

The defeat will cause it PortugalRoile, which has increased the feeling of immigration, which has the third election and the highest rights, because in less than four years.

Montenegro, who He headed a fragile minority government During the 11 months, he struck a storm in connection with the claim to allocate his share in his legal consultation.

The government opposed opposition socialists, other left wingers and a distant right-wing party, in front of the president in parliament.

“We tried everything,” said Montenegro. “Why in the middle of a very difficult international context of the country (in May), I believe that the continuous instability in the next year in the next year in the next year.”

Epic, the previous Prime Ministers strengthened the public feelings of widespread corruption in the Portuguese policy.

Montenegro plans to stand in the new elections and plans to insist on doing nothing.

The head of the Democratic Coalition Coalition, when in 2021, he set up a company called Spinumviva. However, he said that he was invalid in 2022 in 2022, because he was invalid in 2022, because under the Portuguese law, his and his wife, after receiving the total owners of the general owners.

The socialist opposition leader Pedro Nuno Santos continued to consult the customers of “customers of companies” in Montenegro, Montenegro, “Payments of Companies”.

When the Socialists threatened when he had a parliamentary interrogation last week, he said, “the political clarification of the country” and announced that he would present his government with a confidence.

However, his premiere ended after a few hours of confusion that there are second thoughts on confidence voting, and the socialists tried to prevent the time to offer a limited parliament request.

Marina Costa Lobo, director of the Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences, said: “Montenegro has used a number of election risks to accept itself and place all responsibility. However, the chances of Montenegrin will depend on any news of the Prime Minister’s sources of income.”

Santos, the leader of the socialist, said: “Today, what happened today was a disgrace. All this was about and maneuvers.”

Paula Espírito Santo, a professor of the University of Lisbon, Montenegro, when the party leader in 2022, he said he was doing everything badly by not selling consultation in 2022.

He said in recent weeks, “He had the opportunity to try to clarify everything, but he had snowballs… Reacts before the events.”

Last week, Montenegro’s wife moved his stakes in the company to the mature children of the couple.

On Tuesday, the Socialist Party was spread before the advertisement since last week. Socialists were 30.8 percent of the voting in 25.8 percent in the voting for reading for weekly paper.

A new government, as US President Donald Trump rails, will face immediate pressure to increase the rails that do not pay the fair share of NATO members. Portugal, last year’s protection about 1.6 percent of GDP, 2 percent of NATO raised 2 percent of the target. Said Trump wanted Lift the target to 5 percent.

The struggle to reach the majority of parliament has been in a large part Chego’s riseA distant party that is capitalized on dissatisfaction over immigration and corruption.

Montenegro was working with Çega while in the office, and the lack of majority, it was not necessary to carry out important reforms. With the support of the Socialists, some tax discounts have passed and 2025 budgets have been approved because the socialists are neutral.

The previous Portugal Prime Minister António Costa, now the President of the EU Council resigned in 2023 Lobbying scandal Although this is not yet violated, he is tested by prosecutors. In 2005-2011, Prime Minister José Sócrates is tested on charges of money laundering and falsification. Both men deny their mistakes.

This story was changed to clarify that they chose to have a joint possession of Montenegro and his wife’s assets.