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The reliable government of Portugal is on the side of collapse as Prime Minister Luís Montenegro facing a vote on his family’s scale.
His loss is likely to lead to PortugalThird election under four years while the government faced pressure to develop defense expenditures and surrounded by an anti-immigrant with a strong right.
Montenegro, who has leads a quick minority government Within 11 months, a storm of his storms in his stake stake in a consultantstancy he built.
Saga strengthened public views of the massive portuguese political corruption, which leading prizes face graft accusations.
Montenegro, head of the Democratic Party in Alliance, setting up a strong called Spinumviva in 2021 before he was politically. But he wears defensive by revelations that he moves its ownership to his wife and sons in 2022 – under couple of owners of all property.
The socialist leader of the opposition Pedro Nuno Santos accuses Montenegro to “accept payment from companies” while the Prime Minister’s clients are because Spinumviva clients continue to pay the consultancy.
When the socialists threatened a parliamentary question of link last week, Montenegro said “he announced his government in a trust vote.
Montenegro continued to be charged with objection to stirring controversy and insulted that he had nothing to do.
Paula Espírito Santo, a political-science professor at the University of Lisbon, said Monteenegro manages the things that are not good at consulting with 2022 consultants.
In recent weeks, he said: “He has a choice to try to explain everything, but he does not have snow… He had not been in the event.” He reacted to events. “
Last week, the Montenegro wife moved his parts to the company of adult boykeepers.
A lawyer by training, Montenegro said he would lead the ad in any new election, said the President of the country would happen in May.
The ad is polling two percent points from late February but still ahead of socialist parties, with 33.5 percent of Portugal run last week as the scandal is increasing.
A new government will face a pressure immediately to enhance defense spending while US Donald Trump Rails against NATO members who do not pay their equal part. Portugal spent about 1.6 percent of GDP in the defense last year, NATO’s short target targeted to be lifted. Trump said he wanted Lift the target to 5 percent.
Ad struggle to achieve most of the parliament generated by many parts of the increase in Chegaa distant right party that is capitalizing in unrealistic immigration and corruption. Both Chega and the socialists are expected to vote on Montenegro outte to trust trust.
Montenegro ordered work with Chega while at the office and his lack of many means he does not apply important reforms. He passed some tax cuts with socialist support and approved 2025 budgets because socialists avoided.
The previous Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa, now President of the EU Council, resigned 2023 in a Scandal lobby which prosecutors still tried, even if he did not accuse not good work. José sócrates, premier from 2005-2011, looking forward to trying cases of money and offense to documents. Men deny evil doing.