For 45 years, since the 1974 coup which brought down the single-party, conservative regime led by Mr. Oliveira Salazar that saw Portugal unscathed through the Second World War, Parliament in the westernmost European Country has been held by exclusively left-oriented parties. The Constitution itself, in its preamble, has for its doctrine “the road to a socialist society”, a unique case... 

Thousands of people hold a demonstration outside the Portuguese parliament in the capital Lisbon on October 31, 2012. Thousands of people have gathered outside the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon to protest against the assembly’s approval of the government’s 2013 draft austerity budget. The demonstration was staged on Wednesday after the parliament approved the draft bill, which proposes substantial...