&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Legislative elections in Portugal</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On October 6&comma; the <a href="https://agencelusofrancaiseimmobilier.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="portugais (opens in a new tab)">Portuguese</a> will go to the polls to elect the 230 members of the Portuguese National Assembly and the Prime Minister for the next four years; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p style="text-align:left">On August 29, the President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the official timetable for Portugal's legislative elections&period; The pre-electoral period is already open, and direct or indirect advertising in the media outside the electoral campaign is now prohibited in accordance with article 72 of the electoral law of the Assembly of the Republic&period; The campaign began on September 22 and will end on October 4&nbsp&semi;period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The different political parties</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>the Social Democratic Party is represented by Rui Rio</li><li>the Socialist Party is led by current Prime Minister António Costa</li><li>the Left Bloc is led by Catarina Martins</li><li>the CSD-PP is represented by Assunção Cristas</li><li>The Unitary Democratic Coalition, which brings together the Portuguese Communist Party and the ecological Green Party, is represented by Jerónimo de Sousa.</li><li>the PAN &lpar;person&comma; animals&comma; nature&rpar; led by André Silva<br>&nbsp&semi;</li></ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Voting intentions </h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There are only a few weeks left before the Portuguese legislative elections&comma; the polling institutes have already published their first forecasts&period; L&rsquo&semi;institut&nbsp&semi;<em>Multidados&nbsp&semi;</em>conducted a study&nbsp&semi;for the private TV channel TVI&nbsp&semi;to determine the voting intentions of Portuguese voters&period; The results showed that 35&comma;5&percnt; of voters intend to vote for the PS&comma; 20&comma;3&percnt; for the PSD&comma; 14&comma;7&percnt; for the BE&comma; and 7&comma;9&percnt; for the PAN&period;&nbsp&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Such a score for the PS would mean the loss of its absolute majority in seats in parliament&comma; while the PAN would become the country's fourth political force, ahead of the PCP &lpar;5&comma;6&percnt;&rpar; and the CDS-PP &lpar;3&comma;3&percnt;&rpar;&period; However, the BE and PAN scores could guarantee a majority and stable support for a new coalition with the PS&period; Nearly 30&percnt; of voters said they had no confidence in any party and 11&comma;5&percnt; said they did not&rsquo&semi;belong to any party&period; It is worth remembering that the&rsquo&semi;abstention in 2015 was 44&comma;14&percnt;&period; Given the rate of&rsquo&semi;abstention for the European&comma; we can fear the worst&period; <br> </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Crisis of right and left exists</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At the last legislative elections on October 4, 2015&comma; the right-wing parties &lpar;PSD&sol;CDS-PP&rpar; obtained 38&comma;36 &percnt; of the votes, including votes from Madeira and the Azores&period; As for the PS&comma; also won a majority in the National Assembly by joining forces with left-wing partners &colon; the BE&comma; the PCP and the PEV&comma; to set up the famous "&ThinSpace;geringonça&ThinSpace;"&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The same poll also highlights a deepening crisis on the right&comma; in fact, the CDS-PP would garner only 3&comma;3&percnt; of voting intentions&period; Even if the party d&rsquo&semi;<a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/le-deficit-public-du-portugal/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">António Costa</span></strong></a> The Prime Minister will still have to find a way of strengthening his party's influence in Parliament&period;<br> </p>&NewLine;
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