Early Election Derails Portugal Reforms
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When President Jorge Sampaio decided this week to call an early general election, he consigned Portugal to six months of virtual political paralysis it can barely afford.
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Official campaigning begins in Portugal ahead of a referendum on easing its strict abortion law.
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Portugal's ruling Socialists will use their majority in parliament to legalize abortion after Sunday's referendum on the issue failed because turnout was too low to make it binding.
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Similar to the red-blue political split in the US, it has brought the government to a standstill - forcing emergency elections Sunday.
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Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said necessary changes must be made after postponing a crucial vote rather than face a veto, an unprecedented event in the history of European ...
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Opposition parties in Poland move to force early elections - but their plan still faces significant obstacles.
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portugal's conservative government is quitting, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced Saturday, a day after the president dissolved the legislature and called an early general election.
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A baby step towards democracy, but liberal reformers lose
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right party crushed the Socialists in the first round of parliamentary elections but still faces major reform hurdles, despite the likely weakness of the opposition.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appears sure to be re-elected Sunday, but he has lost much political clout due to corruption allegations involving his inner circle.
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LISBON, Jan 8  (IPS) - The gap between rich and poor is still widening in  Portugal, the country with the greatest social disparity in the  European Union. Despite having a socialist government in office  for nearly three years, there has been no reversal of this trend.
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A referendum on legalizing abortion in Portugal looked likely to fail on Sunday because of low voter turnout, exit polls said.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio has announced he is dissolving parliament and calling snap elections for 20 February next. Prime minister Pedro Santana Lopes&#39;s and the ruling Social Democrat party are well behind the opposition Socialists.
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A series of tactical errors, with peculiarities in the voting process, prevented democracy advocates here from winning as many seats as expected in Sunday&#39;s legislative
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio calls an early general election to end "crisis of credibility".
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Technical glitches and queues tarnish Florida's new early voting system, brought in after the 2000 election fiasco.
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Election day may be in November, but  some Americans will start casting ballots next week under early  voting laws that have reshaped the campaign landscape and  changed the most fundamental act of democracy.