Portugal's parliament rejects budget; snap election looms in 2022

Portugal MPs reject budget, election looms

The failure of the Portuguese parliament to pass a budget for 2022 has thrown the future of Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa's government into doubt. Th...

Portugal snap election looms as parliament rejects budget

Portugal’s parliament rejected the government’s budget on Wednesday for the first time since democracy was installed in the 1970s, pushing the country towards early elections.Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa lost the support of some smaller left-wing parties, who voted with the opposition against his budget.Costa, who has led minority governments since 2015 but faced increasing opposition from his allies, vowed before the vote not to resig…

Portugal: Elections likely as lawmakers reject 2022 budget

It is the first time a budget has been rejected in Portugal since the country's transition to democracy in 1974. The move ends six years of relative stability under Prime Minister Antonio Costa.

Portugal’s parliament rejects budget, snap election looms in 2022

October 27, 2021By Sergio Goncalves and Andrei KhalipLISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s parliament threw out the minority Socialist government’s 2022 budget bill on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and ending six years of relative political stability under Prime Minister Antonio Costa.Costa’s hard-left former allies sided with the conservatives to defeat the bill that envisaged income tax cuts for the middle class and increased public inv…

Portugal on brink of snap election after 2022 budget rejected

As the Portuguese Parliament failed to pass a budget for the upcoming year, the government of Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa is now facing doubts...

Portugal faces snap election as parliament rejects draft budget

Rejection of the government’s proposed budget after weeks of negotiations expected to trigger an early electionPortugal’s parliament has rejected the minority Socialist government’s proposed state budget for 2022, a move expected to trigger an early election and put a brake on the country’s post-pandemic recovery plans.After weeks of negotiations, the moderate Socialists were deserted by their hard-left allies from the Communist party and the Le…