Understanding the Post-Election Near Future of Portugal Politics
Right-wing coalition party (PSD-CDS) won the 2015 legislative elections. Voters seem to choose continuity, by electing the current government who successfully ended the country’s bail-out period. The coalition reelection got a 4.5% advantage over the runners-up Partido Socialista. Only this time, unlike the first mandate, left-wing is now the majority in parliament. Portugal has no…