Complete government line-up: the Secretaries of State
An update of the report about the composition of Luís Montenegro's government with the profiles of the new secretaries of state.
The Socialist Party won the European elections in Portugal with 32.1% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance with 31.1%. Chega confirmed the results of the legislative elections, consolidating its position as the third most voted political force with 9.8% of the vote. However, the result for the Liberal Initiative (IL), with 9.1%, was the big surprise of the night eclipsing Chega’s victory. The parties of the radical left were the big losers of the election night. Bloco de Esquerda (BE) with 4.3% and CDU with 4.1%, elected only their lead candidates and PAN lost its representation in the EP. In the left political spectrum, although it did not secure a seat, Livre was the only party to defy the downward trend.
