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Checkmate: Portugal’s political crisis plays perfectly into PM’s hands

Checkmate: Portugal’s political crisis plays perfectly into PM’s hands
Portugal Resident
PM travels to Brussels as political backbiting hogs headlines As the Resident went to press, prime minister António Costa was on his way to a strategic dinner debate on the EU’s political priorities for the future. Notwithstanding oblique recent comments that he could not imagine “another public role” – an expression he then changed to […]
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Solar park projects pushed through “without transparency”

Solar park projects pushed through “without transparency”
Portugal Resident
Amnesty International accuses government of foisting mega solar parks on communities   Amnesty International (AI) Portugal has accused the government of pushing through plans for mega solar parks without any proper consideration of the ‘bigger picture’. In an investigation entitled “Mega solar power plants: When the ‘green’ transition is not fair”, the NGO identifies “lack […]
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