Portugal entered the European Economic Community on 1 January 1986, together with Spain. In the following years the economy of the Portugal progressed considerably as a result of the EU structural and cohesion funds.

On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon, signed by European Member States on 13 December 2007 in the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, entered into force. Portugal has 21 MEPs in the EP and has 12 votes in the European Council.

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António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, is the third EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Wednesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

<ul>
	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Debate on the Future of Europe with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Ministe

From January to June 2021, Portugal held the Presidency of the EU Council, following the German Presidency and preceding the Slovenian Presidency.

Portugal presided over the Council of the European Union for the fourth time, since 1992.

Portuguese Presidency of the Council declared the importance of strengthening Europe's resilience and its citizens' confidence in the European social model, promoting a Union based on shared values of solidarity, convergence and cohesion – a Union capable of coordinated action to recover from the crisis.

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President Metsola meets the President of the Assembleia da República of Portugal, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco? the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro and they hold a press conference. President Metsola also meets the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with José Manuel FERNANDES, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Tram Talk with Portuguese youth and Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal and Visit at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Receiving an honorary degree from the University of Lisbon, at the University of Lisbon

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Portuguese Prime Minister designate, Luís MONTENEGRO

Extracts of the meeting between Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Antonio COSTA, former Portuguese Prime Minister and President-elect of the European Council in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Europe's heads of state and government chose to appoint Antonio COSTA to the presidency of the European Council on Thursday, June 27.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio COSTA, President-elect of the European Council: extracts from the meeting

First publication of available national estimates from Romania, Poland, Portugal and Sweden at 21.40. On Sunday 9th June 2024, the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels transforms into a press room on the occasion of the election night. Over several hours, journalists from all over Europe follow the results thanks to national estimates and exit polling data. From 6 to 9 June 2024, around 360 million Europeans are called to the polls to elect the 720 members of the next European Parliament. The constitutive session of the newly elected Parliament will take place in July, in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

European Elections Night 2024 - First publication of available national estimates from Romania, Poland, Portugal and Sweden

This news item shows excerpts from street views of Lisbon's center city and Portuguese voters arriving at polling stations, casting their ballots, and engaging in civic duty in Lisbon (Portugal). In addition, it shows exterior shots of the city of Lisbon. In Portugal, voting for the European Parliament takes place on 9 June 2024 - voting abroad will be held at diplomatic representations on 8 and 9 June 2024. This election determines who will guide Europe's direction over the next five years, with Portuguese citizens electing 21 Members of the European Parliament in 2024, as in the 2019 elections. For this election, an exceptional regime for mobile voting has been approved.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Lisbon (Portugal)

This news item shows excerpts from Portuguese voters arriving at polling stations, casting their ballots, and engaging in civic duty in Posto do Castelo in Lisbon (Portugal). In Portugal, voting for the European Parliament takes place on 9 June 2024 - voting abroad will be held at diplomatic representations on 8 and 9 June 2024. This election determines who will guide Europe's direction over the next five years, with Portuguese citizens electing 21 Members of the European Parliament in 2024, as in the 2019 elections. For this election, an exceptional regime for mobile voting has been approved.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Posto do Castelo, Lisbon (Portugal)

President of the European Parliament Roberta METSOLA and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís MONTENEGRO hold a press conference after their meeting in Lisbon. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís MONTENEGRO. This news items shows her arrival, their meeting and extracts from the press conference.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister: arrival, meeting and extracts from the press conference

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with President of Portugal Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA at the Presidential Palace of Belèm - Lisbon (Palácio Nacional de Belém). This news items shows extracts from the arrival, meeting, and signing the book of distinguished visitors.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal: arrival, meeting and signing of the book of the distiguished visitors

EP President Roberta METSOLA visits the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal. This news items shows her arrival, her meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal and the visit to the Centro Interpretativo do Parlamento. .

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Visit at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal: arrival and meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

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