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Diplomatic relations, EU affairs, and Portugal's role in international politics.
PAICV Reclaims Power in Cabo Verde With an Absolute Majority on 17 May — Francisco Carvalho Lands 37 Seats as Ulisses Correia e Silva Steps Down from MpD Leadership and Montenegro Wires the Felicitation from Lisbon

PAICV Reclaims Power in Cabo Verde With an Absolute Majority on 17 May — Francisco Carvalho Lands 37 Seats as Ulisses Correia e Silva Steps Down from MpD Leadership and Montenegro Wires the Felicitation from Lisbon

PAICV reclaims power in Cabo Verde with an absolute majority on 17 May 2026 — Francisco Carvalho's party lands 37 seats including diaspora returns, Ulisses Correia e Silva steps down from MpD leadership, and Montenegro wires the felicitation from Lisbon by mid-morning.
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Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Rangel Contradicts Marco Rubio's Fox News 'Said Yes Before We Asked' Praise on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica — MNE Says Pedido Landed After the 28 February Iran Strikes, PS Calls It 'Humilhação à Escala Planetária' and PCP Files CPI on Friday 15 May

Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel rejects Marco Rubio's Fox News claim that Portugal 'said yes before we even asked' on Lajes for Operação Fúria Épica. MNE says the formal pedido for equipment transit, including MQ-9 Reapers, only arrived after the 28 February strikes on Iran began.
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Paulo Rangel Walks Into Brussels on Monday Asking for EU Sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich — Foreign Minister Concedes the Two-Minister Measure Will Not Pass But Pushes Settler-Targeted Sanctions and West-Bank-Settlement Trade Restrictions

Paulo Rangel Walks Into Brussels on Monday Asking for EU Sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich — Foreign Minister Concedes the Two-Minister Measure Will Not Pass But Pushes Settler-Targeted Sanctions and West-Bank-Settlement Trade Restrictions

Paulo Rangel walked into the 11 May 2026 EU Foreign Affairs Council asking for sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich. He conceded the measure will not pass and pushed for settler-targeted sanctions and trade restrictions on West Bank settlement goods.
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Montenegro Walks Into the Berlin Wirtschaftstag With a 12.9% Export-Growth Pitch and a Multiannual Financial Framework Ask — Castro Almeida and Inês Domingos in Tow as Merz Closes the Stage at 19:20

Montenegro Walks Into the Berlin Wirtschaftstag With a 12.9% Export-Growth Pitch and a Multiannual Financial Framework Ask — Castro Almeida and Inês Domingos in Tow as Merz Closes the Stage at 19:20

Luís Montenegro spent Tuesday afternoon in Berlin: bilateral with Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery, then the closing block of the Wirtschaftsrat's 62nd Wirtschaftstag. The trip is timed to the next MFF debate — and Lisbon brought the Portugal-Germany trade book with it.
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