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Seguro Lays Out a Mediterranean-Atlantic AI Platform at the 19th COTEC Europa Symposium in Venice — Memorandum With Spain and Italy Sets a European Rights-and-Democracy Third Way Between the American Market and Chinese State Models

Seguro Lays Out a Mediterranean-Atlantic AI Platform at the 19th COTEC Europa Symposium in Venice — Memorandum With Spain and Italy Sets a European Rights-and-Democracy Third Way Between the American Market and Chinese State Models

President António José Seguro pitched a Mediterranean-Atlantic AI Platform at the 19th COTEC Europa symposium in Venice on Wednesday, signing a memorandum with Italy's Mattarella and Spain's Felipe VI to anchor a European rights-and-democracy third way between US market and Chinese state AI models.
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Kaja Kallas Sends Sofia Moreira de Sousa to Tirana and Francisco André to Brasília in the EEAS's 33-Ambassador Rotation — Two Portuguese Names Anchor the South-East Europe and Brazil Files

Kaja Kallas Sends Sofia Moreira de Sousa to Tirana and Francisco André to Brasília in the EEAS's 33-Ambassador Rotation — Two Portuguese Names Anchor the South-East Europe and Brazil Files

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas names Sofia Moreira de Sousa as EU Ambassador to Albania and Francisco André as EU Ambassador to Brazil in a 33-post EEAS rotation announced on 4 June 2026 — Moreira de Sousa moves from the Commission's Lisbon Representation, André transfers from Mexico City.
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Cavaco Silva Walks Onto Renascença on Wednesday Evening 13 May Defending a European Defence Identity Separate From the NATO Umbrella — Former President Calls Trump 'Super Errático' and Says Europe Should 'Não Deve Acobardar-se' Before the White House

Cavaco Silva Walks Onto Renascença on Wednesday Evening 13 May Defending a European Defence Identity Separate From the NATO Umbrella — Former President Calls Trump 'Super Errático' and Says Europe Should 'Não Deve Acobardar-se' Before the White House

Former President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva used a long-form interview broadcast by Renascença on Wednesday evening 13 May 2026 — and amplified across the Portuguese press on Thursday morning 14 May — to argue for the construction of an...
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Nuno Melo Walks Into the Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting on Tuesday 12 May Saying He Is 'Tendentially Against' a European Army — Portugal Lines Up With the NATO-Pillar Camp Against the Spanish Push for an EU Force

Nuno Melo Walks Into the Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting on Tuesday 12 May Saying He Is 'Tendentially Against' a European Army — Portugal Lines Up With the NATO-Pillar Camp Against the Spanish Push for an EU Force

Defence Minister Nuno Melo told reporters at the EU defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 12 May 2026 that he is 'tendentially against' a European army, lining Portugal up behind a strengthened NATO European pillar instead of the Spanish push for an autonomous EU force.
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