September 27 mooted as most likely date for municipal elections

Political commentator Luís Marques Mendes has suggested September 27 the most likely date for municipal elections. The focus this year is on the ‘mega-contraptions’ being put together by Opposition parties to try and topple PS Socialists in key seats. One of these is already set for Lisbon, another – involving seven minority parties – in Coimbra. This will be the novelty of this year’s elections: the fact that opposition politicians are banding together ‘for the greater good’ (in their eyes) than for their own party-political gain…