Sandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician,author,diplomat and independence movement leader. She served as Foreign Minister of Latvia 2002–2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture,Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004. Since 2009,she has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the European People's Party.
Kristiina Ojuland is an Estonian politician. She was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. She was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 to 2014 she served as one of the six Estonian MEPs in the European Parliament. She was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013. She later founded the Party of People's Unity,which failed to gain any seats in the 2015 and 2019 parliamentary election.
Anna Záborská is a Slovak politician of the Christian Union party,living in Bojnice. From 2004 to 2019 she was a Member of the European Parliament,where she was a member of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP). She was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement party (KDH).
Elections in Portugal are free,fair,and regularly held,in accordance with election law.
Francisco JoséPereira de Assis Miranda is a Portuguese politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party. He was part of the Party of European Socialists from 2004 to 2009,and again from 2014 until 2019. He is also a former mayor of Amarante,having been in office from 1989 to 1995,and member of the Assembly of Republic on two occasions,the first from 1995 to 2004 and the second from 2009 to 2014.
Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes,better known as Ana Gomes,is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
The Earth Party,previously called The Earth Party Movement,is a green-conservative political party in Portugal,founded on 12 August 1993. Its main political priorities are the promotion of environmental-friendly policies and the preservation of the national and cultural heritage of Portugal and of the remaining Portuguese-language countries.
Joel Eduardo Neves Hasse Ferreira was a Portuguese politician and a Member of the European Parliament.
Dr. István Ujhelyi is a Hungarian politician from the Hungarian Socialist Party,who was MP in the National Assembly of Hungary between 2002 and 2014. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2024.
Carlos Zorrinho is a Portuguese politician and university professor. He has undertaken the positions of Secretary of State,leader of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group at the Portuguese Parliament,and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the S&D group.
João Nuno de Lacerda Teixeira de Melo is a Portuguese lawyer,conservative politician who is serving as Minister of National Defence,also being a member of the Assembly of the Republic,elected by Porto constituency. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the Democratic and Social Centre –People's Party (CDS-PP),of which he is president.
Marisa Isabel dos Santos Matias is a Portuguese sociologist and politician. She is a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2024. She was also a Member of the European Parliament,between 2009 and 2024. She currently seated on the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Industry,Research and Energy (ITRE) Committees. She was also Chairwoman of the Delegation of the European Parliament for relations with the Mashreq countries. Between 2010 and 2016 she was Vice-President of the Party of the European Left.
Kateřina Konečná is a Czech politician,who has been a Member of the European Parliament representing the Czech Republic since 2013. Since 23 October 2021 she has been the leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM).
Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2024,in the XXIV Constitutional Government,led by Luís Montenegro.
Maria da Graça Martins da Silva Carvalho is a Portuguese professor,engineer,and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister of Environment and Energy in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.
JoséManuel Ferreira Fernandes is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party. He has been Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.
Ana Catarina Veiga dos Santos Mendonça Mendes is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 1995 and,from 2019,led the party in Parliament. In March 2022,she was appointed Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the XXIII Constitutional Government,a position she held until after the March 2024 national election.
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Portugal in January 2026. The elections will elect the successor to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,who is barred from running for a third term.
The 2023 Portuguese Socialist Party leadership election was held on 15 and 16 December 2023. The leadership ballot was called after Prime Minister and Socialist Party Secretary-General António Costa resigned from office on 7 November 2023. The winner of this election led the Socialist Party into the 2024 legislative election.
Ricardo Jorge Morgado da Costa is a Portuguese politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament since 2024. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party;part of the EPP Group. He also serves as President of the Municipal Assembly of Lamego since 2021.
