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.
Since the beginning of liberalism in Portugal in the 19th century,several parties have,by gaining representation in parliament,continued the liberal ideology in contemporary Portuguese politics. But after the initial fervor of the Liberal Revolution of 1820 and the outcome of the Liberal Wars (1828–1834) during the 19th century,liberalism was relegated to a secondary role in Portuguese politics and government and even outlawed for periods of time. The first fully-fledged liberal party founded as such to have a seat in the Portuguese Parliament since the end of the First Portuguese Republic (1910–1926),was the Liberal Initiative,in 2019.
Elections in Portugal are free,fair,and regularly held,in accordance with election law.
Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira,GCC is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms in the administration of President Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2016 until 2019. She was as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party;part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2016. In 2019,she was selected by Portugal to serve as a European Commissioner. Previously,she was in charge of the Ministries of Environment (1995-1999) and Public Works (1999-2001) during the governments of António Guterres.
Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes,better known as Ana Gomes,is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
Othmar Karas is an Austrian politician who has been serving as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since January 2022,having been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP),which in turn affiliates with the European People's Party.
Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie,known in France as MAM,is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans,part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s,1990s and 2000s,she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007),the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011);she has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010),and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices.
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.
Antigoni Papadopoulou is a Greek Cypriot politician and chemist. She was one of the first two Cypriot women to be elected as Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) among six Cypriot MEPs (2009). She is a former Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the First Woman to serve as Chair of the House’s Committee of Economic Affairs and Budgeting (2006–2009). She was an Assembly Member of the Council of Europe from 2001 to 2009 and has also served as Vice Chairperson of the Committee of Economic Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2003–2009).
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.
Monika Hohlmeier is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Christian Social Union,part of the European People's Party. Between 1998 and 2005 she served as Bavarian State Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs.
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.
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. She has been Minister of Environment and Energy since 2024,in the XXIV Constitutional Government,led by Luís Montenegro.
JoséManuel Ferreira Fernandes is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party. He has been Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries since 2024,in the XXIV Constitutional Government,led by Luís Montenegro.
Maria Helena do Rego da Costa Salema Roseta is a Portuguese architect,specialising in improvements to poorer neighbourhoods,and a politician who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic and President of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly and Mayor of Cascais.
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 will lead the Socialist Party into the 2024 legislative election.
