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In wonderland, with Pedro Passos Coelho
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In wonderland, with Pedro Passos Coelho

SIC Notícias15 September 2026 at 13:56

Pedro Passos Coelho reappeared publicly to call for the acceleration of reforms within the PSD. The former prime minister and former party leader addressed Luís Montenegro directly, the current social-democrat leader, during a Political Commission.

In his intervention, Passos Coelho spoke about what he designated as "wonderland," in a reference to his governance and the period when he was at the head of the party and government.

The moment marks a return of Passos Coelho to the internal political life of the PSD, choosing to use a Political Commission to transmit his recommendations on the direction the party should follow.

The former prime minister's intervention comes at a time when Montenegro seeks to assert the party's leadership and define the opposition strategy to the government.

Why this matters

Passos Coelho's intervention signals internal tensions within the PSD between Montenegro's current leadership and the party's guiding figure. For readers, this indicates that the pace of reforms promised by the government may be contested even within the party's own base, which could affect the parliamentary majority's cohesion and voters' confidence in the executive's executive capacity.

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