Luís Montenegro reappointed as Portugal's prime minister, rules out immediate reforms

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Luís Montenegro reappointed as Portugal's prime minister, rules out immediate reforms  Montenegro has rejected far-right Chega's call for constitutional reform and said his minority government would prioritise reforms to the economy, public services, and health system.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/30/constitutional-revision-not-a-priority-says-portuguese-prime-minister  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Portugal's Luiz Montenegro has officially been appointed Prime Minister for a second

00:06term.

00:07The leader of the centre-right democratic alliance won the country's legislative elections

00:13in January, but fell short of an absolute majority, meaning he must now form a coalition

00:19government.

00:38Before formally appointing Montenegro, President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa met

00:44with Portugal's main opposition parties, most notably the far-right, Chega.

00:49Chega was elected to be the leader of the opposition and will perform the responsibility of the

00:58leadership of that opposition.

01:00Chega narrowly overtook the left-wing socialist party in the second round of voting, leaving

01:06it in third place.

01:07I informed the President of the Republic that our understanding is that the popular will

01:12be respected and, therefore, the Socialist Party will not be contemporaneous with any

01:17initiative that opts to a viability of the government that decorre...

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