António Costa Pinto

António Costa Pinto is a senior fellow at Lisbon University's Social Science Institute and professor of modern European history and Politics at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISCTE-IUL.

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Marina Costa Lobo

Marina Costa Lobo is a research fellow at Lisbon University's Social Science Institute, executive director of the Portuguese Election Study and a respected commentator on Portuguese current affairs.

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In the interest of the parties

In this article André Freire takes a look at the current political crises affecting Portugal and blames them on a lack of willingness by all of the political leaders — from Sócrates to Coelho to Cavaco and the leaders of the parties of the left — to act in the interests of the country, preferring instead to promote the interests of the political parties. Read more >>

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