Portugal entered the European Economic Community on 1 January 1986, together with Spain. In the following years the economy of the Portugal progressed considerably as a result of the EU structural and cohesion funds.

On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon, signed by European Member States on 13 December 2007 in the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, entered into force. Portugal has 21 MEPs in the EP and has 12 votes in the European Council.

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António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, is the third EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Wednesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

<ul>
	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Debate on the Future of Europe with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Ministe

From January to June 2021, Portugal held the Presidency of the EU Council, following the German Presidency and preceding the Slovenian Presidency.

Portugal presided over the Council of the European Union for the fourth time, since 1992.

Portuguese Presidency of the Council declared the importance of strengthening Europe's resilience and its citizens' confidence in the European social model, promoting a Union based on shared values of solidarity, convergence and cohesion – a Union capable of coordinated action to recover from the crisis.

Portuguese Presidency

President Metsola meets the President of the Assembleia da República of Portugal, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco? the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro and they hold a press conference. President Metsola also meets the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL,l Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with José Manuel FERNANDES, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Tram Talk with Portuguese youth and Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal and Visit at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Receiving an honorary degree from the University of Lisbon, at the University of Lisbon

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Portuguese Prime Minister designate, Luís MONTENEGRO

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Youth conference organized by Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with Afghan refugees and with the EU Ambassadors

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Arrival at the European Center Jean Monnet building

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Tiago ANTUNES, Portugal State Secretary for EU Affairs

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Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting of the Council of State

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Interaction with Young People

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, is in Portugal where she meets with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and is the special guest at the meeting of the Council of State.The Council of State (Conselho de Estado) is a body established by the Portuguese Constitution to advise the President of the Republic in the exercise of many of his or her discretionary powers. She also meets with Luis MONTENEGRO, Leader of the Portuguese opposition and President of the Social Democratic Party. She meets in the centre of Lisbon with Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon and youth organisations.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal): meeting of the Council of State and meeting with Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister during her official visit to Lisbon (Portugal). The footage shows the arrival, welcome, and roundtable.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives her opening statement during the formal sitting at the Portuguese Assembly in Lisbon. The transcript is the result of an automated process. Please check against delivery.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Formal sitting at the Portuguese Assembly (Assembleia da República): opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

During her official visit to Lisbon (Portugal), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, attends a formal sitting at the Portugese Assembly. Augusto SANTOS SILVA, the President of the Assembleia da República, gives his opening statement. The transcript is the result of an automated process. Please check against delivery.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Formal sitting at the Portuguese Assembly (Assembleia da República): opening statement by Augusto SANTOS SILVA, the President of the Assembleia da República

Marcelo Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal, addresses the Plenary at a formal sitting. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Formal Sitting - Address by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal: address by Marcelo Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Marcelo Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal, addresses the Plenary at a formal sitting. Opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Formal Sitting - Address by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal: opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA , President of Portugal, addresses the plenary at a formal sitting. Presidents METSOLA and Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA also have a bilateral meeting before his address. Born in Lisbon in 1948, Marcelo Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA was elected President of the Republic in January 2016 and re-elected five years later in the first round with 60.67% of the votes. He was a tenured professor at Lisbon University’s Faculty of Law and a political commentator on TSF radio, as well as for TV stations RTP and TVI. At the beginning of his career, he was a journalist for the weekly newspapers “Semanário” and “Expresso”, which he helped set up. Extracts from the meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from the formal sitting.

Visit of Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA , President of Portugal to the EP: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extract from the formal sitting

Roberta METSOLA, EP President holds a press point with Marcelo Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Marcelo Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal

During her official visit to Lisbon (Portugal), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, is invited to participate to the Conference of Estoril on the thematic "The World Ahead", where she gives a speech. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the Conference of Estoril "The World Ahead": opening exchange

During her official visit to Lisbon in Portugal, Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with young people at the Town Hall, at the Coreto no Jardim da Estrela, Guerra Junqueiro Garden. She is also invited to participate to the Conference of Estoril on the thematic "The World Ahead", where she gives a keynote speech.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon, Portugal: Town Hall Meeting with Young People and Closing keynote address at the Estoril Conference

During her official visit to Lisbon in Portugal, Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Mr Augusto SANTOS SILVA, Speaker of Assembleia da Republica.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon, Portugal: Meeting with Augusto SANTOS SILVA, Speaker of Assembleia da Republica

During her official visit to Lisbon in Portugal, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, visits the Lisbon Town Hall where she meets with Carlos Moedas, Mayor of Lisbon. Later, the EP President visits the Champalimaud Foundation, a private biomedical research foundation.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon, Portugal: visit to the Lisbon Town Hall and visit to the Champalimaud Foundation

During her official visit in Lisbon, Portugal, Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with the Olympic Committee of Portugal. She meets the atheltes Patrícia Mamona (Athletics, silver in triple jump at Tokyo 2020), Telma Monteiro (Judo, bronze at Rio 2016), Lorene Bazolo (Athletics), Tamila Holub (Swimming), Maria Caetano (Equestrian) and Diana Gomes (Swimming, current president of the portuguese Olympic Athletes Comission).

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Lisbon, Portugal: meeting with the Olympic Committee of Portugal

During her official visit to Lisbon in Portugal, Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of the Portuguese Republic at the Citadel Palace of Cascais.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon, Portugal: meeting with Marcelo Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President and António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister speak to the press following their meeting.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister following their meeting

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister

During the Porto Social Summit, arrival of David SASSOLI, EP President, City Hall ceremony and Social Summit

Porto Social Summit: arrival of David SASSOLI, EP President, City Hall ceremony and Social Summit

António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and President-in-office of the Council of the EU, David SASSOLI, EP President and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, give a joint press conference during the Porto Social Summit on 7 May 2021.

Joint press conference on the Porto Social Summit by António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, David SASSOLI, EP President and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

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