“The European Commission and President Juncker, on behalf of the institution, congratulate the prime minister, Passos Coelho, for the victory by the coalition” said the EC spokesperson, in a reaction to Portugal’s parliamentary election.


Margaritis Schinas added that the Commission knew that “there is going to be a normal institutional process, with the president (of Portugal) talking to all the parties with a Seat in the new parliament to assess the conditions to form a government”.