ANALYSIS
In what is the last analysis of the year made by Marques Mendes at SIC, the commentator looks back to 2024 to determine the events and personalities that marked the lastthe 12 months.
Luis Marques Mendes chooses as “political fact of the year” the political crisis that ended with the elections on March 10, as national figures Luís Montenegro and António Costa and as an international figure Donald Trump.
For the commentator, the political crisis in Portugal was “unprecedented”both in causes – one – as in consequences – why “pleased” all: a Luis Montenegrowho became prime minister; the Pedro Nuno Santoswho became leader of the PS; the Antonio Costawho became president of the Conselho European; a Andre Venturawhich managed to increase Chega’s parliamentary group to 50 deputies; and the Nuno Melowho managed to return the CDS to Parliament and even join the government as minister.
“A political crisis has, as a rule, more victims than beneficiaries. With this crisis exactly the opposite happened”, he maintains.
“With a heavily fragmented Parliament, national political life increasingly lacks dialogue, the ability to build bridges and political pedagogy. Political contractualization is not an exercise in weakness or laxity.”
Figures of the year in Portugal
As figure of the yearMarques Mendes elects the prime minister Luís Montenegro. “He started with low expectations and became prime minister”, points out the commentator. “He brought the PSD back to power and is today the most influential politician in Portugal.”
For Marques Mendes, the Montenegro’s big political test will arrive in 2025where you will have to deal with three challenges: not lose the political center (to be “the great reference of moderation”); have a change agenda (considering that the Government’s initial agenda has already been “exhausted”); e beat the local electionswhich will take place this coming year (especially the Lisbon and Porto chambers).
“It is rare for a Portuguese person to reach a high European position“, he notes, highlighting the “strengthening of image in Portugal“
Costa will also, however, in the eyes of Marques Mendes, have some challengesfrom logo to unity and cohesion of the Union European e o reformism of the same.
The figure of the year in the world
As for international figure of the year is, for Marques Mendes, without a shadow of a doubt, Donald Trump. The Republican who, four years later, c.
“Rpolitically aroused by the attack on the Capitolo which to many seemed unthinkable.”
With the leadership of Trumpemphasizes the commentator, “nothing in the world, in Europe and the USA will stay the same”. A war in Ukraineo future from NATO and the protectionism North American are some of the points that,sidera Marques Mendes, will mark challenges during this new presidency of Donald Trump.
