Paulo Cunha, vice-president of the PSD, and Ana Miguel Pedro, nominated by the SDS-PP, are second and third on the AD list for Europeans on June 9, headed by commentator Sebastián Bugallo.
According to the list of Democratic Alliance candidates proposed to the PSD National Council, Mafra City Council President Hélder Souza i Silva and incumbent MEP Lydia Pereira are in fourth and fifth place respectively.
Sergio Humberto, nominated by the Porto district, Paulo Nascimento Cabral and Carla Rodrigues are respectively sixth, seventh and eighth on the list, in which the candidate nominated by Madeira, Rubina Leal, is in ninth.
The President of the National Council, Miguel Albuquerque, announced at the meeting of this body, which is taking place in Lisbon, that he will vote against the list proposed by the deputy of the Legislative Assembly, Rubina Leal, which took ninth place. a place he considered “inappropriate”.
The tenth seat was reserved for coalition partner CDS-PP, which nominated Vasco Weinberg, currently an MEP for the party, to replace Nuno Melo, now minister of national defence.
Elections to the European Parliament are scheduled for June 9.
In 2019, the SDP elected six MEPs with 21.9% of the votes, and the SDS-PP one.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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