The first four-party debate on the European elections will take place on Monday at the SIC, while the RTP will hold a debate with the eight parties with parliamentary representation on May 28, Lusa TV sources said this Thursday.
There will be six debates in total with four parties, the first of which will take place on May 13 at the SIC, with the Socialist Party (PS), the Democratic Alliance (AD), the Liberal Initiative (IL) and the Livre.
The second is on Wednesday, May 15th on RTP with Bloco de Esquerda (BE), PAN, Chega and Livre, and then on May 17th on TVI with CDU, BE, IL and Livre.
The fourth debate will take place at the SIC on May 20, with the participation of the CDU, PAN, Chega and Illinois. The next day, May 21st, it was time for the RTP debate with the participation of the PS, AD, Czega and the CDU.
The series of six debates will conclude on TVI on May 24 with the participation of PS, AD, Bloco de Esquerda and PAN.
On Wednesday, the PS adopted a new model proposed by the broadcasters, which calls for six debates with four parties, as it is most feasible, guarantees “greater fairness” and avoids “legal and political disputes.”
The Socialists accepted a proposal to hold six debates with four parties on three universal television channels on May 28, to which will be added debates on the RTP with the participation of eight heads of lists from all party forces with parliamentary representation.
According to the public station, the RTP will hold another debate on May 30 with nine candidates from other parties who do not have parliamentary representation.
On June 3 there will be a radio debate from 9:30 to 11:30, bringing together Antena 1, Rádio Renascença (RR), Rádio Observador and TSF.
The debate will be moderated by Natalia Carvalho (Antena 1), Ricardo Alexandre (TSF), Susana Madureira Martins (RR) and Ruy Pedro Antunes (observer).
The pre-election campaign for the European elections will begin on May 27 and will last until June 7. European elections are scheduled for June 9.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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