Portugals PM António Costa wins surprise majority in snap election

Defying all odds, Portugal s centreleft Socialists have won an outright parliamentary majority in the countrys snap general election. The result has secured a strong new mandate for the prime minister, António Costa, a champion of balanced public accounts. The result, boosted by a higher than expected turnout despite the coronavirus pandemic, comes as a surprise after the Socialists had lost most of their advantage in recent opinion polls, and meansPortugalwill have a stable government to oversee the application of EU pandemic recovery funds Portugal general election: PM António Costa wins surprise outright majority