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Portugal’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing medically assisted dying, putting the Catholic-majority country on course to become the fourth in Europe to legalise euthanasia.
Before coming into force the bill must first be signed into law by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a staunch Catholic and conservative who was re-elected only last weekend.
The president who has yet to make public his position on the issue could also either use his veto against the legislation, or refer it to the country’s constitutional court for further study.
The bill was adopted in parliament by 136 votes to 78 with four abstentions thanks largely to a majority of votes from the ruling Socialist Party which had allowed its MPs to vote freely.
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LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal’s far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his joint news conference with visiting French counterpart Marine Le Pen due to a lack of social distancing.
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Invited to a small, windowless conference room in a hotel basement in Lisbon, most of the several dozen reporters decided to leave over fears of coronavirus contagion, just as Portugal reported record daily infections and deaths.
But the incident did not appear to upset Ventura of the Chega party, whose political rise has troubled rights groups.