TY - JOUR A1 - Magone, José T1 - Portugal: Political Developments and Data in 2021 N2 - In 2021, Portuguese politics was strongly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this constraining context, the Portuguese population went twice to the polls in presidential and local elections. Moreover, the Portuguese government was the holder of the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Throughout the year, the Portuguese government negotiated with the political parties to get the 2022 budget approved. However, most opposition parties rejected the budget for different reasons. Therefore, the President of the Republic dissolved Parliament and announced early elections for 30 January 2022. Although it was a difficult year, Portugal was able to implement an aggressive vaccination programme, which led to a high vaccination coverage of 80 per cent of the population. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hwr/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4062 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b721-opus4-40624 UR - https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2047-8852.12383 IS - European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 61: 374-384 PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ER -