Pedro Passos Coelho

Right.

He's referring to the period between 2011 and 2015 under former Prime Minister Passos Coelho, uh, during the Troika bailout.

The austerity years.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Domestically, Diário de Notícias is covering the friction between former Prime Minister Passos Coelho, who is apparently pushing to bring back abortion measures, and current Prime Minister Montenegro, who has explicitly refused.

And the media's capturing this as part of a global trend of stagnation.

We see it in Brazil too.

He argues that this environment is actively heralding new fascisms, and you can see the political vacuum forming right alongside this rhetoric.

The same paper notes that former Prime Minister Passos Coelho is testing the waters for a political return, though apparently without a clear support network yet.

Yeah, José Gil's thesis on the normalization of cruelty is actually playing out in the legal system right now.

Correio da Manhã covers a story that perfectly illustrates this exact escalation.

People are craving absolute resolution.

Yeah.

And if we connect this to the bigger picture, you see that local polarization, Montenegro's threat video, the terrorism charge, Passos Coelho sensing a political vacuum, it really mirrors the broader global instability.

Definitely.

Always.

A Correio da Manhã poll today shows José Luís Carneiro as the favorite for prime minister, but at the exact same time, Diário de Notícias is covering allies of former Prime Minister Passos Coelho actively swatting away rumors of an internal plot to seize power within the PSD.

Right, the Passosstas.

Yes.

They are dominating the narrative simply by denying they are staging a coup.

It's fascinating how political ghosts linger.

Passos Coelho's shadow is still looming.

Do these legacy names suck the oxygen out of the room for new leaders?

Be careful over there.

Pedro Passos Coelho discusses potential political return.

Former prime minister thinking about getting back into the game, getting the band back together.

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