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Voters person returned Lisbon’s Mayor to bureau successful Portugal’s municipal elections, little than six weeks aft a streetcar clang successful the Portuguese superior killed 16 people, including 11 tourists, and caused a nationalist outcry.
Mayor Carlos Moedas, heading a right-of-centre coalition, won 42% of the ballot successful Lisbon, compared with 34% for second-placed left-of-centre person Alexandra Leitão, according to authoritative results published precocious connected Sunday (October 12, 2025).
Mr. Moedas rejected immoderate blasted for the Wednesday (September 3, 2025) crash, which was 1 of Lisbon’s worst tragedies successful surviving memory, and refused to resign.
Carris, the institution operating the streetcar work and different nationalist transport successful the city, is overseen by the Lisbon City Council. An authoritative probe is focusing connected whether mediocre attraction was to blasted for immoderate problems with the streetcar’s brakes and a information cable.
Mr. Moedas four-year word arsenic Mayor has besides brought disapproval of his policies connected housing, migration and trash postulation arsenic Lisbon creaks nether the strain of a surge successful tourists and a steep ascent successful existent property prices.
Mr. Moedas, 55, is viewed arsenic a rising prima successful Portugal’s centre-right Social Democratic Party and is wide regarded arsenic a imaginable aboriginal Prime Minister.
His predetermination arsenic Mayor 4 years agone was a communal vocation way for politicians eyeing higher office, with governmental work for the superior regarded arsenic a stepping stone.
