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unusual facts about José Socrates


New Lisbon Airport

In May 2010, forced by the financial crisis, Prime Minister José Sócrates put the project on halt.


João Cravinho

Shortly after, Cravinho resigned from the parliament and went to England where he had been appointed administrator in The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development by the Portuguese Government headed by socialist José Sócrates.

Maria João Rodrigues

Known as the "mother of the Lisbon Strategy", she has been an expert on EU political economy and has notably served as special adviser to a number of elected representatives at both Portuguese and EU level (in particular to former Prime Minister Guterres and José Socrates, to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, and to the former President of the Party of European Socialists Poul Nyrup Rasmussen).


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