Francisco Assis

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Francisco Assis
Francisco Assis in 2017
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
In office
20 July 2004 – 13 July 2009
Mayor of Amarante
In office
17 December 1989 – 26 October 1995
Preceded byJoaquim Teixeira
Succeeded byArmindo Abreu
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
Assumed office
26 March 2024
ConstituencyPorto
In office
15 October 2009 – 30 June 2014
ConstituencyGuarda (2009–2011)
Porto (2011–2014)
In office
27 October 1995 – 19 July 2004
ConstituencyPorto
Personal details
Born
Francisco José Pereira de Assis Miranda

(1965-01-08) 8 January 1965 (age 59)
Amarante, Portugal
Political partySocialist Party (since 1985)
Other political
affiliations		Party of European Socialists
SpouseVanda Teixeira Pinto
Alma materUniversity of Porto
ProfessionTeacher

Francisco José Pereira de Assis Miranda (born 8 January 1965) is a Portuguese politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party. He was part of the Party of European Socialists from 2004 to 2009, and again from 2014 until 2019. He is also a former mayor of Amarante, having been in office from 1989 to 1995, and member of the Assembly of Republic on two occasions, the first from 1995 to 2004 and the second from 2009 to 2014.[1]

Political career[edit]

Role in national politics[edit]

Assis challenged incumbent António José Seguro for the party leadership in 2011.[2] When the right-wing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho lost its absolute majority in parliament as a result of the 2015 Portuguese legislative election, Assis condemned what he described as "left-wing fantasies" within his own Socialist Party, describing any attempt at an agreement with the Portuguese Communist Party and the Left Bloc as "absurd".[3] On 24 November 2015, Socialist leader António Costa was appointed as Prime Minister after forming a parliamentary alliance with three left-wing parties.[4] Assis publicly voiced his opposition against the new coalition agreement,[5][6] which he reaffirmed in the context of the 2017 Portuguese local elections and in the aftermath of the October 2017 Iberian wildfires.[7][8]

Member of the European Parliament (2014–2019)[edit]

Ahead of the 2014 European Parliament election in Portugal, the Socialist Party named Assis at the top of their list.[9] Following elections, he became a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. He was also the chairman of the parliament's delegation for relations with Mercosur. Assis has been a political commentator for television programmes on TV stations SIC Notícias and TVI 24 and a columnist for the newspaper Público.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biografia (Francisco de Assis)". parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ Nicholas Hirst (29 April 2014). "European issues v domestic austerity in Portugal" (Online). politico.eu. Brussels: European Voice. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ^ Peter Wise (11 October 2015). "Portugal's socialists explore leftist alliance" (Online). ft.com. Financial Times. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. ^ Patricia Kowsmann, Matt Moffett (24 November 2015). "Socialist Leader António Costa Is Named as Portugal's Prime Minister" (Online). wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. ^ João Lima (6 November 2015). "Portugal's Socialists 'Hope' to Sign Accords for Government" (Online). Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg News. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. ^ Peter Wise (1 December 2015). "Portugal: backlash against austerity unites divided left" (Online). ft.com. Financial Times. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ Francisco Assis (27 October 2017). "A novíssima "geringonça"" (Online). publico.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Público. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ^ Revista de Imprensa [Press Review] (27 October 2017). "Assis: "Podemos estar prestes a assistir ao surgimento de uma nova geringonça. Marcelo ocupará um lugar absolutamente central"" (Online). expresso.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Expresso. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  9. ^ Dave Keating (24 February 2014). "More Parliament candidates announced" (Online). politico.eu. Brussels: European Voice. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

External links[edit]

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