Politics of Portugal

''Brexit negotiations are on course to fail unless both Britain and the European Union ditch their winner-takes-all approach to the coming talks'', the former president of the European commission José Manuel Barroso has said.

Barroso also suggested that extremists on both sides of the Channel wanted the UK to break away from the EU entirely.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, who was welcomed in Lisbon earlier in the day, has been presented with the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator.

Nikolic received the decoration from Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Portugal's ruling centre-right coalition won a general election Oct.4 seen as a referendum on its austerity policies, although it may not hold onto its absolute majority in parliament, near-complete results showed.

Former European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso believes the Greek government has undermined its effort to secure a better deal from lenders by making «completely unrealistic demands,» such as debt forgiveness, and making mistakes that were due to a "lack of experience or ideological reasons."

Turkey’s EU accession bid has not progressed properly, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said during an address to Chatham House

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso argued Monday that Britain is better in the European Union and warned that alienating its allies would be a "historic mistake", as pressure mounts from British eurosceptics before elections.

The accession process is tied to institutions and not individuals, outgoing head of the European Commission, Manuel Barroso, has indicated, suggesting Ankara and Brussels “are bound to succeed together'

Merkel: Pace of EU enlargement depends on Balkans

BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that she wants the process of EU enlargement in this region to be carried out at a quicker pace.

However, speaking about the Conference of Western Balkans States held in Berlin on Friday, she pointed out that this depends on the countries themselves.

Serbia "should align foreign policy with EU"

BELGRADE -- Head of EU Delegation Michael Davenport has said that Serbia, as candidate for membership, should gradually align its foreign policy with the EU.

As he noted, it is also part of the country's obligations under chapter 31 while screening of this chapter would take place by the end of July.

OBRENOVAC - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that he expects that, during Sunday's meeting in Belgrade, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso will give clear backing to Serbia's EU accession.