
Dates and times have been announced for the upcoming political debates, featuring 27 encounters starting next week.
The debates will kick off with two simultaneous sessions on April 7. At 9 p.m., the Democratic Alliance (AD) will face the CDU on TVI, while an hour later, Chega will debate with PAN on RTP3.
The main and final debate between AD and the Socialist Party is scheduled for April 28 and will be broadcast live by SIC, RTP, and TVI.
The Legislative Elections are set for May 18, following the fall of the government due to the rejection of a confidence motion. The full debate schedule is provided below.
Here is the schedule
April 7
TVI – 9 p.m. – Luís Montenegro (AD) and Paulo Raimundo (CDU)
RTP3 – 10 p.m. – André Ventura (Chega) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
April 8
SIC – 9 p.m. – Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) and Mariana Mortágua (BE)
RTP3 – 10 p.m. – André Ventura (Chega) and Rui Tavares (Livre)
April 9
SIC Notícias – 6 p.m. – Paulo Raimundo (CDU) and Rui Tavares (Livre)
April 10
RTP1 – 9 p.m. – Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) and Rui Rocha (IL)
CNN Portugal – 10 p.m. – Mariana Mortágua (BE) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
April 11
TVI – 9 p.m. – Nuno Melo (AD) and Rui Tavares (Livre)
SIC Notícias – 10 p.m. – Rui Rocha (IL) and Paulo Raimundo (CDU)
April 12
TVI – 9 p.m. – Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
RTP3 – 10 p.m. – Mariana Mortágua (BE) and Paulo Raimundo (CDU)
April 13
SIC – 9 p.m. – Nuno Melo (AD) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
CNN Portugal – 10 p.m. – Rui Rocha (IL) and Rui Tavares (Livre)
April 14
RTP1 – 9 p.m. – Luís Montenegro (AD) and Rui Rocha (IL)
SIC Notícias – 10 p.m. – Mariana Mortágua (BE) and Rui Tavares (Livre)
April 15
TVI – 9 p.m. – Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) and André Ventura (Chega)
SIC Notícias – 10 p.m. – Rui Rocha (IL) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
April 16
RTP1 – 9 p.m. – Nuno Melo (AD) and Mariana Mortágua (BE)
CNN Portugal – 10 p.m. – André Ventura (Chega) and Paulo Raimundo (CDU)
April 17
SIC – 9 p.m. – Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) and Rui Tavares (Livre)
RP3 – 10 p.m. – André Ventura (Chega) and Rui Rocha (IL)
April 21
RTP1 – 9 p.m. – Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) and Paulo Raimundo (CDU)
SIC Notícias – 10 p.m. – André Ventura (Chega) and Mariana Mortágua (BE)
April 22
RTP3 – 6 p.m. – Rui Tavares (Livre) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
April 23
CNN Portugal – 6 p.m. – Paulo Raimundo (CDU) and Inês Sousa Real (PAN)
April 24
SIC – 9 p.m. – Luís Montenegro (AD) and André Ventura (Chega)
CNN Portugal – 10 p.m. – Rui Rocha (IL) and Mariana Mortágua (BE)
April 28
SIC/ RTP/ TVI – 9 p.m. – Luís Montenegro (AD) and Pedro Nuno Santos (PS)
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