"The lack of a coherent and interconnected structure between the different levels of government and the hollowing out of central political representation – in Portugal, parties are elected and, by extension, members of parliament – contribute to the disorderly functioning of central power in intermediate territories".

Read here (only available in Portuguese) the most recent opinion article by Leonardo Costa, Professor and Director of the Economics Department at Católica Porto Business School, published Jornal de Notícias.