Major politicians continue to vacation in Portugal this year, still in the context of the covid-19 pandemic, distributing travel packages between the north and south of the country, from the Algarve to Viana do Castelo, passing through Gerês.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Antonio Costa “must travel south for a few days as usual, but no dates have been set yet.”

As for the second largest institutional figure in the state, the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Eduardo Ferro Rodriguez, will split his vacation between the traditional destination – Altura in the Algarve – and Praia Grande in Sintra.

Luza was unable to foresee the plans of the President of the Republic for the holidays, but it is known that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will travel as a pilgrim in August to join the Camino de Santiago, as announced when he received the President of the Council in May. at the Belém Palace from Galicia, Alberto Nunez Feijo.

This is a special year for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, we celebrate the Year of Jacobeo, which will last for the first time two years in a row (until 2022) due to the situation of the pandemic. Xacobeo, also known as the Year of Jacobeus, Holy Year or Jubilee Year, is celebrated when the feast day of the Apostle Santiago takes place on Sunday 25 July.

An official SDP source said that Rui Rio is going on vacation in the first week of August in Viana do Castelo, but still without a return date – this will depend on the schedule of the Social Democratic leader.

The coordinator of the Left Bloc Katarina Martins will spend the first two weeks of August “in the northern region of the country,” the party’s press service reported.

Also in the first fifteen days of August, People-Animals-Nature (PAN) spokeswoman Ines Sousa Real told Luce that her vacation would be spent with her husband and two pets (a dog and a cat), expressing concern about this. selection of pet-friendly accommodation that is pet-friendly.

The leader will begin his break north to Peneda-Gerês National Park, “hoping to see some Iberian wolves and their young in their natural habitat,” while spending the rest of the days in Alentejo.

According to the PCP press office, Jerónimo de Sousa will be on vacation with his “family in the south of the country” from late July to the first weeks of August.

Also in August, Jose Luis Ferreira of the Os Verdes environmental party will spend a week in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, where he was born, “where he will enjoy spending time with his family, hiking in the mountains and drinking water from the springs.” …

In his holiday itinerary, the MP also planned a trip to the Setubal region, “where he will carry out some political tasks, since he is a candidate for the presidency of the Barreiro Municipal Assembly,” and a week in the Algarve “to go to the beach, read and write.”

While the vacations have not yet been scheduled, on the advice of Chega President André Ventura, they will take place from 12 to 23 August. The leader is the only one who intends to spend a few days “outside the country”, but he will also be in the Algarve.

The rest will be combined with some work, already thinking about the municipal elections scheduled for September 26: “although the vice president is appointed to replace the president during the holidays, given the specifics of this year’s municipal elections, all days will be held. days of political and partisan work, ”he adds.

Following the same logic, the president of CDS-PP, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, told Luce that he would travel the country “taking advantage of some of the leisure moments in the gaps on the municipal agenda that would be passed along the way. “: The top priority,” he stressed, “is to get CDS to grow in the next municipal elections.”

The President of the Liberal Initiative, João Cotrim Figueiredo, who did not want to say where he will spend his vacation, will also participate in political actions. The spokesman’s source only said that the Liberal MP will be on political work in Madeira on August 7 and 8, and at the Cataplana Liberal in the Algarve on August 13.