All the opposition parties, with the exception of the Liberal Initiative, voted against the motion of confidence in the government. PM Montenegro even offered to suspend the session if the socialists presented specific questions,

Political scientist Adelino Maltez of Lisbon University pointed to opinion polls showing very little change in voter preferences from the March 2024 election, in which Montenegro's Democratic Alliance (AD) won by a mere 1,500 votes, securing 80 seats in the 230-seat house.

Portugal's prime minister proposed on Wednesday a confidence vote in his year-old minority government, risking his own dismissal as the main opposition parties vowed to defeat him.

Portugal’s parliament is set to topple Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s center-right minority government in a confidence vote on Tuesday, likely leading to the country’s third early election in just over three years.