Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to address the Parliament

Update: The address will begin in a few minutes, we apologise for the delay. The President of Portugal will address the Parliament in Strasbourg. Born in Lisbon in 1948, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was elected President of the Republic in January 2016 and re-elected five years later. A tenured professor at Lisbon University’s Faculty of Law and a political commentator on Portuguese radio and TV stations, he began his career as a journalist for the weekly newspapers Semanário and Expresso, which he helped to set up. 00:01 - Introduction by Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament 02:53 - Introduction by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal 03:45 - European unity 04:28 - Looking back at the European Union in 2016