Mr. Pedro Nuno Santos will return to the television antenna at the end of November. The socialist will have a comment space in CNN Portugal every Thursday. Also PSD Vice President Sebastião Bugalho will return with a comment space on his own, which will take place every Sunday.
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12/11/2026
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O former Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (PS), Pedro Nuno Santos, and PSD Vice President Sebastião Bugalho are returning to national television at the end of November, this time at CNN Portugal, where they will be commentators.
Second CNN PortugalPedro Nuno Santos will have a space for political analysis every Thursday. The name of the SP Member's comment space will be released shortly.
The former socialist leader and current deputy, remember, also had a comment space in SIC News, which ended after announcing his candidacy for the 2025 legislative elections.
It is recalled that after one of the worst results of the PS in legislative elections, Pedro Nuno Santos resigned from the position of Secretary-General of the party, having taken his place as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic. Subsequently, in October 2025, decided to suspend his term of office, justifying the decision with “personal and professional reason”.
Six months later, in April this year, the Member announced his return to Parliament.
Also the vice-president, spokesman and MEP of the PSD, Sebastião Bugalho, now returns to CNN Portugal with a comment space in his own name – “600 seconds” – which will happen every Sunday.
The director of CNN Portugal, Nuno Santos, highlighted that “the entrance of Pedro Nuno Santos and Sebastião Bugalho reinforces the pluralism that is one of the main brands” of the television station.
It should also be noted that the journalist Pedro Mourinho is also returning to Queluz de Baixo television station after leaving TVI and CNN Portugal four years ago.
From Monday, Pedro Mourinho will be next to Cátia Nobre at the “CNN End of Afternoon”.