Helena Garrido
Helena Garrido has been associate director at Portuguese business daily Jornal de Negócios since February 2008. An economics graduate, she also teaches Economic Journalism as well as Journalism and European Institutions at Lisbon's Lusófona University.
Updated: 11 January 2011
In arguing that Greeks, Portuguese and Spanish shouldn’t have more holidays, Angela Merkel is not only spreading disinformation based on cultural stereotypes, but undermining the very foundations of the EU, argues a Portuguese columnist. 
Under pressure from the markets and certain European countries to accept a bailout, José Sócrates’ government must stand firm if it is to restore confidence, insists a Portuguese editorialist.