"I didn't want to say anything, because we are just leaving a ceremony to commemorate Sá Carneiro, but it is obvious that it is a sign of how Europe is full of problems", said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa as he left the mass commemorating Sá Carneiro.

Questioned by journalists, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa did not add anything further to his reflection on the political situation in France.

The French Government, led by Michel Barnier, was dismissed by a motion of no confidence with 331 votes in favour from the left-wing New Popular Front coalition and the far-right National Union.