00:00 Portugal's president will dissolve national parliament and has called an early election
00:06 for March 10 next year.
00:09 The announcement comes two days after Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned after his
00:13 government was involved in a widespread corruption probe, sending a shockwave through the normally
00:18 tranquil politics of the European Union member.
00:23 President Marcelo Rabella de Sousa made his decision public during a national televised
00:27 address.
00:28 Costa will stay on as the country's caretaker prime minister until the election.
00:32 (whooshing)
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