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25 November, a date difficult to commemorate<\/h1>\n

Original opinion piece from the newspaper P\u00fablico<\/i><\/p>\n

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On 24 November 2025, the newspaper P\u00fablico published an opinion piece by David Casta\u00f1o (IPRI-NOVA) and Filipa Raimundo (Iscte) on the commemorations of 25 November 1975.<\/p>\n

The authors argue that the difficulty of turning this date into a shared memory is not new: it was already present in the essentially military ceremonies designed by Ramalho Eanes in 1976, and in the way the victors themselves have disputed its meaning ever since. The article revisits that founding moment, with a particular focus on its military dimension, and reflects on the search for consensus around the anniversary.<\/p>\n

Read the <\/i>full opinion piece in P\u00fablico<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 24 November 2025, the newspaper P\u00fablico published an opinion piece by David Casta\u00f1o (IPRI-NOVA) and Filipa Raimundo (Iscte) on the commemorations of 25 November 1975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[412,411,413],"class_list":["post-55784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-press","tag-25-november","tag-filipa-raimundo","tag-memory","category-308","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n25 November, a date difficult to commemorate | ODRP-Iscte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Filipa Raimundo and David Casta\u00f1o discuss in P\u00fablico why 25 November remains a difficult date to turn into a shared memory.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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