On the 9th, Portuguese Prime Minister António Luís Santos da Costa said that if former Prime Minister António Costa decided to run for President of the European Council, the Portuguese government would fully support him. The European Parliament elections, held every five years, took place from the 6th to the 9th. In Portugal, voters cast their ballots on the 9th, deciding on the allocation of 21 seats in the European Parliament. The results show that the Socialist Party, to which Costa belongs, ranked first with a 32.1% vote, slightly higher than the Democratic Union led by Montenegro's Social Democratic Party. (Xinhua News Agency)