<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_Costa" id="mwAeI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="António Costa">António Costa</a> resigns as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Portugal" id="mwAeM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Portugal">Prime Minister of Portugal</a> following news of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Portuguese_government_corruption_investigation" id="mwAeQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2023 Portuguese government corruption investigation">an investigation in a corruption scandal</a> implicating members of his cabinet.<sup about="#mwt83" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_7#cite_note-12" id="mwAeU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAeY">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt80" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFDemonyKhalipDemony2023">Demony, Catarina; Khalip, Andrei; Demony, Catarina (7 November 2023). <a class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/portuguese-prosecutors-search-government-buildings-lithium-investigation-2023-11-07/" id="mwCGs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Portuguese PM steps down amid lithium, hydrogen corruption probe"</a>. <i id="mwCGw">Reuters</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCG0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCG4">7 November</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt80" class="Z3988" id="mwCG8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Reuters&amp;rft.atitle=Portuguese+PM+steps+down+amid+lithium%2C+hydrogen+corruption+probe&amp;rft.date=2023-11-07&amp;rft.aulast=Demony&amp;rft.aufirst=Catarina&amp;rft.au=Khalip%2C+Andrei&amp;rft.au=Demony%2C+Catarina&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fportuguese-prosecutors-search-government-buildings-lithium-investigation-2023-11-07%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANovember+7"></span></span>