(FILES) A file picture taken on June 12, 2010 shows former Portuguese President Mario Soares delivering a speech during the ceremony to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the signing of Spain's Treaty of Accession to the European Community. Mario Soares, widely seen as the father of Portugal's modern-day democracy, was a towering figure in the country's political scene who spearheaded its entry into the European Union. The founder of Portugal's Socialist party, Soares -- who died on January 7, 2017 at the age of 92 -- spent decades in politics, serving as foreign minister, prime minister and president as well as European lawmaker. / AFP PHOTO / DANI POZO