(FILES) This file photo taken on November 30, 2014 shows former Portuguese President Mario Soares (C) arriving at the XX Congress of the Socialist Party in Lisbon. 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. Soares, the founder of Portugal's Socialist party 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 a European lawmaker. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA