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Tribunal Constitucional Annuls Daniel Adrião's Expulsion From the PS — Court Calls the Comissão Nacional de Jurisdição's 2025 Decision 'Illegal' and the Former Leadership Candidate Demands a Public Apology From José Luís Carneiro

Tribunal Constitucional Annuls Daniel Adrião's Expulsion From the PS — Court Calls the Comissão Nacional de Jurisdição's 2025 Decision 'Illegal' and the Former Leadership Candidate Demands a Public Apology From José Luís Carneiro

On 25 April the Tribunal Constitucional annulled Daniel Adrião's expulsion from the PS as illegal. The former leadership candidate asked José Luís Carneiro for readmission and a public apology — setting a precedent for autárquica-related disciplinary cases.
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Parliament's Blackout Working Group Says CORGOV Is Beyond Its Reach — Confidentiality Wall Stops MPs Scrutinising the Government's Crisis-Response Cell on the Eve of the One-Year Anniversary

Parliament's Blackout Working Group Says CORGOV Is Beyond Its Reach — Confidentiality Wall Stops MPs Scrutinising the Government's Crisis-Response Cell on the Eve of the One-Year Anniversary

Parliament's apagão working group finalised a draft report this weekend that admits CORGOV — the Government's new crisis-response cell created after the 28 April 2025 blackout — is beyond MPs' reach because of confidentiality. The vote lands Tuesday, exactly one year after the lights went out.
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Matosinhos Hands Four Municipal Plots to Housing Cooperatives for 140 Affordable-Rent Homes — 90-Year Direito de Superfície, €75k Subsidy, Rents 20% Below Market as the State's €250M Cooperative Fund Stays Missing

Matosinhos Hands Four Municipal Plots to Housing Cooperatives for 140 Affordable-Rent Homes — 90-Year Direito de Superfície, €75k Subsidy, Rents 20% Below Market as the State's €250M Cooperative Fund Stays Missing

Matosinhos cedes four municipal plots to housing cooperatives by direito de superfície for 90 years. 140 affordable-rent dwellings at 20% below market, €75k architecture subsidy, IMI exemption, IVA at 6%. Window closes 24 May. The State's €250M cooperative fund still has no money.
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